Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual
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WAVELAB
Markers 15 – 331
Creating markers
Dropping markers on the fly
To add a marker on the fly, proceed as follows:
1.Play back the file.
2.When the cursor reaches the position where you want a marker, do one
of the following:
•Press [Insert].
•Click the Drop marker button on the Marker toolbar.
•Select Drop Marker from the time ruler speed menu.
You can give the marker a proper name later.
• The markers dropped this way are generic.
Creating a marker from “stop mode”
1.Set the wave cursor to where...](http://img.usermanuals.tech/thumb/86/103727/w64_WaveLab_d-330.png "Page 331
WAVELAB
Markers 15 – 331
Creating markers
Dropping markers on the fly
To add a marker on the fly, proceed as follows:
1.Play back the file.
2.When the cursor reaches the position where you want a marker, do one
of the following:
•Press [Insert].
•Click the Drop marker button on the Marker toolbar.
•Select Drop Marker from the time ruler speed menu.
You can give the marker a proper name later.
• The markers dropped this way are generic.
Creating a marker from “stop mode”
1.Set the wave cursor to where...")
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WAVELAB
15 – 334 Markers
Editing, converting and naming markers
The New Marker window can also be used to change existing marker’s
properties. There are several ways to open this window with settings for a
certain marker:
• Right click on the marker in the time ruler and choose “Edit Marker” from the menu
that appears.
• Hold down [Alt] and double click on the marker.
• Open the marker list, select a marker and click with the right mouse button on a
marker and select Edit or press [Return].
To...](http://img.usermanuals.tech/thumb/86/103727/w64_WaveLab_d-333.png "Page 334
WAVELAB
15 – 334 Markers
Editing, converting and naming markers
The New Marker window can also be used to change existing marker’s
properties. There are several ways to open this window with settings for a
certain marker:
• Right click on the marker in the time ruler and choose “Edit Marker” from the menu
that appears.
• Hold down [Alt] and double click on the marker.
• Open the marker list, select a marker and click with the right mouse button on a
marker and select Edit or press [Return].
To...")
WAVELAB Markers 15 – 331 Creating markers Dropping markers on the fly To add a marker on the fly, proceed as follows: 1.Play back the file. 2.When the cursor reaches the position where you want a marker, do one of the following: •Press [Insert]. •Click the Drop marker button on the Marker toolbar. •Select Drop Marker from the time ruler speed menu. You can give the marker a proper name later. • The markers dropped this way are generic. Creating a marker from “stop mode” 1.Set the wave cursor to where you want the marker to appear. 2.Do one of the following: •Click on the New Marker button on the Marker toolbar. •Click with the right mouse button on the time ruler and select New Marker from the menu that appears. •Press [Ctrl]+[Insert] as a shortcut for the “New Marker” operation described above. 3.Select a marker type. 4.Fill out the other options in the dialog and click OK. Click the question mark icon in the dialog for details. The new marker appears at the wave cursor position. • If you add a CD start marker like this, a corresponding end marker will be added automatically, and vice versa. See “About marker pairs” on page 329 for details.
WAVELAB 15 – 332 Markers Dropping markers while recording You can drop markers during a recording. For example, if you are audition- ing some material while transferring it from DAT tape to WaveLab, you can add markers at important positions, as they are coming up. The marker types you can add are: Generic, Region start and Region end. See “About dropping markers during recording” on page 153. Creating marker pairs from the Marker toolbar To create a loop, a mute region or a region (see later in this chapter for descriptions of these terms) or a complete CD track, you can use the Marker toolbar: 1.Make a selection that spans the area you want to enclose by a marker pair. 2.Click on the corresponding marker pair symbol on the Marker toolbar. Markers are added at the start and end of the selection. About the marker list There is a marker list window that displays all markers in a wave. This can be used for various purposes, for editing, deleting and locating to mark- ers, as described in the following sections. Opening the list To open the marker list, either select “Specialized Windows”/”Wave Marker List” from the View menu, or click the corresponding button on the Marker toolbar. The marker list •To sort the list alphabetically, click on the “Name” heading. •To sort the list according to position, click the “Position” heading. This is the default when you first open the window.
WAVELAB Markers 15 – 333 Marker appearance and visibility Hiding marker heads To hide/display the marker triangles from the ruler, click with the right mouse button in the ruler and select Hide/Show Marker Heads. Changing the appearance of marker lines To hide the marker lines in the waveform, click with the right mouse button in the waveform and select Elements. From the menu that appears, set things up so that neither Solid markers, nor Dotted markers are activated. Hiding all markers of a certain type There’s a special dialog for hiding markers of certain types. To open it: •Click with the right mouse button on the time ruler and select Visibility, or… •Open the marker list, click with the right mouse button on a marker and select Visibility. In this dialog you can show/hide markers of any type.
WAVELAB 15 – 334 Markers Editing, converting and naming markers The New Marker window can also be used to change existing marker’s properties. There are several ways to open this window with settings for a certain marker: • Right click on the marker in the time ruler and choose “Edit Marker” from the menu that appears. • Hold down [Alt] and double click on the marker. • Open the marker list, select a marker and click with the right mouse button on a marker and select Edit or press [Return]. To transform a marker into any other type, select that type in the list to the left. To rename a marker, uncheck “Automatic naming” and type in a name of your own choice. The name of the marker will then be visible beside it. The name of the marker will also be shown as a “tip” if you move the mouse pointer over the marker head and wait for a moment. The name of the marker is shown as a “tip”. •To make sure that a CD track end or splice marker appears on an exact CD frame position, activate the corresponding option. See “About frames, positions, small frames and bits” on page 578 for more details about CD frames.
