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CD
Authoring CDs and DVDs
Write Audio CD
ISRC
11.1.19 Copy audio information
This dialog allows you to copy information about the name and location of the selected Audio
File, including any selection information and cursor position. The information is copied to the
clipboard and can be pasted into an external text application.
This can be a useful feature to use when making notes on a particular session or when you
need accurate file path/selection information when writing a script.
You can access this dialog in both the Audio File and Audio Montage Workspaces via Edit
> Copy Audio information... .
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11.1.20 Customize Commands
This dialog allows you to customize your own shortcuts for WaveLab. It shows a list of already
assigned shortcuts for WaveLab commands and menu options. Each shortcut is restricted
to a specific context, so you can re-use the same shortcut combination in different places.
The exception is the Master Section where all shortcuts are global to the application.
To edit shortcuts, double click on the shortcut text or its placeholder, or select a command
and click Edit shortcut... See
Definition of shortcut(s) for more information.
Please note that some shortcuts cannot be edited, these are unavailable (grayed out). New
keyboard shortcuts are displayed in blue.
ˆ Showing/hiding in menus - you can decide whether to hide/show certain com-
mands in their respective menu by deselecting/selecting their checkbox in the "Menu"
column.
ˆ Triggering via a keyword - you can enter a keyword which you can later use to
activate a command by typing it into the Keyword field command bar.
ˆ Triggering from an external MIDI device - you can assign a command to be trig-
gered by an external MIDI device using the "MIDI Trigger" checkbox. For example,
this could be useful for issuing transport commands from your midi keyboard. You can
specify a sequence of up to three midi events.
Please note that according to the context not all types of shortcuts are available. For example,
triggering via a keyword is not available within the recording context.
ˆ Display in command bar - For certain commands (those with icons displayed) you
can also choose whether to display them in their corresponding command bar. To do
this, select/deselect the option in the "Bar" column. You can define one key shortcut
per command, each shortcut can be a sequence of up to four keystrokes. Note that for
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the Macintosh only, if a shortcut is made up of two or more keystrokes, the main menu
only displays the first keystroke (this is a Mac OS X limitation).
To reset some or all types of shortcuts to their factory defaults use the "Reset" button.
To generate a reference of your customized shortcuts, use the "Summary" button to either
view a webpage summary or to print out a list of all your command shortcuts.
You can access this window from within various other dialogs in WaveLab when you see the
icon, or by choosing Options>Customize Commands... .
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Definition of shortcut(s)
Command bars
11.1.21 Data CD/DVD
This dialog allows you to arrange files and folders into a structure that you can later write as
a "data" disk.
You can prepare a disk for a variety of media (CD-DA, DVD or Blu-ray Disk). The list of media
devices displays the amount of data that will fit on each type of disk. As you add files, an
indicator on the left (and a text display at the bottom) display how "full" your new disk is. You
can enter a name for your disk and change the disk file structure before writing your data to
an ISO image or writeable optical disk.
Note: Although you can prepare a disk in any format, the types of physical disk you can
burn will be limited by the optical drive connected to your computer. If you do not have a
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 File>Special >Add to Data CD/DVD from any of the editing Workspaces
to add the currently focused file.
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Removing files
To remove files from the file structure:
ˆ select the files/folders you wish to remove and click on the red cross icon. To remove
a group of files, hold down [Shift]while selecting the files/folders to remove. Please
note that this does notdelete the files from the computer, only a reference to them.
ˆ to remove all files/folders from the layout choose Reset.
Editing the file structure
To edit the arrangement of the files in your disk:
ˆ drag files/folders to a different location in the file list pane. To move multiple files/folders
hold down [Shift]while selecting the files/folders you wish to move.
ˆ drag file/folders over a folder icon to move them into that directory.
ˆ to add a new folder click on the folder icon.
ˆ to edit the name of a file/folder, double click on its title.
