Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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There is too much noise in my recordings
• Have you adjusted your recording levels properly?
• Is the source connected to the proper input?
• Have you specified 8 bits as the bit resolution for the recording? Try 16 bits in-
stead.
• Keep in mind that microphones provided with sound cards are very low quality.
The mixer can't be “created”
• Have you specified your audio card in the Preferences dialog? A mixer can't be 
created if “Microsoft Sound Mapper” is...

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Editing problems
After editing I get clicks and pops
• Are you making “splices” in the middle of an audio section? If you do, we recom-
mend that you make all cuts at zero crossings, to avoid clicks and pops.
After crossfading, I get distortion
• If both sections play at full level during the crossfade, it is possible that clipping 
will occur (although it is unlikely). If this happens, undo the crossfade, lower the 
gain of both sections (by 3 or 6 dB for example) and...

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Troubleshooting and precautions
The following sections provide information concerning Sampler communi-
cation problems, problems relating to CD/DVD burning, hardware devices, 
precautions for trouble-free CD writing as well as hardware and setup is-
sues.
Please note that Steinberg cannot make any guarantees about the validity 
of your recorded audio CDs.
Sampler communication problems
General precautions
• Not all samplers require or even support MIDI transfers. However,...

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• For SCSI, check termination, SCSI card driver versions and everything else re-
lated to the SCSI setup.
Problems and solutions
General instructions
The following text is written for problems relating to CD burning, but ap-
plies to DVD as well.
• If you run into problems, the first thing to check is your hardware and software 
setup. To isolate the problem, you could try using other CD burning software (for 
example a program supplied with the CD-R unit). If this...

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Questions and Answers
• I have problems with a Phillips CDD-2000 unit.
If you have a real Phillips drive or a drive that contains this Phillips mech-
anism, you must make sure that the firmware version is 1.25 or later. A 
firmware update can be found at http://www.philips.com/sv/pcaddon.
• I have other problems writing a CD and/or importing CD audio tracks.
Well of course there could be many reasons for this. Check the “Day to 
day precautions for trouble free CD...

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Day to day precautions for trouble free CD 
writing
The most important thing to remember is that CD writing is a real-time op-
eration where a laser burns depressions into the surface of the CD. This 
is done at a speed which cannot be slowed down or interrupted. Any in-
terruption will most likely be fatal, rendering the CD-R disk useless. For 
these reasons you should make sure your system does not interrupt the 
CD-R writing once it's under way. Read the following...

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Hardware and setup issues
CD-R Drivers
• If you have previously installed another CD-R software product, you may run into 
driver conflicts. Normally this should not happen since WaveLab has built-in driv-
ers that are loaded as needed, and which usually override any other installed dri-
vers. However, if you do have problems writing to CD-R, this is a point to check.
• If it isn't absolutely required, don't install any other driver for your CD-R unit (for...

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Links and sources for more information
• A general CD-R site that might be of interest: http://www.osta.org/technology/
cdqa.htm 

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Key commands 

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File handling
Wave display mode
The following keys on the alphanumeric part of the keyboard (not on the 
numeric keypad) are used for these commands:
Key Command Function
[Ctrl]-[O] Open wave file
[Alt]-[Enter] Open wave file information window
[Shift]+[O] Open Recently used Wave Files selection box
[Ctrl]-[F2] Open Audio Montage
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[O] Open Recently used Wave Files selection box
[Ctrl]-[S] Save current document
[Shift]-[S] Save current document under new name...