Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual
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11.1 Dialogs 267 You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via Edit>Paste special > Mix... . 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 11.1.58 Pitch bend This dialog allows you to change the pitch of a sound over time. Note that changing the pitch using Pitch bend will affect its duration unless length preservation is activated. Using an envelope you can 'draw' the curve you wish the pitch to follow. The pitch offset is displayed along the vertical ruler of the envelope and the range the envelope effects can be adjusted using the spin control. Positive pitch values produce sounds with a higher pitch and of shorter length, negative values produce sounds with a lower pitch and of longer length. If length preservation is activated, you can choose the algorithm that is used to perform the pitch bend operation. Depending on the type of audio material you are processing, choose the appropriate mode. For more information on the different modes, use the "What's This?" tool. You can also adjust the quality used when processing the pitch bend. The quality setting and the selected mode will affect the processing time for this effect. This function could be used for creating the classic 'tape stop' effect, or for blending the tempo/pitch of one track into another, for example. You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via Process>Pitch bend... . 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 Adjusting Envelopes 11.1.59 Pitch correction This dialog allows you to detect and change the pitch of a sound without affecting its length. ˆ Amount of Shift - use these controls to find out the current pitch of the audio and if desired, calculate the required shift to match a specific pitch. ˆ Method - use these controls to adjust the method and quality you wish to use when processing the pitch change. You can also choose how the length of the sound is affected by the operation. By default this process will not change the length of the sound. This tool could be useful for fixing an off-key vocal note in a live recording, or tuning the pitch of a kick drum sample to fit a particular song, for example. You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via Process>Pitch Correc- tion... . WaveLab 7
268 Interface Elements Pitch correction is also available as a batch processing plug-in in the Batch Processor Workspace. In addition, Pitch correction for a Clip is available from the Focused Clip window (via Edit >Pitch shift... ). Note that for Batch processing and Clip processes, the envelope option is not available. 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 Adjusting Envelopes 11.1.60 Pitch quantize This dialog allows you to correct the pitch of an Audio File. The musical notes in the audio selection are quantized to the nearest semitone. Pitch quan- tize works best on recordings that have a single fundamental frequency, such as voice or single instruments. It can be useful for 're-tuning' the pitch of an imperfect recorded vocal performance, for example. The dialog allows you to choose the reference frequency (normally 440 Hz) and the time taken for the pitch correction to reach the nearest semitone. An explanation of when and how to adjust the Slur time is given using the 'What's this?' tooltips. You can also choose to preserve the formants of the original material. Choosing this option can sometimes help to produce a more realistic result when correcting the pitch of vocals or acoustic instrument sounds. You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via Process>Pitch quantiz- ing... . 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 Adjusting Envelopes Formant 11.1.61 Playback speed This dialog allows you to change the playback speed for open audio documents with or without affecting the pitch of the audio. Playback speed can be set for both the Audio File Workspace and the Audio Montage Workspace (all Clips in a montage are affected). Each open wave or montage file can be assigned its own independent playback speed. For example, you can have several wave windows open and change the playback speed for one of them, without affecting the playback speed of the other windows when you switch to them. This requires that you deactivate the option "Transport settings are global to all windows" in the Global preferences >Options tab. This function can be useful in a number of ways: WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 269 ˆ A common application is to speed up the listening time of an interview or conference speech. ˆ You can increase playback speed to quickly locate specific positions in the audio ˆ You can decrease the playback speed in order to practice a tricky recording take. By optionally defining presets you can easily switch between your favorite playback speeds. Once defined, you can quickly jump between them using the Speed context menu in the transport's command bar. If you are experiencing problems using different playback speeds, there are a number of options to help you balance processing quality with CPU usage. You can access this dialog in the Audio File and Audio Montage Workspaces via Transport > Playback speed >Edit speed... . 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 Transport controls Command bars Context menus Global Preferences 11.1.62 Podcast options This dialog allows you to define a number of options for working with Podcasts. You can choose how WaveLab handles pictures added to your Podcast, select a different timezone to publish for, and/or define an external HTML editor. You can access this dialog from the Podcast Section via Options>Options... . 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 11.1.63 Text format This dialog allows you to export text information from WaveLab in a choice of text formats, or you send the text directly to your printer. You can access this dialog from various locations in WaveLab, wherever text is produced for output. 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
