Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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The dialog contains the following items:
Panes
Several of WaveLab’s windows are divided into panes. Panes are sepa-
rated by dividers. For example, a Wave window can have two panes, the 
Overview and the Main view. A Database window has three panes.
The panes and dividers in a Database window Item Description
Filter pop-up This pop-up (in the top right corner) allows you to only show files of a 
certain type by selecting an item from the menu.
Visible/Hidden files...

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Adjusting the size of a pane
1.Position the mouse over the divider between the two panes.
The pointer turns into a two-way arrow.
2.Drag the divider to adjust the pane size.
Hiding and revealing a pane
In some windows, a pane can be hidden altogether. 
To hide a pane, drag the border between the two panes all the way up or 
double click it. To reveal the pane again, drag the miniature divider symbol 
down or double click it.
You can also hide/show the Overview pane in the...

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To return to normal size, just click again.
The Document icon
WaveLab adds another symbol to some document windows, the Docu-
ment icon. This is used to drag the whole document to various other win-
dows, such as Databases, Audio Montages and Basic Audio CDs.
Unsaved changes indicator
When you have made changes to a document window, an asterisk will be 
displayed after the document name in the title bar until you save the doc-
ument.
The normal Time Stretch dialog…
…and when...

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Working with multiple windows
You can edit the same data in more than one Wave window. Among other 
things this allows you to work on different sections of a wave file (for ex-
ample the start and end), without scrolling back and forth.
• The two windows are views of exactly the same data. 
Any change you make in one Wave window is immediately apparent in the other.
Creating a second window using menus
1.Make sure the desired window is the active one.
If it isn’t, click once...

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Creating a second window by dragging
1.Make sure “Create windows using mouse” is activated on the Prefer-
ences–Wave edit tab.
2.Click and drag a rectangle in an empty area of the WaveLab window.
This must be of a certain minimum size or bigger. If you don’t get a new window, try again 
with a bigger rectangle.
Dragging a box like this will create a new window for this audio file.   

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Windows sets, snapshots and Wave view settings
In addition to the above, there are other ways to manage windows:
• Snapshots store individual settings for one Wave window at a time, which allows 
you to quickly move between various views of a file. See “Snapshots” on page 87.
• Screen layouts store document window and dialog box positions and sizes. See 
“Working with window layouts” on page 744.
• View settings can be automatically stored (Preference setting) when saving...

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Turning a docked control bar into a separate window
To “un-dock” a control bar, drag it out from the docked position, or dou-
ble click somewhere on its handle.
• Control bar windows are moved by dragging the title bar, just as with any 
other window.
To drag a control bar on side of the application window, without docking it, hold down [Ctrl] 
when dragging.
Showing/hiding a control bar
There are various ways to show/hide a control bar:
• Pull down the View menu, select...

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The various control bars
The Window Controller
The Window Controller acts as “master selector” for the main windows 
and control bars, providing quick access even to those that have no key-
board shortcut. If a Window Controller button is “pressed”, the corre-
sponding window/bar is active and visible. If not, the window/bar is 
hidden.
The Standard Commands
The Standard Commands bar supplies shortcuts for the most commonly 
used menu items, as well as some unique functions....

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The Transport bar
The Transport bar is used for various playback commands, see “Using the 
Transport bar” on page 135.
The Marker toolbar
This is used for various commands related to markers, see “Introduction” 
on page 328.
The Meters
This provides shortcuts to the various level meters in WaveLab, see “Me-
tering” on page 155.
The status bar
This is normally displayed at the bottom of the screen, but it can be hid-
den on the Preferences–Environment tab. 
The status bar...

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Speed menus
Most displays have speed menus associated with them.
• To bring up a speed menu, right-click in the desired area.
In the Wave windows for example, there is one speed menu for the level ruler, one for each 
of the time rulers and one for each of the waveform displays.
The Wave window main view “speed menu”
The Speed menus contain the same items that can be found on the main 
menus, but some speed menus also contain unique items.
When searching for a function, don’t...