Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Installing samplers
Installing MIDI and SCSI interfaces
If your sampler communicates with WaveLab via MIDI, you need to install 
a MIDI interface. If it communicates via SCSI you need a SCSI card. For 
some samplers you will need both.
For all general instructions on installing MIDI interfaces and SCSI cards, 
please refer to the instructions that came with the units.
Do not connect anything to the SCSI card until you have finished installation 
of the card and...

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• If you set up with too many terminators, or a terminator missing, data transmission 
most probably won’t work properly. In the worst case, one of your SCSI devices 
may be physically damaged.
• The computer should always be at one end of the SCSI chain of devices.
• Always turn on the computer last, after all other devices have been started up.
• Always switch on all devices. If some device is not turned on, you may lose data.
Booting up
1.Make sure you have the...

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Installation done! Where do I go next?
There are three things we suggest you do:
•Read through the rest of this book and try out the different possibilities as 
you go along.
•Examine your WaveLab directory and other disks included in this package 
for files that might be useful to you.
•If you run into problems, check the Troubleshooting chapter in the online 
documentation.
About the Tracer application
In the WaveLab directory created on your hard disk during...

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Overview 

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Get to know WaveLab
Welcome to WaveLab! 
This chapter is intended to get you acquainted with the program. We will 
here briefly describe its fundamental functions and main features, so as to 
point you in the right direction on your road to mastering all of the possi-
bilities that WaveLab offers.
The windows and what you can do with them
Working with WaveLab, you will encounter a number of different windows 
that let you do different things. Editing audio files, compiling files...

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The Audio Montage window
This is an Audio Montage window. An Audio Montage lets you compile 
and edit multiple clips (references to audio files on disk) on one or several 
tracks.
As you can see, the window consists of two panes. The lower one is 
called the Track View, and this is where you assemble the clips. The ap-
pearance of the upper pane depends on which of the 12 tabs at the very 
top of the window is selected. These tabs give you access to various 
functions.
After you...

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The Basic Audio CD window
If you just want to create an audio CD, with each CD track corresponding 
to a single, whole audio file on disk, you may not need all the editing fea-
tures in the Audio Montage. Instead, you can use the Basic Audio CD 
window. This is an environment that quickly and easily lets you compile 
audio files in a track list and burn them onto a music CD.
You can freely change the order of the tracks, the length of the pauses 
between them and more.
More on the...

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The Data CD/DVD Project window
The Data CD/DVD window can be used for compiling and creating data 
CDs/DVDs (discs that exclusively contain computer data) and Mixed 
Mode CDs (discs that contain both data and audio), as well as DVD-Au-
dio discs that contain audio, data and video.
The window is divided into two panes; the upper is called the source win-
dow, and the lower is the destination window. You drag files from the 
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The CD/DVD Label Editor
This window is the Label Editor. Here you can design and print custom la-
bels for the CDs or DVDs you create. You can create labels for both the 
front and back of a jewel case, as well as for the discs.
Read more about this in the chapter “Creating labels” on page 603.
The Backup Plan window
WaveLab lets you back up all kinds of files and folders onto CD or stan-
dard media. This window lets you decide which files and folders should 
be backed up, and...