Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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1.To open the dialog, click in the area just below the track pop-up menu 
button for an audio track.
Click here… 
…to open the Audio dispatching dialog.
Which channels are available in the Audio dispatching dialog depends on 
the selected channel configuration, and whether the track is mono or ste-
reo. In the picture above a 6 channel (5.1) configuration has been se-
lected, and the Audio dispatching dialog was opened for a stereo track.
•The “Top” audio channels...

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Surround panning
As described above, you can route any Montage track directly to a sur-
round channel (or to a combination of surround channels) using the Audio 
dispatching dialog. However, you may also want to position a track freely 
in the surround image. This is done using the Surround Pan function. In 
this example, we assume that you have set up a Montage in 5.1 surround 
format and that you want to use the Surround Pan for a stereo track:
1.Locate the stereo...

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3.Click OK to close the dialog.
A surround pan indicator appears in the Track Control area. This is shown whenever a track 
is routed to a combination of surround channels.
4.Try clicking and dragging in the surround pan display.
As you see, dragging moves the blue dot – the position of the left (top) audio channel in the 
surround image. The red dot (the position of the right (bottom) audio channel) is automati-
cally mirrored horizontally. If you activate playback,...

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•In the graphic display, the positions of the left/right audio channels are 
shown as small squares. The proportional signal levels from the individual 
speakers are indicated by colored lines from the speakers to the center of 
display.
•The graphic display shows the surround imaging of either the left/top 
(blue) channel or the right/bottom (red) channel – the color of the speaker 
lines shows which channel is selected for viewing and editing.
If you are viewing the...

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7.If needed, adjust the settings to the left.
These are:
•You can use the Copy and Paste buttons to copy surround pan settings, 
e.g. from one track to another.
Setting Description
Center This determines how center source signals should be reproduced by 
the front speakers. With a value of 100%, the center speaker will pro-
vide the center source. With a value of 0%, the center source will be 
provided by the ghost image created by the left and right speakers. 
Other...

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Using LFE
The LFE (Low Frequency Effects) channel should typically be used with 
great care – in many cases you don’t need to activate this at all for a track. 
If the LFE channel is activated in the Audio dispatching dialog, the follow-
ing settings are available:
•Low pass filtering.
When this checkbox is activated in the Audio dispatching dialog, a 12dB/octave low pass 
filter will be applied to the LFE signal, so that only the low frequency content is let through....

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Using the Surround Pan window
You can use the Surround Pan window to “program” each envelope point – 
this makes it easy to set up automated surround panning for a clip. Here’s 
an example. 
Let’s say that we want the signal to start at the front center position, then 
move to the left rear speaker and finally move to the right rear speaker. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Set up a track for surround panning by activating the desired surround 
channels in the Audio dispatching...

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7.Use the Surround Pan window to position the sound as desired.
In our example, the panning should start in the front center position – drag the position 
square to the top middle of the display (or right-click in the display and select the “Front 
Center” preset).
8.Select the next envelope point in the clip and set the surround panning to 
the left rear speaker (move the position square to the lower left corner of 
the display).
9.Finally, select the last envelope...

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10.Select “Surround Pan (Front  Rear)” from the Show envelope submenu 
for the clip.
The Front-Rear surround envelope curve looks like this:
11.Play back the clip.
You should hear the sound move from center front to left rear to right rear.
•To create more complex surround panning, add more envelope points 
and program these in the same way.
Editing the envelope curves directly
It is of course also possible to edit the envelope curves in a more conven-
tional way, by...

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About the “Import Surround audio file” option
This import option allows you to import multichannel interleaved files in 
the 5.1 format. This works as follows:
1.Open the Edit view : Mode menu and select the “6 channels” configuration.
2.Set the cursor where you want the imported files to be inserted and right-
click in an empty area for an audio track to open the Montage Insert 
speed menu.
3.Select “Import surround audio file” from the menu.
A file dialog opens, where...