Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual

Chapter 14
How do I...
The following is a list of common tasks and brief instructions on how to achieve them using
WaveLab.
... import songs from an audio CD into WaveLab?
... use VST Plug-ins?
... edit an existing Audio File?
... compile and edit several Audio Files on multiple tracks?
... apply processing to an Audio File?
... convert an Audio File into another audio format?
... play back with real-time effects?
... record new Audio File?
... convert the sample rate of an Audio File?
... create a...

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The VST plug-ins are described individually in Audio Plug-ins .
14.3 ... edit an existing Audio File?
You can open Audio Files from within the Audio File Workspace by:
ˆ opening the file directly using the File>Open command
ˆ using WaveLab's File Browser to locate your file and open it (you may need to change
the file type filter so that the file type matches the Audio File)
ˆ dragging a file directly from the operating system's file browser
When you open the Audio File, it appears in a...

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You can also use the "Process in place" rendering function in the Master Section. This applies
effects to a file (or a selection) using the built in and/or third party VST plug-ins. You can use
the unlimited "Undo" function to reverse any bad editing decisions.
See
Render Wave window for more information.
Power users may wish to use the facilities available in the Batch Processor Workspace. This
allows complex processing to be...

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ˆ From within the Audio File Workspace choose Process>Convert Sample Rate...
ˆ You can also convert the sample rate in real-time using a resampler plug-in such as
Crystal Resampler, which is included in WaveLab. See
Crystal Resampler .
See
Render Wave window for more information on applying VST effects.
Power users may wish to use the facilities available in the Batch Processor Workspace. This
allows complex processing to be applied to a list of Audio Files. See
Batch Processing for
more...

Chapter 15
Glossary
A B C D E F G H I J
K L M N O P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z
A
ADPCM AES31 AIFF files Apple Lossless files ALAW files Aliasing Amplitude ASIO Attack
Audio montage
B
Bandwidth Bit depth Blu-ray Disk
C
CD Frame CD Pre-emphasis CD Text Chorus Clip Clipping Compression Cross fade
D
DAW DC Offset DDP files Decibel (dB) Dithering DVD-A
E
ECMAScript Ensoniq Paris files Equalization 

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FFT Focused Clip Formant FTP Site
G
No entries available.
H
Headroom
I
ISO image ISRC
J
No entries available.
K
No entries available.
L
Loops Loudness
M
Markers Media Catalog Number MIDI MIDI Channels Mixing Mobile phone Audio Files MP2
files
MP3 files
N
Non-destructive editing Normalize NTSC
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O
Ogg Vorbis files OSQ files
P
PAL/SECAM Pan Peak level Plug-ins Pre-roll and Post-roll Preset system Processor cores
Q
Quantization
R
Raw PCM files Red Book CD-DA Regular Expressions RF64 files RMS
S
Sample rate SMPTE timecode Sound Designer II files Spectrogram Sun/Java files
T
Tempo Text/Excel files
U
ULAW files UPC/EAN
V
No entries available.
W
WAV files WAV64 files Waveform Wet/Dry WMA files
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No entries available.
Y
No entries available.
Z
Zero crossing
15.1 ADPCM
ADPCM – Microsoft/Dialogic is an audio file format commonly used for games and tele-
phony applications that offers a lower bit rate than linear PCM and thus requires less storage
space/bandwidth.
The file extension is .vox or .adpcm
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15.2 AES31
The AES31 Standard is a non-proprietary audio file format developed by the Audio Engi-
neering Society Standards Committee (AESSC). Its aim is to allow a project...

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Typical filename extensions are .aiff, .aif, .aifc, .snd.
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15.4 Apple Lossless files
ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for loss-
less data compression of digital audio. Also known as Apple Lossless and Apple Lossless
Encoder (ALE), ALAC audio data is stored within the MP4 container and uses the mathe-
matical technique of linear prediction to achieve a file size reduction between 60% to 40%,
depending on the audio...

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15.9 Attack
Attack is the initial part of the sound. An attack is said to be fast when the maximum am-
plitude is reached very quickly (with percussive sounds from drums, guitar or piano, for ex-
ample). Orchestral strings generally have slow attack, where the volume increases more
slowly.
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15.10 Audio montage
An Audio Montage is a compilation of audio Clips composited together. In WaveLab the
Audio Montage Workspace allows you to compile and edit multiple...