Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Checking the total length of the CD
The total length of the CD is displayed at the bottom of the Basic Audio 
CD window.
Playing files in the track list
There are several ways to play back a file in a Basic Audio CD.
•Click with the right mouse button in the track column for an item (any type 
of marker will work), and select from the menu items.
The items should be self explanatory. Please note that clicking on a track end marker allows 
you to play a...

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Creating a disc image
There might be situations where you want to “freeze” an entire Basic Au-
dio CD, without actually burning a CD. This is done with the “Save as CD 
image” command.
1.Set up the track list so that it is exactly as you want it.
2.Select “Save as CD image” from the CD menu.
3.Find a directory for the files (we recommend that you create a new direc-
tory, since the “image” is made up of three different files), and type in a 
name.
4.Click OK....

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Exporting audio files from a track list
There are situations where you might want to save the items in a Basic 
Audio CD as audio files on your hard disk (e.g. for archiving or when you 
use the Basic Audio CD as a general play list for preparations of files for 
other purposes). You can either save the tracks as separate files or as 
one single audio file.
As separate files
To save the files in a Basic Audio CD as separate files, proceed as follows:
1.Set up...

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As one file
To turn the entire Basic Audio CD into one long file, proceed as follows:
1.Set up the track list so that it is exactly as you want it.
2.Select “Join all tracks into one virtual file” from the CD menu.
3.Fill out the other options in the dialog.
Click the question mark icon in the dialog for details.
4.Click OK.
The new file appears in a Wave window.
5.Save the file, like any other wave file.
Preparations done!
If you have set up a Basic Audio CD...

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About the DVD-Audio format 

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18 – 366 About the DVD-Audio format
Background information
With its unique ability to create and burn DVD-Audio compatible discs, 
WaveLab is a major step forward in bringing this versatile audio format to 
a wider consumer market.
DVD-Audio offers high resolution and multi-channel audio plus extra con-
tent such as still images and text. DVD-Audio is likely to become the stan-
dard media for audio in the future.
The structure of a DVD-Audio project
About albums, groups and tracks
To understand...

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What can a DVD-Audio project contain?
The DVD-A specification allows for three main content groups:
•Audio content
DVD-Audio allows for audio files in a variety of channel configurations and resolutions, e.g. 
high resolution stereo and multichannel (surround) formats with up to 6 channels. Each 
group (i.e. Montage) can have different channel configurations and audio resolution set-
tings. See “Audio format considerations” on page 369 for details regarding...

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Data structure of a DVD-Audio disc
The contents of a DVD-Audio project are stored in a folder named 
AUDIO_TS (Audio Title Set), which includes all audio, still picture, text 
and visual menu data. The AUDIO_TS contents are created when you 
render a DVD-Audio project, and are data files in various special formats 
readable by the DVD-A player. These cannot be opened or edited in 
WaveLab.
It is also possible to add a VIDEO_TS folder (authored in another...

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Audio format considerations
There are two main considerations when planning a DVD-Audio project:
•The total size of the album.
A single album cannot contain more data than 4.7 GB (using a standard single layer 
DVD). In the table below you can see the maximum recording time on a single sided, 
single layer DVD for various formats.
•The maximum allowable data rate for a group.
The data rate is the data “bandwidth” necessary to reproduce a given number of...

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Types of DVD players
There are three basic types of DVD players:
•DVD-Audio player.
This could either be an audio-only player (AOP), or a player capable of displaying visual 
menus, text and still images.
•DVD-Video player.
This is referred to as a “V-Player” (Video Player), and is capable only of playing back video 
contents contained in the VIDEO_TS folder.
•Universal DVD-Audio/Video player.
This is capable of playing back DVD-Audio data, displaying menus,...