Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual
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WAVELAB
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Undo and Redo
WaveLab has an extremely extensive Undo function, applicable when work-
ing in Wave windows, Audio Montages or the CD Label Editor. You can:
• Undo as many steps back as you like, by using the Undo item on the Edit menu.
The only limitation is the available hard disk space. You can also use the shortcuts [Ctrl]-[Z]
or [F3] to undo. [F3] has the added advantage in that you can undo even if a modal dialog
is currently open.
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WAVELAB
Basic methods 5 – 47
Undo and Redo
WaveLab has an extremely extensive Undo function, applicable when work-
ing in Wave windows, Audio Montages or the CD Label Editor. You can:
• Undo as many steps back as you like, by using the Undo item on the Edit menu.
The only limitation is the available hard disk space. You can also use the shortcuts [Ctrl]-[Z]
or [F3] to undo. [F3] has the added advantage in that you can undo even if a modal dialog
is currently open.
• Redo as many steps as you like, by...")
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WAVELAB
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Working with windows
Basic window handling
WaveLab follows the basic guidelines for the Windows interface, which
means standard “Windows procedures” apply.
Closing Wave windows
You can close a document window by clicking its close button, by select-
ing Close from the File menu or by pressing [Ctrl]-[W]. If document win-
dow(s) contain unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to
save those changes before closing.
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WAVELAB
Basic methods 5 – 49
Working with windows
Basic window handling
WaveLab follows the basic guidelines for the Windows interface, which
means standard “Windows procedures” apply.
Closing Wave windows
You can close a document window by clicking its close button, by select-
ing Close from the File menu or by pressing [Ctrl]-[W]. If document win-
dow(s) contain unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to
save those changes before closing.
• If you hold down [Ctrl]+[Shift] when clicking...")
WAVELAB Basic methods 5 – 51 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 checkboxesYou can select to show visible files and/or hidden files (i.e. files that are open internally in WaveLab but not open in a separate window, e.g. an audio file referenced by an open Montage). Hidden files are shown with grey text. Edit button This will bring up the selected file as the top window. You can also double click on a file in the list or use the [Return] key to do this. If Auto-close is checked, the dialog will close. Play/Stop This will play a selected audio file. If you click Play the button changes to Stop. Save If a file has unsaved changes, this button can be used to save it, in its current location (no dialog appears). Rename This opens the Rename dialog where you can rename a selected file, and optionally change its path. See “Renaming files and documents (Rename)” on page 121. Close This closes all selected files. Exit Closes the dialog. Dividers Panes
WAVELAB 5 – 52 Basic methods 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 Wave window by pressing [O] on the computer keyboard. “Folding” windows If you find a window takes up too much screen space, but you still don’t want to close it, you can “fold it in” by clicking on the fold-in icon on the title bar. For dialogs, you can also double click on the title bar. The miniature divider symbol The fold-in icon
WAVELAB Basic methods 5 – 53 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 “folded in”. The Document icon
WAVELAB 5 – 54 Basic methods 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 in its title bar. 2.Select Duplicate View from the View menu.
WAVELAB Basic methods 5 – 55 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.
WAVELAB 5 – 56 Basic methods 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 wave audio files. This will store all view settings for an individual Wave window; i.e. win- dow size & placement, time ruler style, scroll positions, selection ranges, snap- shots and a master section preset. See “Saving view settings” on page 124. Dockable control bars Various tools, shortcuts and commands are gathered on “control bars” (strips with symbols). These can be used either as “palettes” (separate windows) or you can “dock” them to the window edges. The following control bars are available: • The Standard Commands • The Transport bar • The Meters • The Window Controller • The Wave toolbox • The Wave Snapshots control bar • The Marker toolbar Docking a control bar There are two ways to dock a control bar: • Drag the control bar window (by its title bar) to any of the sides of the application window and release the mouse button. The outline shows you the shape of the control bar at the docked position. • Double click the title bar of a control bar to return it to its last docked position. Please note that you can stack control bars and put them side by side, to create any type of layout you desire. In this example, the Standard Commands, Toolbox and Transport control bars have all been docked to the upper part of the application window.
WAVELAB Basic methods 5 – 57 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 Control Bars, and from the submenu that ap- pears, select the desired control bar, or… • Click on a button on the Window controller (a control bar used for showing/hid- ing other control bars, see below), or… • Hide a control bar by clicking its Close box. Changing the appearance of a control bar To change the shape of a control bar to either horizontal, square or verti- cal, drag the right or bottom edge as when resizing any other window. To change the size of the buttons in the control bar, open the Prefer- ences–Environment tab and adjust the “Button size” setting. Finding out what a button on a control bar does 1.Select Preferences from the Options menu and click on the Environment tab. 2.Make sure “Show Tips” is activated. 3.Close the Preferences dialog. 4.Move the pointer over an item on the control bar and wait a moment. A text showing the name of the button appears. An example of a “Tip” pop-up for the control bar.
WAVELAB 5 – 58 Basic methods 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. The Toolbox The tools are used to perform various operations on the data in the win- dow, like selecting, playing, etc. The Snapshots control bar This is used to store and recall window “layouts”, see “Snapshots” on page 87.
WAVELAB Basic methods 5 – 59 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 shows information related to the active window. Exactly what information appears depends on the window type – for Wave windows it shows various information about the file. See “The status bar” on page 79. • For some of the fields you can also click to perform operations related to that field. • The status bar also indicates the progress of operations that take some time to finish.
WAVELAB 5 – 60 Basic methods 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 forget to check the speed menus in the window in which you are working!