Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Using Auto Split 

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Introduction
Auto Split is a powerful function that allows you to automatically split au-
dio files according to certain specified rules. You can use it to split files in 
the following ways:
• …at marker points
• …at regions containing silences
• …at beat points using beat detection
• …at specific time intervals
• …according to a description of regions stored in a text file
In addition, you can use the Auto Split function to remove silence at the 
start and end of a...

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• On the second page you select the type of splitting you wish to perform:
•The third page of the dialog varies according to the chosen split method. 
The following pages of the dialog are common to all types of Auto Split, except that certain 
options are greyed out in the dialogs if not applicable.
•The fourth page is where you specify what to do with the regions created 
by Auto Split.
You can choose to save the regions as separate files or to create clips and add...

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Example 1 – Splitting samples
Here’s one application of Auto Split: Let’s say you are working with a 
sampler (hardware based or software, e.g. Steinberg’s HALion). You have 
made a long recording of separate notes of an instrument that you wish to 
cut up into separate samples and transmit to the sampler:
1.Open the audio file in a Wave window and select Auto Split from the 
Tools menu.
2.On the first page, specify that the “Wave in active window” should be 
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Example 2 – Converting marker type 
Another example of Auto Split does not involve any actual splitting of the 
file. Instead we illustrate how you can use Auto Split to convert all markers 
of one type to another. Proceed as follows:
1.Open the audio file containing the markers you wish to convert in a Wave 
window and select Auto Split from the Tools menu.
2.On the first page, specify that the “Wave in active window” should be 
processed, and click Next.
The next page...

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About the “Learn regions from text file” option
You can split an audio file according to a description of regions stored in 
a text file. 
This works as follows:
•The text file must be placed in the same folder as the audio file, with the 
same name, and with an extension that you specify in the WaveLab dialog 
(e.g. “txt” or “xml”).
Each region is described by a name, a start position and end position (or a region length). 
The text file is a series of such...

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Preparing a Basic Audio CD 

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Creating, opening and saving Basic Audio CDs
Basic Audio CD was the first implementation of CD burning in WaveLab. The 
Audio Montage has since added many new features for CD creation, but 
this original concept (Basic Audio CD) still represents a simple and effec-
tive way to create a CD. 
The Basic Audio CD allows you to burn real “red book compatible” CDs. 
It is in this window that you assemble the files you want to appear on the 
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About the Basic Audio CD window
When a Basic Audio CD is active, a new menu called “CD” appears. You 
can also open this menu from the top left corner of the Basic Audio CD 
window.
The CD menu, here invoked from the main menu bar.
• You can have several Basic Audio CD windows open at the same time.
• The Basic Audio CD is merely a list of the files (or file segments), it does not con-
tain the actual files themselves.
This means that changes you make to the...

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Adding files to a Basic Audio CD
What audio file formats can be used?
You can add any type of file to a Basic Audio CD. However, when it is 
time to burn the CD, the files in the list must meet the following specifica-
tions:
• 44100 Hz (44.1kHz).
• Mono, dual-mono or stereo.
• 8, 16, 20 or 24 bit resolution.
The files will be converted to 16-bit stereo on the fly, while the CD gets burned.
A track can only appear once in each Basic Audio CD!
Using Add...