Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

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11.1.80 Save picture of active window
This dialog allows you to save a picture of the active WaveLab window.
You can save the picture with or without the enclosing window frame and the resulting picture
can be copied to the clipboard or saved to a file. If the second option is selected, you can
specify where the picture is saved and the format: BMP, JPG/JPEG and PNG formats are
offered.
You can access this dialog from most Workspaces in WaveLab via View>Save picture
of active window... ....

278 Interface Elements
For a general description of scripting, see Scripting . For an overview of the scripting lan-
guage, see
ECMAScript Reference .
You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via Workspace>Specific tool
windows >Script .
Note: To view trace or log messages when executing scripts that contain the logWin-
dow() function, ensure that the
Log window is visible and that it's warning filter buttons -
are selected.
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature,...

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almost any function within WaveLab. Select a MIDI device via Preferences...>Options
tab , activate "Use MIDI shortcuts" and specify a MIDI input port so that MIDI events are sent
rather than keyboard events.
You can access this dialog from the
Customize commands window by selecting a command
and choosing Edit shortcut... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'
question mark icon. For more information see
Getting...

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11.1.85 Silence Generator
This dialog allows you to generate "silence", either by replacing an audio selection, or by
specifying a duration.
You can also specify a cross fade at each end of the silent region, for a smoother transition.
Radio buttons determine where the silent period is placed in the audio.
In WaveLab you can also specify a file to be inserted instead of "true" silence. This can be
useful for example, if you wish to keep the ambience, or background...

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format, byte order, sample rate, file extension and whether or not the file contains mono or
stereo channels. You can also choose to ignore the file's header (start) or end of file data.
Once you have specified a format for a particular type of file, WaveLab remembers the new
format for the next time. This function can be useful for example, if you are working with a
rarely used Audio File format like those used by some game platforms or mobile phone ring
tones.
You can access this dialog...

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Each track can have its own Surround Pan window and you can have several of these open
at the same time if you need to.
To pan the sound, click the blue square and drag it to the desired position. This pans the
audio of the left/top channel – the other channel is automatically mirrored horizontally.
If you right-click in the graphical display, a pop-up menu appears allowing you to choose from
a number of positioning "presets". This can be a quick way to pan a signal fully...

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You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage, Podcast or Batch processor Workspace
via File >Save special >Save as template... .
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
Template List Dialog
11.1.91 Template List Dialog
This dialog allows you to choose a previously saved template from an active Audio Montage,
Podcast or Batch processor file....

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You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via View>Main view display >
Time Ruler >Time format... . Alternatively, you can access it by right clicking anywhere
on the time ruler in either waveform window to produce the Time Ruler context menu, and
choosing Time format... .
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
Timecode
Audio File...

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For instance, in the case of surround output, there can be six destinations for a track channel.
Track allocation is dependent on the mode and how many channels you have selected when
defining your
Audio Montage settings . This in turn defines how many outputs are available
from this dialog. For playback, your soundcard must also have the available number of cor-
responding channels. These are set up in the
Audio Streaming Settings .
You can choose single or multiple channel outputs for...

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ˆ - Uses the current date and time to fill in the Origination Date/Time field.
ˆ - Uses WaveLab as the name of the originator software.
You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Edit>File Attributes... .
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
WAV files
11.1.97 Audio File editing preferences
This dialog allows you to define settings...