Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

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11.1.36 Import Audio CD
This dialog allows you to import one or more tracks from an audio CD.
Once you have identified the source CD, you can select the track or tracks to import. You
must specify a folder location and file format before the file or files can be saved to disk.
Actions tab Specify the optical disk drive from the drop-down list, and the disk reading
speed. The title and track details are automatically completed. If no track names appear,
click
to refresh CD reading.
From this...

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11.1.38 Level envelope
This dialog allows you to create a volume envelope which can be applied to a selected range
or a whole Audio File. This could be useful if you need to even-out loud and quiet parts, for
example.
You can edit the envelope by:
ˆ Double clicking on the line to add a point: double click on a point to remove it.
ˆ Selecting multiple points (using [Shift]click) allows you to move the selection as a
group.
You can also use the controls to delete or reset points in...

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If you have used the Loop Tone Uniformizer within a region of an Audio File, the transition
from the end of the loop into the original file in many cases won't be very natural. This can
be fixed as follows:
1. Close the Loop Tone Uniformizer and open the Loop Tweaker.
2. Click on the Cross fade tab and deactivate the Cross fade option (the check box).
3. Click on the Post Cross fade tab and make sure Cross fade is activated.
4. Set up the post cross fade parameters and click Apply.
It...

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Loudness
11.1.41 Loudness normalizer
This dialog allows you to adjust the loudness of a file. Because it relates to loudness as
opposed to maximum peak level, this tool works quite differently from the Level Normalizer. A
typical application is to specify a loudness, for example -12dB, and the Loudness Normalizer
processes the audio to match this level of loudness.
Like Gain Change, increasing the loudness to a certain value can introduce clipping. To avoid
this...

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ˆ Formats - this tab allows you to adjust settings for some of the audio formats and units
that WaveLab uses.
ˆ CD Burning - this tab allows you to set a number of parameters for CD burning.
ˆ Options - this tab allows you to control application-wide start-up options and transport
settings. You can also reset default answers. This can be useful for example, if you
deactivated any "Don't show this message again" warning messages that you now wish
to restore.
ˆ Global shortcuts...

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This can be useful if you wish to keep some/all of the current plug-ins and level settings you
have in the Master Section when you load another preset. For example, you may wish to
maintain the current master level and dithering settings but replace the effects chain that you
have set up with one you commonly use from another preset. You can use the checkboxes
provided to adjust which settings from the new Master Section preset are used or ignored.
You can access this dialog from...

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11.1.47 Write Audio CD
This dialog allows you to define some options when creating a new audio montage from
an Audio File that is open in the Audio File Workspace. You can choose whether to use
a selection or the whole Audio File to create a new Montage file, and how to interpret any
markers that are present.
You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Edit>Create Montage from
Audio File... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on...

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Using the two tabs you can define settings for both the active audio montage and for all
audio montages. You can adjust default settings for how WaveLab works with audio Clips
and effects plug-ins in an audio montage, as well as to define backup and display options.
You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace via Options>Audio Mon-
tage preferences... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'
question...

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You can access this dialog by choosing Save as...>Output Format (select type MPEG-
1 Layer 3) >Encoding >Edit... , and from most places where you can select an output file
format, such as the Render dialog.
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
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MP3 files
11.1.53 Normalize Level
This dialog allows you to change the peak level of your Audio File.
Enter...

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Ogg Vorbis files
11.1.55 Open files list
This dialog allows you to view a list of all currently open files and documents in WaveLab.
Documents from all the different Workspaces are displayed and can be open, closed, re-
named, saved and in the case of Audio Files, auditioned. The list can also be filtered to only
display the files you are interested in.
When accessed by a shortcut key, this dialog is a quick way to jump from one file to another if
you have many of them...