Burning your disk
Once you are happy with your disk layout you can write it to a disk or disk image:
ˆ select a media type from the list of media devices. This will determine the maximum
size and type of medium you will be writing to, whether it be CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disk or
an ISO image of any of these. You can change the media type at any stage.
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
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Write Audio CD
Blu-ray Disk
ISO image
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11.1.22 DVD-Audio options
This dialog allows you to choose settings for creating a DVD-Audio disk. You can enter
disk identification and volume information, choose the TV format (PAL or NTSC), provide still
picture tracks and adjust various options.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >DVD-Audio >Options... .
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DVD-A
11.1.23 DVD-Audio Creation
This dialog allows you to choose settings when creating a DVD-Audio disk.
You can choose to just test the DVD-A, how to render the audio for each Audio Montage and
choose an output folder for the DVD-Audio files that are created. Once the files have been
rendered to the hard disk by WaveLab, the
Write Data CD/DVD dialog opens automatically,
allowing you to burn your DVD-Audio files to an optical DVD.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >DVD-Audio >Burn DVD-Audio... .
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DVD-A
11.1.24 Document list dialog
This dialog allows you to add a file to a document in a different Workspace.
You can add the file to a new or existing Workspace document. Open documents are dis-
played in the list box, or you can browse to find an existing document, or create a new one.
For example, to add your Audio File to a Podcast, choose File>Special >Add to Pod-
cast... . The Podcast can be a new or existing Podcast. Open Podcasts are displayed in the
list box.
You can access this dialog by choosing File>Special >Add to [Workspace]... .
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Podcasts
11.1.25 Ducking options
This dialog allows you to choose options when using WaveLab's ducking feature. The duck-
ing function allows you to use a Clip's volume envelope to modulate the volume envelope
of an adjacent channel's Clip. The most obvious application of this feature is when mixing
background music with a voice-over. When the voice-over starts, the level of the music is
automatically lowered and when the voice-over stops, the level of the music is restored to
the original level. This is done by automatically creating volume envelope curves.
To use this feature you first need to select the Clip you wish to alter the volume envelope of
and then from the dialog choose the track containing the Clip you wish to duck. The focused
Clip must be located within the time range of the Clip you wish to use as the modulator.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Focused Clip>Envelope
> Duck according to other track... .
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Adjusting Envelopes
11.1.26 Effect morphing
This dialog within the Audio File Workspace allows you to gradually mix two audio ranges
that have different effects/processing applied to them.
Effect morphing allows you to smoothly "morph" or blend from one effect to another, or from
an unprocessed audio segment to a processed audio segment. Effect Morphing always
involves two audio ranges. Normally, these are two versions of the same audio range, of
which one is unprocessed and the other processed.
Effect morphing works by using WaveLab's Undo buffer to mix a copy of the processed audio
with the unprocessed version. You can also use any other bit of audio from the application's
clipboard that has the same length as the one you wish to morph with.
To set up a basic effect morph, proceed as follows:
1. Start by making a selection range over the time you wish the effect morphing to take
place.
2. Now process this range using any Master Section effect(s), or use some other off-line
processing. You cannot use processing/effects that alter the length of the selection,
e.g. time stretching.
3. Open the Effect Morphing dialog by choosing Edit>Effect Morphing... .
4. Adjust your envelope points over time between 0% and 100%. This will determine the
level and direction of the morph. For example, starting at 100% and ending at 0% will
fade out the effect you just applied.
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5. Choose "Unprocessed selection" for this example. As mentioned previously you can
also use any audio of the same duration from the clipboard.
6. Click Apply to apply the Effect morphing.
You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Edit>Effect morphing... .
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11.1.27 Edit playback times
This dialog allows you to set parameters that are used to evaluate the CD when using the
command "Play all CD Track starts".
You can set the track pre-roll time, toggle one-second of silence before playback, and set
the time each track is played before jumping to the next track.
