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11.1 Dialogs 237 Audio Montage Preferences MP2 encoding MP3 attributes MP3 encoding Normalize Level OGG encoding Open files list Pan Normalizer Mix dialog Pitch bend Pitch correction Pitch quantize Playback speed Podcast options Text format Repeat Clip Recently used files Recording Dialog Record create marker Rename File dialog Render ASIO input to file Render Montage window Render Wave window Loudness envelope options Sample attributes Modified files dialog Save Audio File dialog Select where and how Audio Files will be saved Save Batch Processor Save File As Save Preset As Save picture of active window Scripting window (Audio Montage Workspace) Scripting window (Audio File Workspace) Definition of shortcut(s) Signal generator WaveLab 7
238 Interface Elements Silence Generator Smart bypass Special File Format Spectrogram options Surround Panner Create Document Template Template List Dialog Time Format dialog Time stretching Track dispatching Value Format File attributes Audio File editing preferences Write Audio CD WMA encoding Workspace layout Write Data CD/DVD Loop Tweaker Zoom factor 11.1.1 Insert link This dialog allows you to insert a hyperlink to a web page in your podcast episode description. In "Title" enter the text that will form the active link. In "URL" enter the Uniform Resource Locator (i.e. web address) you wish it to open when clicked. Remember to include the full URL, for example: http://www.personalwebsite.com/index.html You can access this dialog from the Podcast Workspace via Episodein the list of Items, then click on above the "Description" field. The description of the feed content is a mandatory field. 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 WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 239 11.1.2 Align Clips This dialog allows you to align Clips along the focused track at specific intervals, with or without a space between them. You must select at least two Clips to use this function. You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace's Clip window via Functions > Align selected clips of focused track... or via its icon. 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 Clips 11.1.3 Recording channels This dialog allows you to select which input channels you want to record from. If you have an audio card with multiple inputs, you can record up to eight channels simultaneously. You can access this dialog via Record>Set input . 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 Recording Dialog 11.1.4 Audio CD Report This dialog allows you to generate a detailed report about the active audio CD. This report includes a full track listing with ISRC codes (if entered), track times and CD-Text. The Audio CD report can be output in HTML or Adobe PDF format or printed directly from WaveLab. You can choose the details of what is displayed and include your custom logo. You might send the Audio CD report to your client, an album artwork designer or to the CD replication house when presenting them with a master CD, for example. You can control the formatting of values in your report via the Value Format window. To open this dialog click on the "Value Format" link. You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace's via CD window>Functions > Generate Audio CD report... 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 Value Format Authoring CDs and DVDs WaveLab 7
240 Interface Elements 11.1.5 Audio file comparer This analysis tool allows you to compare two Audio Files for differences between them. It can create a "delta file" that contains these differences. It can also drop markers at positions where differences are found. This can be useful for: ˆ Judging the effect of using an equalizer by comparing the file before and after. The delta file will show what was added or removed. ˆ Check the noise added by a processor. ˆ Compare two digitally recorded files to check for dropouts. Note - Make sure that the two documents you want to compare are open. You can access this dialog via Analysis>File comparator... . 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 11.1.6 Audio File Format Dialog This dialog allows you to set the type of Audio File to be saved. Some file types will make some options unavailable. Clicking in Attributes (meta-data) produces the File Attributes dialog for adding non- audio information associated with a file. This option is only available for Wave, MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3), Windows WMA and Ogg Vorbis file types, and for each of these, the Edit command leads to a different dialog box. You can also save and restore settings. See Presets . You can access this dialog via File>Save as... >Output Format . The dialog is also available from other locations where Audio Files are saved, for example, via the Master Section's 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 Related topics Presets 11.1.7 Audio Montage properties This dialog allows you to set/change the audio properties and number of channels of the active montage file. It appears when you first create an audio montage file and can also be edited later. It allows you to select an output mode for your project, choose how many channels you wish to work with and set the sample rate of the montage. WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 241 Changing the values in this dialog will not process the audio in your montage in any way. However if you change the sample rate, the file will play back at the wrong pitch. You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace by choosing Edit>Audio Montage properties... . It is also displayed when you create a new audio montage by clicking on the "Create an empty document" icon or via File>New... . 