WAVELAB Markers 15 – 335 •To lock the position of a marker so that it can’t be moved, activate the Lock Position option. •If the marker is a loop end marker you can change the number of loop rep- etitions by unchecking Infinite and specifying your own number of loops. • You can also use the Batch Renaming function to rename markers – see “Batch renaming” on page 307. There are also two ways to convert several markers to another type in one go: • By using the “Convert marker type” dialog – see below. • You can also use the Auto Split function to convert all markers in a file from one type to another, as described in the section “Example 2 – Converting marker type” on page 345. The Convert marker type dialog In this dialog you can convert markers from one type to another. Up to three From/To marker type conversions can be performed in one go!
WAVELAB 15 – 336 Markers •For wave files, the dialog is opened by right-clicking the time ruler and se- lecting “Convert marker type…” from the menu. •For Montages, the dialog is opened from the Marker tab : Functions menu. The dialog contains the following items: Moving and duplicating markers To move a marker, press the mouse button over the triangle “Head” and drag to the new position. • If “Magnetize bounds” is activated (see “Dropping on markers (Magnetize bounds)” on page 339) the marker “snaps” to the edges of the selection, the cursor’s position and the beginning and end of the wave. • If you hold down [Shift] while dragging a marker in the ruler, you will be duplicating it instead of moving it. Marker type Description From Selects which marker type to convert. To Selects which marker type to convert to. Conditions pop-up Here you can optionally specify text conditions for each of the three marker conversions. If you select any of these options you can enter a text string to match in the lower text field. The conditions are as follows: • Marker name must contain this text. • Marker name must NOT contain this text. • Marker name must contain this regular expression… • Marker name must NOT contain this regular expression… (See “About regular expressions” on page 321.) Markers to change Here you can select whether to convert all markers (“All”) or only mark- ers in the selected audio range. You can also select to skip locked markers.
WAVELAB Markers 15 – 337 Deleting markers When you delete one marker in a marker pair, the other marker will also be deleted. Deleting one marker from the Wave window 1.To delete a marker in the Wave window, click with the right mouse button on the head of marker you want to delete/rename. 2.Select Delete. Alternatively you can drag the marker out of the window. Deleting in the marker list 1.Hold down [Ctrl] and double click in the ruler. The wave markers window appears. 2.Click with the right mouse button on the marker you want to delete. 3.Select Delete. Deleting all markers of a certain type 1.Click with the right mouse button on the time ruler. 2.Select “Delete Multiple Markers…”. 3.Check the marker types that you want to delete. 4.Click OK.
WAVELAB 15 – 338 Markers Operations involving markers Setting the wave cursor to a marker position To move the wave cursor to a certain marker, do one of the following: •Double click on the marker triangle. This is probably the most convenient option if the marker is currently visible in the window. This even works during playback! •Open the marker list and select one of the markers on it. This is probably the most convenient option if the marker is outside the current view. •Activate “Magnetize bounds” on the Options menu. Click on the ruler close to the marker, or drag the cursor to a position close to the marker. Browsing markers You can move the wave cursor from marker to marker by clicking the ar- row buttons on the Marker toolbar, or by using the keys [4] and [5] on the numeric key pad. Starting playback from a marker There are several ways to make playback start from a certain marker: •Locate to a marker, as described above, and activate playback from there. •Double click on a marker in the marker list. •Select one of the marker related options on the Transport bar (see “Set- ting the start point for playback” on page 136 for details). Selecting between markers To select all audio between two adjacent markers, double click between them. Double clicking here… …selects the audio between the markers.
WAVELAB Markers 15 – 339 You can extend the selection to consecutive markers, by continuing to drag to the left/right. To select all audio between any two markers, double click just to the right of the leftmost one, hold down [Shift] and double click just to the left of the rightmost one. Dropping on markers (Magnetize bounds) For any operation involving drag and drop of audio material you can use a marker position as start point for the section you drop. This is useful when it is very important that the dropped material is inserted at a very specific position. 1.Make sure Magnetize bounds (on the Options menu) is activated. 2.Drag the selection, and position the mouse pointer close to a marker line. The “drag line” snaps to the marker line. Make this selection by dou- ble clicking as above……then press [Shift] and double click to the left of the rightmost marker… …to select all audio between the leftmost and rightmost markers.
WAVELAB 15 – 340 Markers 3.Make sure the marker line and the drag line appear on top of each other, then release the mouse button. Creating CD tracks All operations related to CD markers are described in the section “Pre- paring a Basic Audio CD” on page 347. Looping Loop markers are primarily intended for transfer to samplers as described in the section “Using samplers and creating loops” on page 657, but you can use loop markers in various additional ways: •Set up a loop and repeat it indefinitely during playback, while editing ma- terial inside the loop. For more information on playback and loops, see “Looping” on page 137. •Set up a loop with a specified number of repetitions, to check out how a repetition effect will sound. •Note that you can nest loops, that is you can have loops inside loops. Skipping regions You can use start and end Mute markers to have sections skipped during playback (or when rendering, see “Rendering” on page 239): •To skip a mute region on playback, click the Playback skip mode icon on the Transport bar and select “Skip Muted regions” from the pop-up menu that appears. This can be very useful in conjunction with looping. Loop a section and adjust the Mute markers during playback until the desired section is skipped. If you point at a marker when us- ing drag and drop, the audio will be inserted there.