Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

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12.40 Silence
The Silence built-in plug-in provides a simple way of injecting a precise period of silence into
the start or end of an Audio File.
The parameters are as follows:
ˆ Start
Use the slider to add from 0 to 60,000ms of silence to the start of the file
ˆ End
Use the slider to add from 0 to 60,000ms of silence to the end of the file.
Related topics
Audio Plug-ins
Master Section
How do I add effects?
Presets
Silence Generator
12.41 Stereo Expander
This plug-in is a stereo width...

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Audio Plug-ins
Master Section
How do I add effects?
Presets
12.42 Internal Dithering
Internal Dithering is a built-in plug-in that provides a simple way of adding a small amount of
noise to the rendered signal to improve the apparent signal-to-noise ratio of the output.
For an introduction to the concept of dithering, see
Dithering .
The following parameters are available:
ˆ Noise Type Two types are available, in addition to No Noise
ˆ Noise Shaping Three types are...

Chapter 13
Utilities
WaveLab's Utilities menu contains a number of useful tools accessible from all Workspaces.
This page contains links to information about them.
CD/DVD utilities:
Import Audio CD
Burn Audio CD from DDP Image
Data CD/DVD
Batch utilities:
Batch Conversion
Batch Renaming
Utility windows:
Log window
Background task monitor
Timecode
13.1 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...

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From this list you can select the tracks (or define the start and end points of a single track).
The "Rename tracks" menu option automatically adds the track order number to the name in
a range of different styles. You can select a track name for text editing by double-clicking.
In "Output", accept the default Folder location or choose another. Clicking
produces the
Audio File Format dialog for changing details of the Audio File's format.
Options tab This accesses a list...

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Blu-ray Disk writer connected, for example, you will not be able to write a Blu-ray Disk you
may have prepared. However, you can still save it as an ISO Disk image and transfer it for
remote burning.
To prepare a data disk, follow these steps:
Adding files
Add files and folders to the disk by:
ˆ dragging them directly from your computer's file browser.
ˆ dragging a file from any Workspace by either dragging it by its title bar tab or using the
document button
.
ˆ choosing...

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ˆ enter the name that you want your disk to display when it is mounted as a data volume.
ˆ to write your disk, click write CD/DVD icon. This opens the write CD/DVD dialog
which enables you to burn your data disk to an ISO image or to an optical disk using a
connected CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disk writer.
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
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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 referenced files, markers and Clips belonging to the project.
Batch renaming can be used for the following operations:
ˆ to rename files
ˆ...

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You can access this window via Workspace>Shared tool windows >Log . It is available
in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and Audio Montage Workspace. You can also
access this window in the Control Window via Utilities>Log .
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
Control Window
Specific tool windows
Scripting
13.7 Background task monitor
This...

13.8 Timecode 385
The most common use for this window is for working with video or film. You can use it to
display the playback head position of the current Audio File in a SMPTE format to frame level
resolution (i.e. hours:minutes:seconds:frames). You can also use it to display CD frames
(minutes:seconds:frames) when you are authoring CD or DVDs.
You can access this window by choosing Workspace>Shared tool windows >Time-
code . It is available in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and Audio...

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