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 Workspaces 11.1.8 Split Clip at silences This dialog allows you to split a single Clip into new ones according to any silence detected in its audio. Effects and envelopes are ignored, only the source material is analyzed. You can define several factors which control the threshold at which silence is detected including the duration of a silence, the signal level, and the gap between silent regions in the Clip. You can choose to use a single- or two-stage analysis process and also to separate the resulting new Clips. You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Focused Clip>Edit > Split at silences... . 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 Audio Montages 11.1.9 Audio properties dialog This dialog reports the audio properties of the active Audio File. It allows you to change the number of audio samples per second (the sample rate) and the accuracy of samples in the audio stream (the bit-rate). Changing the values in this dialog does not process the file in any way (in contrast to using Save as). However, the following rules apply: ˆ If you change the sample rate, the file will play back at the wrong pitch. ˆ If you change the bit resolution the file will be converted to the new resolution the next time you save it. Note that there is no Undo for this operation. If you save with a lower bit resolution, the file is permanently converted. You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace by choosing Edit>Audio prop- erties... . It is also displayed when you create a new Audio File using Edit>New... . WaveLab 7
242 Interface Elements 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 11.1.10 Audio Range This dialog allows you to define accurately a specific audio range. This audio range is then used to create a selection. There are many options you can choose to easily select a specific part of your Audio File. You can also audition your selection using the various playback buttons provided. In order to select a region of the Audio File, first select a From and To point using one of the methods available. Additional options allow you to control your selection further. You can access this dialog in the Audio File and Audio Montage Workspaces by choosing Edit >Select >Edit... . 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 11.1.11 Audio Streaming Settings This dialog allows you to specify how WaveLab's internal input and output channels are connected to your sound card and which device you intend to use for audio playback and recording. You can define the buffer settings for your device as well as setting up connections to external gear such as external effects units. You should select at least two channels for stereo playback and recording. ˆ Control Panel - clicking this will launch your sound card settings application (usually installed with the audio card). In most cases this will provide settings for buffer size, digital formats, additional I/O connections, etc. depending on your sound card and driver. ˆ Playback tab - this allows you to select and name audio ports used for playback.If you are monitoring on a surround system, specify your surround speaker outputs here. ˆ Recording tab - this allows you to select and name your audio ports used for recording and input monitoring. The inputs you define here will then be available in the recording window. ˆ External gear tab - this allows you to select inputs and outputs to external audio processing equipment. For example, you can use this to buss audio out to an outboard effects unit and back into /app. ˆ Options tab - use this tab to specify the number of buffers and control driver function- ality (e.g. release the driver when the application is in the background, so that it can be used by other applications). You can also specify pre-roll and post-roll times. WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 243 Windows MME/Built-In Audio If you do not have a third-party audio card you can select the Windows MME or Built-in Audio (Mac) options. You can also use MME with most third party audio cards, with the advantage that you can record and play at different sample rates. However, Windows MME drivers don't allow Audio Monitoring in the record dialog, and other drivers generally offer better sound quality and performance. You can access this dialog from Workspaces that support the playback of Audio Files by choosing Options>Audio Streaming Settings... . 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 Recording Dialog 11.1.12 Auto Split This dialog allows you to automatically split an Audio File into separate Audio Files according to certain specified rules. You can split files: ˆ ...at marker points ˆ ...at specific time intervals ˆ ...at regions containing silences ˆ ...at beat points using beat detection ˆ ...according to a description of regions stored in a text file The Auto Split function can be used in many situations such as: ˆ cutting up a single Audio File of a recording session into its individual takes (using the silence threshold) ˆ cutting up a drum loop into its individual drum hit samples (using beat detection) ˆ outputting individual tracks from an album master file (using marker detection or "Learn regions from text file") ˆ converting marker types from one type to another (by using the option "Do not split, only create markers at splitting points") ˆ silencing the regions between audio information in an instrumental take (using "Mute audio outside regions") The Auto Split tool is made up of several pages of dialogs which take you through the process of splitting your audio. Note that the sequence of pages is not always the same and depends on the choices you make. You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Tools>Auto Split... . 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 WaveLab 7
