Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

11.1 Dialogs 237
Audio Montage Preferences
MP2 encoding
MP3 attributes
MP3 encoding
Normalize Level
OGG encoding
Open files list
Pan Normalizer
Mix dialog
Pitch bend
Pitch correction
Pitch quantize
Playback speed
Podcast options
Text format
Repeat Clip
Recently used files
Recording Dialog
Record create marker
Rename File dialog
Render ASIO input to file
Render Montage window
Render Wave window
Loudness envelope options
Sample attributes
Modified files dialog
Save Audio File dialog
Select where and how Audio...

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Silence Generator
Smart bypass
Special File Format
Spectrogram options
Surround Panner
Create Document Template
Template List Dialog
Time Format dialog
Time stretching
Track dispatching
Value Format
File attributes
Audio File editing preferences
Write Audio CD
WMA encoding
Workspace layout
Write Data CD/DVD
Loop Tweaker
Zoom factor
11.1.1 Insert link
This dialog allows you to insert a hyperlink to a web page in your podcast episode description.
In "Title" enter the text...

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11.1.2 Align Clips
This dialog allows you to align Clips along the focused track at specific intervals, with or
without a space between them. You must select at least two Clips to use this function.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace's Clip window via Functions
> Align selected clips of focused track... or via its icon.
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'
question mark icon. For more...

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11.1.5 Audio file comparer
This analysis tool allows you to compare two Audio Files for differences between them. It
can create a "delta file" that contains these differences. It can also drop markers at positions
where differences are found.
This can be useful for:
ˆ Judging the effect of using an equalizer by comparing the file before and after. The delta
file will show what was added or removed.
ˆ Check the noise added by a processor.
ˆ Compare two digitally recorded files to...

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Changing the values in this dialog will not process the audio in your montage in any way.
However if you change the sample rate, the file will play back at the wrong pitch.
You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace by choosing Edit>Audio
Montage properties... . It is also displayed when you create a new audio montage by
clicking on the "Create an empty document" icon or via File>New... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or...

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For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'
question mark icon. For more information see
Getting Help
Related topics
11.1.10 Audio Range
This dialog allows you to define accurately a specific audio range. This audio range is then
used to create a selection. There are many options you can choose to easily select a specific
part of your Audio File.
You can also audition your selection using the various playback buttons...

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Windows MME/Built-In Audio If you do not have a third-party audio card you can select
the Windows MME or Built-in Audio (Mac) options.
You can also use MME with most third party audio cards, with the advantage that you can
record and play at different sample rates. However, Windows MME drivers don't allow Audio
Monitoring in the record dialog, and other drivers generally offer better sound quality and
performance.
You can access this dialog from Workspaces that support the playback...

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Related topics
Split Clip at silences
11.1.13 Batch Conversion
This dialog allows you to convert the file format of a group of Audio Files.
This could be useful for example, if you have a large number of Audio Files that you wish to
encode as MP3 files, or a group of stereo files that you need to downsample and convert
to mono. You can also take maximum advantage of your computer's architecture if you have
a multiple
processor cores , by spreading the processing load across them....

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11.1.15 Batch Renaming
This dialog appears in various locations in WaveLab and allows you to rename a batch of
files, Clips or markers.
The Batch Renaming dialog offers a powerful set of facilities to convert, remove, format,
replace and insert text into existing names. You can use simple options to match text, or you
can build your own
regular expressions , as required.
Batch renaming can be useful with large projects for example, so you can apply easily iden-
tifiable names to all...

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In WaveLab you can add information about the disk itself and each individual track. This
information is entered in a series of text fields that scroll together horizontally. There is one
pane of fields for the disk itself and a pane for each track. You can scroll between these with
a slider bar. Buttons allow you to copy between fields to make entering information easier.
Tip: Make sure the "Enable CD-Text Burning" checkbox is ticked before burning an audio
CD if you wish to...