You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace via CD>Options >Edit
playback times... .
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11.1.28 Error detection and correction
This specific tool window allows you to search for unwanted clicks and digital artifacts in an
Audio File. Several detection and restoration methods are available. You can detect, mark
and name, jump to, play back and remove individual audio errors.
The settings for error detection and correction are organized within the following groups of
controls:
ˆ Detection tab - choose the method used to detect any errors. Each different method
has its own settings to determine when it will detect an error. Click Detection 1 and 2
will search for clicks in certain frequency ranges while Digital Click Detection looks for
clicks that are caused by clicks typical to digital errors.
ˆ Correction tab - specify the method used to correct any errors.
ˆ Search Area tab - specify the range of audio you wish to search for errors.
ˆ Options tab - this provides a range of preferences for playing back, viewing, and
marking any errors found.
ˆ Browse & Correct panel - step through your defined search region detecting each
error in turn. You can choose to correct any errors or mark them for later correction.
There are controls to skip between error markers and make fine adjustments to the
selection. You can also automatically detect and correct all marked errors in the search
region.
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Strategies to detect and correct errors
There are several strategies that you can employ when detecting and correcting errors:
ˆ Define an audio selection where you have identified an error, then click "Correct", or
"Mark for subsequent correction".
ˆ Use the function "Detect next error" to let WaveLab automatically find the next error,
and then click "Correct", or "Mark for subsequent correction".
ˆ Use the function "Detect all errors" to let WaveLab automatically find all errors in the
predefined range. Then browse the marked errors, removing or adjusting each audio
range in turn, and click "Correct" to correct any specific errors, or you can use the
option "Correct all".
You can access this dialog by choosing Workspace>Specific tool windows >Error
Correction .
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Marker types
11.1.29 Configure external tools
This dialog allows you to configure WaveLab to work with external applications. You can pass
command line arguments to the external applications so that they can process the current
file/folder you are working on, or even the WaveLab's settings folder. This function can be
useful if you wish to edit an Audio File in another application, or wish to compress all your
settings files into a backup zip file, for example.
Note that an external tool only works within the Workspace in which it is defined. This is by
design, so that each type of Workspace can have its own external "toolkit".
To define an external tool you need to:
ˆ Give the command a title
ˆ Specify the path to the application's executable file
ˆ Choose which arguments you wish to pass to the external application
ˆ Additionally you can specify an initial folder to direct the external application to
ˆ Select how you wish WaveLab to behave before the external tool is launched.
Once you have defined an external tool in this way, you can run it by selecting its title from
the Tools menu from within its Workspace.
You can access this dialog by choosing Tools>Configure external tools... .
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11.1.30 Folder Preferences dialog
This dialog allows you to set the folders where you prefer to save and open files, as well as
options about how to automatically update them, or not, while using WaveLab.
Select a folder category from the list and then either type in the path to the directory or
browse to select the folder via a standard file dialog.
Each Workspace has its own set of preferred folders, which are set from the Folder Prefer-
ences dialog from that Workspace.
If you open this dialog from the Control Window, you can set the preferred folders for all
Workspaces. To use this dialog, first select a folder category (from the left) and then define
its path and options (on the right).
A note on temporary files - this folder category specifies where WaveLab should store its
temporary files. These are used for operations such as Undo. If you have multiple drives, you
should allocate each temporary folder to a unique physical drive. WaveLab then selects the
source and destination folders on different physical drives, which speeds up file operations
considerably.
You can access this dialog by choosing Options>Folders... .
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11.1.31 Frequency range
This dialog allows you to adjust the range of frequencies displayed in the
3D Frequency
Analysis
window. Use the spin controls to adjust the highest and lowest frequencies you
wish to view. This can be useful for isolating a particular frequency range which you are
trying to analyze.
You can also choose to display frequencies using logarithmic or linear scaling, alter the color
of the background and waveform, plus change the scale of the ruler.