244 Interface Elements Related topics Split Clip at silences 11.1.13 Batch Conversion This dialog allows you to convert the file format of a group of Audio Files. This could be useful for example, if you have a large number of Audio Files that you wish to encode as MP3 files, or a group of stereo files that you need to downsample and convert to mono. You can also take maximum advantage of your computer's architecture if you have a multiple processor cores , by spreading the processing load across them. These settings are selected in the Multitasking tab. To use the Batch Converter tool: 1. Click on the plus sign icon to add files, (or just drag the files directly into the pane) 2. Define an output file location and file format 3. Choose any options or performance settings from the Options and Multi-tasking tabs 4. Click Start to begin (you can also choose an option to start the process automatically when dragging the file in). You can access this dialog by choosing Utilities>Batch conversion of Audio Files... 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 Audio File Format Dialog 11.1.14 Basic Audio CD Settings This dialog allows you to edit various settings for the Basic Audio CD . You can add optional UPC/EAN codes to your CD, adjust the pause time before the first track and add additional silence at the beginning and end of tracks. You can also choose to play the audio through the Master Section and its effects before burning your audio CD. See Basic Audio CD for more information. You can access this dialog from the Basic Audio CD window in the Audio File Workspace by choosing the Options>Options... or by clicking on the spanner icon. 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 Authoring CDs and DVDs Basic Audio CD WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 245 11.1.15 Batch Renaming This dialog appears in various locations in WaveLab and allows you to rename a batch of files, Clips or markers. 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 to rename Clips in Audio Montages ˆ to rename markers in Audio Files and Audio Montages. These functions share most of the same features, with some minor differences. The Batch Renaming dialog has three pages. The first page defines which files/clips/markers should be renamed; the second dialog page defines how the renaming should be executed. The third page shows you a preview of the names that will be produced, before you commit to the changes. You can access this dialog in various places throughout WaveLab: ˆ from any Workspace: via Utilities>Batch file renaming... ˆ from the Marker window: via Functions>Batch marker renaming... ˆ from the Clips window in the Audio Montage Workspace: via Functions>Batch clip renaming... . 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 Batch Conversion Marker Window About Regular Expressions Regular Expressions 11.1.16 CD Text Editor This dialog allows you to add CD-Text data to an audio CD. CD-Text is an extension of the Red Book Compact Disc standard and allows you to store text information on an audio CD. Information such as the disk title, songwriter, composer and disc ID, can be added for example. The text data you enter is displayed by CD players that support the CD-Text format. WaveLab 7
246 Interface Elements In WaveLab you can add information about the disk itself and each individual track. This information is entered in a series of text fields that scroll together horizontally. There is one pane of fields for the disk itself and a pane for each track. You can scroll between these with a slider bar. Buttons allow you to copy between fields to make entering information easier. Tip: Make sure the "Enable CD-Text Burning" checkbox is ticked before burning an audio CD if you wish to write CD-Text data. 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 CD Authoring CDs and DVDs Write Audio CD 11.1.17 CD-Text Browser This dialog allows you to view CD text information about the selected disk when importing an audio CD using the Import Audio CD dialog. You can access this dialog from the Import Audio CD dialog viaFunctions >Examine CD-Text... . You can also access it via its icon in the Import Audio CD window. 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 Import Audio CD 11.1.18 CD Wizard This dialog allows you to quickly create an audio CD track listing from the active montage. The Clips in the montage are used to automatically generate CD track and splice markers from the Clip regions and cross fade points. You can adjust any pause time before tracks, adjust the gaps between track start markers and the track audio playing as well as generating any ISRC and UPC/EAN codes. Once you have chosen the options you require click "Apply" to generate the CD track listing in the CD window . You can further edit the track listing that is created and then burn your audio CD using the Write Audio CD dialog. For more information on creating Audio CDs see Authoring CDs and DVDs . You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace's CD window by choosing Functions >CD Wizard... or by clicking on the icon. 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 WaveLab 7