270 Interface Elements Related topics 11.1.64 Repeat Clip This dialog allows you to make a number of copies of a Clip and lay them out at various intervals on the current track of your audio montage. You can specify the number of clones to produce, and control their placement, alignment and spacing. You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace by right-clicking on the track's waveform and choosing Repeat clip...from the Clip context menu. 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 Clip 11.1.65 Recently used files This dialog allows you to view all the files you have recently used in WaveLab. You can use it to find a specific file and open it. Information on the full path of each file, its name and the date it was last accessed, is displayed. To find a file quickly, begin typing the name of the file. You can also choose to remove individual files from the list or those that can no longer be located by the application. The number of recently opened files remembered by WaveLab is set in the Global Preferences . You can access this dialog from all Workspaces via File>Edit list of recently opened files... . You can also open it from various menus that list recently used files such as the File > Favorites 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 Global Preferences 11.1.66 Recording Dialog This dialog enables you to set up and record an Audio File from the input device specified in the Audio Streaming Settings dialog . To set up a recording: ˆ In the "File to create" section, select Temporary File, or select Named File and browse to the folder where the recorded audio will be saved. WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 271 ˆ Click the down arrow to select a preset audio format, or click the audio format text to display the Audio File Format dialog , and set up the format for your recorded audio. Here, you can create new Audio File Format presets, if required, for later use. ˆ Choose from Level or Spectrum display. If you choose Level, click the Settings button to bring up the Level/Pan Meter Settings dialog. ˆ Click Record. While the recording is in progress, you can create named markers by clicking on the marker icons in the Actions section. ˆ Click Stop when the recording is complete. An unsuitable recording is easily discarded, or you can Close the dialog to edit the recorded file in the Audio File Workspace. In WaveLab you also have further options available: ˆ Method - use this tab to define options for starting/stopping/pausing the recording automatically. You can select an input device and choose to start a recording at a specific time or stop it after a specific duration. In WaveLab you can also choose to drop markers automatically and split a file into while recording. ˆ Options - use this tab to determine various options affecting how the recording dialog window behaves while recording. ˆ Values- use this tab to define numerical values for the various recording options avail- able. You can access this dialog from the Transport controls button or by choosingTransport > Record . 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 Streaming Settings Audio File Format Dialog Record create marker 11.1.67 Record create marker This dialog allows you to name markers to drop while you are recording an Audio File. You can enter a name for each marker and an optional time offset. Creating named markers can be useful for junping to these points quickly when later review- ing or editing the recording. You can access this dialog while recording from the Recording dialog , dropping a marker by clicking the button. You must have the "Confirm name of markers to drop" option selected for this dialog to appear. This option is located in the Options tab of the Record 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 WaveLab 7
272 Interface Elements Related topics Recording Dialog 11.1.68 Rename File dialog This dialog allows you to rename a file, and/or optionally change the folder where it is stored. The file suffix may be selected from the drop-down list. All open documents that have a reference to the file are updated. Associated peak and marker files are also updated. This function is particularly useful when renaming Audio Files. If you rename an Audio File outside WaveLab (using your computer's file browser), the next time you open an Audio Montage with a reference to that file, WaveLab will not find it. To avoid this, use this dialog to rename files and all references to the file from the open Audio Montage are automatically updated to use the newly named file. You can access this dialog by choosing File>Rename... . 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 11.1.69 Render ASIO input to file This dialog allows you to record an Audio File directly to disk from an ASIO input. The audio is collected from the audio input, not from the Audio File or Montage. The ASIO input audio is rendered through the Master Section and any of its plug-ins and saved as a file, as when rendering normally. This is in fact, another way to record. When you record normally, no plug- ins are used, but more options are possible. On a Mac, this function should work without ASIO. Note: It is impossible for WaveLab to know when the input should stop, so it is possible to record for hours unless you manually stop this process using the Transport controls . You can access this dialog from the Master Section when you select the Asio Input plugin and then press the Master Section Render button. 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 Rendering Recording Dialog Master Section WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 273 11.1.70 Render Montage window This dialog allows you to process the montage session you are working on, mixing down multiple tracks into a mono or stereo file and applying any active plug-in effects you have active. This process is sometimes also referred to as mixing or bouncing down. You can select options for which regions of the session are rendered, whether to create a named file or a temporary, untitled file, and whether to mute the effects chain when finished. There are various options to render all or parts of the Montage, into one or more files - use "What's this..." You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via the Render button from the Master Section 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 Rendering Audio Plug-ins Audio File Format Dialog Master Section 11.1.71 Render Wave window This dialog allows you to process the Audio File or selection you are working on, applying any effects you have active. It applies all active plug-ins to the selected audio region or the whole file, and you can op- tionally change the format of the rendered file. This process is sometimes also referred to as "mixing" or "bouncing down". You can select options for which regions of the session are rendered, whether to create a new file or process in place, and whether to mute the effects chain when finished. You can also choose to copy marker locations to the new file. You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via the Render button from the Master Section 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 Rendering Audio Plug-ins Audio File Format Dialog Master Section WaveLab 7
