Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

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Chapter 5
Audio File editing
The Audio File Workspace's Wave window is the heart of WaveLab's audio editing capabili-
ties. This is where you view, play back and edit individual Audio Files.
The Wave window gives you a graphical representation of an Audio File. It consists of two
parts:
ˆ The upper waveform ( Overview)
This is mainly used for navigating through long files. Since you can have different zoom
factors in the two areas, the Overview can display the entire wave while the Main view
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editing/restoration tool. See The Spectrum display for more information on the unique
Spectrum display mode.
Rulers
There are both time and level rulers. These can be hidden and displayed (see the Ruler and
Wave Display context menus). You can also set which units of time and level they show. To
access the settings for both rulers, right-click anywhere on the relevant ruler.
Editing Tools
Precise editing of your audio is achieved in the main (lower) waveform window. There are
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To audition your Audio File hold down [Alt]/[Option]and click anywhere in the waveform to
begin playback.
Dragging can also be used with several editing functions in the Audio File Workspace. See
Audio File Workspace in
Dragging operations for more information.
Related topics
Offline processing
Analysis
Metering
Transport controls
Specific tool windows
Shared tool windows
Mix dialog
The Spectrum display
Spectrum editor
Tools
Zoom factor
Peak Files
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2. Select the desired offline process from the Process menu.
3. If a dialog appears, make the appropriate settings. If the dialog uses presets, you can
load one of them to fill out the settings automatically.
4. When you have finished with the settings in the dialog, click the Apply/Paste/Process
button to permanently render the effect to file.
In some cases a status bar dialog is displayed showing the progress of the operation. If you
need to interrupt a long process, click the...

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Presets
Rendering
5.1.1 Change Level
This dialog allows you to apply a gain to change the level of an Audio File.
You can also use "Find current peak level" to obtain a report on the peak level of the current
audio selection (or the peak level in the whole file, if "Process whole file if there is no selection"
is selected in the preferences). This can be useful if you wish to calculate how much you can
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5.1.3 Normalize Level
This dialog allows you to change the peak level of your Audio File.
Enter the desired peak level (in dB) that you wish the audio selection to have. You can also
use "Find current peak level" to obtain a report on the peak level of the current audio selection
(or the peak level in the whole file, if "Process whole file if there is no selection" is selected
in the preferences). You can choose to apply the same gain to both stereo channels (Stereo...

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in level and timbral characteristics in order for a sound to loop properly. For example, this
could be useful for creating looped samples for a softsynth or hardware sampler.
To use the Loop Tone Uniformizer you need to have a loop defined using a pair of loop markers
. The original length of the loop is not changed.
Uniformizers
This tab allows you to specify the method/s used to even out the sound you wish to loop.
Choose between "Slice mixing" and/or "Chorus...

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ˆ Method - use these controls to adjust the method and quality you wish to use when
processing the pitch change. You can also choose how the length of the sound is
affected by the operation. By default this process will not change the length of the
sound.
This tool could be useful for fixing an off-key vocal note in a live recording, or tuning the pitch
of a kick drum sample to fit a particular song, for example.
You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via...