Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

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CD
Authoring CDs and DVDs
Write Audio CD
ISRC
11.1.19 Copy audio information
This dialog allows you to copy information about the name and location of the selected Audio
File, including any selection information and cursor position. The information is copied to the
clipboard and can be pasted into an external text application.
This can be a useful feature to use when making notes on a particular session or when you
need accurate file path/selection information when writing a script.
You...

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the Macintosh only, if a shortcut is made up of two or more keystrokes, the main menu
only displays the first keystroke (this is a Mac OS X limitation).
To reset some or all types of shortcuts to their factory defaults use the "Reset" button.
To generate a reference of your customized shortcuts, use the "Summary" button to either
view a webpage summary or to print out a list of all your command shortcuts.
You can access this window from within various other dialogs...

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Removing files
To remove files from the file structure:
ˆ select the files/folders you wish to remove and click on the red cross icon. To remove
a group of files, hold down [Shift]while selecting the files/folders to remove. Please
note that this does notdelete the files from the computer, only a reference to them.
ˆ to remove all files/folders from the layout choose Reset.
Editing the file structure
To edit the arrangement of the files in your disk:
ˆ drag files/folders to a different location in...

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11.1.22 DVD-Audio options
This dialog allows you to choose settings for creating a DVD-Audio disk. You can enter
disk identification and volume information, choose the TV format (PAL or NTSC), provide still
picture tracks and adjust various options.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >DVD-Audio >Options... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'
question mark...

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Podcasts
11.1.25 Ducking options
This dialog allows you to choose options when using WaveLab's ducking feature. The duck-
ing function allows you to use a Clip's volume envelope to modulate the volume envelope
of an adjacent channel's Clip. The most obvious application of this feature is when mixing
background music with a voice-over. When the voice-over starts, the level of the music is
automatically lowered and when the voice-over stops, the level of the music is restored...

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5. Choose "Unprocessed selection" for this example. As mentioned previously you can
also use any audio of the same duration from the clipboard.
6. Click Apply to apply the Effect morphing.
You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Edit>Effect morphing... .
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
11.1.27 Edit playback times
This dialog...

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Strategies to detect and correct errors
There are several strategies that you can employ when detecting and correcting errors:
ˆ Define an audio selection where you have identified an error, then click "Correct", or
"Mark for subsequent correction".
ˆ Use the function "Detect next error" to let WaveLab automatically find the next error,
and then click "Correct", or "Mark for subsequent correction".
ˆ Use the function "Detect all errors" to let...

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11.1.30 Folder Preferences dialog
This dialog allows you to set the folders where you prefer to save and open files, as well as
options about how to automatically update them, or not, while using WaveLab.
Select a folder category from the list and then either type in the path to the directory or
browse to select the folder via a standard file dialog.
Each Workspace has its own set of preferred folders, which are set from the Folder Prefer-
ences dialog from that Workspace.
If you...

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You can access this dialog via Publish>FTP Site... in the Podcast Workspace.
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
Podcasts
11.1.33 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...

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Ogg Vorbis files
11.1.35 Global analysis
This dialog allows you to perform advanced analysis on your audio to identify areas with spec-
ified properties. It can be used to find problem areas such as glitches or clipped samples,
or just to check general information such as the pitch of a sound.
How it works When you analyze a section of an Audio File, WaveLab scans it and extracts
information which it displays in the dialog. It also "pin-points" sections of the file that meet...