You can access this dialog via Analysis>3D Frequency Analysis >Edit frequency
range (click on the frequency button).
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3D Frequency Analysis
Value editing
11.1.32 FTP site
This dialog allows you to enter information for uploading your Podcast and all related files to
an online FTP server.
You must specify all log-in details for your FTP site, the relative path to your podcast XML
file and the web site address where the link to your Podcast is found, including the path to
the feed. If in doubt about your FTP settings they can normally be supplied by your ISP.
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You can access this dialog via Publish>FTP Site... in the Podcast Workspace.
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Podcasts
11.1.33 Change Level
This dialog allows you to apply a gain to change the level of an Audio File.
You can also use "Find current peak level" to obtain a report on the peak level of the current
audio selection (or the peak level in the whole file, if "Process whole file if there is no selection"
is selected in the preferences). This can be useful if you wish to calculate how much you can
increase the overall gain of a file without introducing clipping (exceeding 0dB), for example.
To change the level, enter the desired gain and click Apply.
You can access this dialog by choosing Process>Change level... in the Audio File
Workspace.
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Audio File editing
Value editing
11.1.34 File attributes (OGG/WMA)
This dialog allows you to enter/edit the meta-tags for an OGG Vorbis (OGG) or Window
Media Audio (WMA) encoded file. Double click on the tags provided to edit an entry.
In the Audio File Workspace you can access this dialog by opening a WMA or Ogg Vorbis
file and clicking in the Meta-Data specific tool window. You can also access it by choosing
Save as... >Output format >Attributes >Edit... when saving a WMA or Ogg Vorbis
file, and from most places where you are able to select an output file format, like the Render
dialog.
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Metadata window
Audio File Format Dialog
OGG encoding
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Ogg Vorbis files
11.1.35 Global analysis
This dialog allows you to perform advanced analysis on your audio to identify areas with spec-
ified properties. It can be used to find problem areas such as glitches or clipped samples,
or just to check general information such as the pitch of a sound.
How it works When you analyze a section of an Audio File, WaveLab scans it and extracts
information which it displays in the dialog. It also "pin-points" sections of the file that meet
specific characteristics, for example, sections being very loud or almost silent. You can then
browse between these points, set markers or zoom in on them.
Types of analysis On most of the tabs, you will find settings determining exactly how the
analysis will be performed. Each tab focuses on a particular analysis area:
ˆ Peaks- this tab is for finding individual samples with very high decibel values.
ˆ Loudness - this tab is for finding sections that are perceived by the human ear as
louder or weaker in volume. WaveLab uses an accurate method (RMS - Root Mean
Square), to measure a consecutive section of samples and then average their value.
ˆ Pitch- this tab is used for finding the exact average pitch of a section of audio. The
method works best on monophonic material (single notes, without chords or harmonies)
and assumes the analyzed section has a relatively stable pitch. As a general rule try to
analyze the sustain portion of a sound, rather than the attack.
ˆ Extras- this tab is for informing you about DC offsets and the significant bit resolution
of the file. This can be useful, for example, if you wanted to check whether a 16 bit
file really uses 16 bits (or if it was actually recorded with only 8 bit resolution and then
upscaled to 16 bits).
ˆ Errors- this tab is to help you find glitches and sections where the audio has clipped
(gone beyond 0 dB).For more control over the analysis, use
Error detection and cor-
rection
.Checking and browsing the results Checking the results on the Pitch and
Extra tabs is simple, since only one value is returned for the whole section of analyzed
audio. For all the other tabs, the analysis methods returns a series of exact points ("hot
points") in the file or section of audio. Use the relevant buttons in each tab to select the
"hot points" you wish to look at in more detail. Using the slider you can then browse
or skip between these points, adding markers or focusing the waveform display at that
particular point in the file.
You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Analysis>Global Analysis... .
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Error detection and correction
3D Frequency Analysis
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