274 Interface Elements 11.1.72 Loudness envelope options This dialog allows you to adjust how the Loudness envelope waveform is displayed. You can adjust the granularity of the analysis, or if the loudness analysis is based on small or longer segment. You can also see the loudness of specified frequency regions (by using the low/band/high pass filters to define which frequencies are displayed). This can be useful for isolating a particular "problem" range of frequencies which you want to focus on, for example. This analysis is computationally intensive, so it may occasionally be slow to redraw. You can access this dialog from both wave windows in the Audio File Workspace via the Loudness tab > Edit 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 11.1.73 Sample attributes This dialog allows you to define settings for an audio sample before loading it into a hardware or software sampler. The settings do not process the sample in any way, they just give the file properties that the receiving sampler can use. This includes information about the pitch of the sample (which can be detected automatically by WaveLab), the key range that the sample should span, and the velocity range to occupy. For WAV and AIFF files, this information is stored in the file's header. By default, there are no sample attributes in an Audio File. Therefore you must explicitly create this information by clicking on the "Create" button first. This dialog is useful if your sampler can take advantage of these additional tags. If supported by your sampler, it can save you time by allowing you to both edit and define a samples properties from within WaveLab. You can access this dialog via Workspace>Specific tool windows >Sample At- tributes... . 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 11.1.74 Modified files dialog This dialog allows you to save any currently open files that have been modified. You can choose which files in the active Workspace you wish to save and which to ignore. If you have a large number of currently active files, it can be useful to choose "Select All" and then deselect any items you do not wish to save. Choosing "Cancel" safely returns you to the application without saving the modified files or quitting. You can access this dialog throughout WaveLab via File>Save all . This dialog is also shown when closing a Workspace with more than one modified file, or when closing the application. WaveLab 7
11.1 Dialogs 275 In WaveLab you can also access this dialog from the Control Window viaFile >Save all documents in all windows 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 11.1.75 Save Audio File dialog This dialog allows you to choose the name, file format and the location where you wish to save an Audio File. The provided default location depends on what path you have specified for the 'Audio File Save folder' in Folder preferences . This can be overtyped, or you can click to browse folders, browse files, or explore the Operating System browser dialog. You can also change the type of file format used to encode the file using the Audio File Format dialog . In addition there is an option to remember the file format you use so it appears the next time you save a file. You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace and Montage Workspace via File > Save as... . 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 Folder Preferences dialog Audio File Format Dialog 11.1.76 Select where and how Audio Files will be saved This dialog allows you to choose where Audio Files are saved when saving each CD track as an Audio File from the Basic Audio CD window. You can choose the destination folder location and the format of the Audio Files which will be saved. You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace via Basic Audio CD window> File >Save each CD track as.... 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 Basic Audio CD Audio File Format Dialog WaveLab 7
276 Interface Elements 11.1.77 Save Batch Processor This dialog allows you to save a copy of the batch processor file that you currently have open. You can specify a new file name and location. Optionally you can choose to save the list of files in the batch process, along with status of each file. The default location depends on what path you have specified for the 'Batch Processor - Save folder' in Folder preferences . This can be overtyped, or you can click to browse folders, browse files or explore the Operating System browser dialog. You can access this dialog in the Batch Processor Workspace via File>Save as... . 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 Folder Preferences dialog 11.1.78 Save File As This dialog allows you to save a copy of a file that you currently have open. You can specify a new file name and location. The default location depends on the path you have specified for the active Workspace's 'Save folder' in Folder preferences . This can be overtyped, or you can click to browse folders, browse files or explore the Operating System browse dialog. You can access this dialog in various Workspaces in WaveLab via File>Save as... . 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 Folder Preferences dialog 11.1.79 Save Preset As This dialog allows you to save a copy of a preset you have altered with a different name. You can also define and create a root folder to hold for all presets of its kind. You can access this dialog in various places throughout WaveLab where you choose presets - that is, wherever you see this icon and a menu containingSave as.... 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 WaveLab 7