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From the Functions menu you can also access useful functions to convert marker types ,
rename multiple markers and
export the marker list as text .
The Marker list
The marker window contains a list of any markers placed in the currently active file along
with their corresponding details. Click on a column header to sort the list in ascending or
descending order based on the values in that column. You can also use the Filter menu to
toggle which types of markers are displayed in the list.
From this list of markers you can use the fields, controls and menus to:
ˆ Create a new marker at the playback head position - click on a marker icon (at
the top of the window) or choose a marker type from the Insert menu to drop a marker
at the current playhead location.
ˆ Create a pair of markers from a selection - make a selection in the waveform and
then click on a pair of marker icons (at the top of the window) or choose a "Create
region" command from the Insert menu to drop a pair of markers at either side of the
current selection.
ˆ Start playback - It is possible to start playback at the selected marker position, with
or without pre-roll, by clicking on the leftmost icons. Click on
in the "audition"
column to play the wave from that marker position with a pre-roll. Click on the right
hand button to play the wave exactly from the marker position.
ˆ Change marker types - You can change a marker type by (left) clicking on its icon
and choosing another marker type from the pop-up list that appears.
ˆ Edit a marker's name/time/comments - double click in a cell to edit a value (to
align the marker to an exact time, for instance). You can edit the name of the marker,
its time position and any comments.
ˆ Lock a marker's position - select the checkbox to lock the marker. This prevents it
from being accidentally dragged to a new position in the Waveform window.
For more information on using markers see
Markers . For details on the different marker
types and their uses see
Marker types . Note that there are more marker features available in
the Montage version compared to the Audio File version. See "Using markers in the Audio
Montage Workspace" in
Markers for more details.
You can access this specific tool window within the Audio Files and Audio Montage
Workspaces via Workspace>Specific tool windows >Markers .
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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Markers
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Convert marker type
Text format
11.3.7 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
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11.3.8 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
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selection. You can also automatically detect and correct all marked errors in the search
region.
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 .
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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Marker types
11.3.9 Master Project
This Specific tool window allows you to access and open all the files related to a project from
one place: the Master Project window.
If you are working on a large project that consists of several montage files, Audio Files and
editing notes (all the files belonging to an album project, for example), you may find it useful
to open them from this window. You can organize the files in folders and sub-folders as you
wish, with each file annotated with a note using the text editor provided.
You can place documents from any 'draggable' location into the Master Project (and of
course, drag files from the Master Project back to external locations). Each file is listed
with the pathname of the enclosing Folder and an editable Comment field. As in a standard
file system, you can't put two files with the same name in the same folder.
The entire contents of a Master Project can also be archived to CD/DVD via a dedicated
command. You can access this feature from the Master Project window via File>Add to
Data CD/DVD... , which is available if the Master Project has been saved to file once (i.e. it
is not untitled).
Only oneMaster Project can be opened at a time, but it can appear as a tool window in each
Workspace . In other words, there is a single content that can be visualized independently
in various windows. These windows may be docked or floated.
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You can access this Specific tool window from any Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Master Project .
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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Dragging operations
Recently used files
11.3.10 Focused Clip window
The Focused Clip window is an accordion control that contains some sophisticated editing
commands. Each collapsible panel can be expanded by clicking on its title and allows you
to access a range of tools for working with the selected or "focused" Clip.
Using the Focused Clip window
To use the Focused Clip window you first need to select a Clip. Once you have selected a
Clip with your cursor its name will highlight in red. You can now choose one of the Focused
Clip accordion's tabs. The accordion will open to reveal options for that particular pane's
selection of editing shortcuts and tools. There are a number of panes including:
ˆ Edit- provides you with a range of common playback shortcuts and editing tools for
working with Clips.
ˆ Cue Point - a cue point is a defined position marker that belongs to a Clip. It helps to
align Clips together by making Clips snap to other Clips at the cue point position. Cue
points are displayed as dotted vertical lines. This pane provides you with a number of
shortcuts for creating and working with Cue Points.
ˆ Envelope - allows you to access a number of controls for editing and working with a
Clip's different envelopes.
ˆ Fade-in - provides you with a range of tools for adjusting a Clip's Fade-in curve.
ˆ Fade-out - provides you with a range of tools for adjusting a Clip's Fade-out curve.
ˆ Colors- up to 20 colors may be assigned to help distinguish particular Clips visually.
Select a Clip then click on a color. Custom colors can be defined with great subtlety
from Options >Colors... Select the Custom color to be defined, then the parts to which
it is applied, then define the color value using the color wheel (or type a set of RGB -
Red, Green, Blue values). See
Audio Montage Colors for more information.
When you choose a different Clip the properties in the Focused Clip window will update.
So for example, if you select "Envelope" the corresponding controls will update to reflect the
selected Clip's envelope information.
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The Focused Clip window can be docked or floated. You can reveal or hide the focused Clip
window in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific tool windows >
Focused clip .
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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Clip
Audio Streaming Settings
Customize Commands
Audio Montage Colors
11.3.11 Snapshots
This dialog enables you to save a number of "views" of your montage. You can then recall a
particular view or snapshot at any time.
When you save a snapshot you capture the current zoom factor, the current cursor position,
the current scroll position and the current time range displayed. You can name each snapshot
and update an existing snapshot too. To recall a snapshot, just click on its title in the list.
This restores all of its view settings. You can also choose to recall all or just one of its view
properties by clicking the appropriate icon.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Snapshots .
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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Audio Montages
11.3.12 File
This specific tool window helps you to manage files that are used in the current Audio Mon-
tage.
It displays all current files that are being used by Clips in the current montage, along with their
location, size and last modified date. In addition a number of file operations are available:
ˆ add one or more Audio Files to a montage, this will open the Insert Audio Files window
when one than one file is selected
ˆ replace individual files in a montage (this will update any Clip references)
ˆ rename a file (this updates all internal Clip references)
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ˆ select Clips that are referenced by a specific file
ˆ open a file in the Audio File Workspace, and view the file in your computer's file browser.
This window is a useful tool to use when constructing and editing your montage.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace by choosing Workspace>
Specific tool windows >Files .
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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Insert Audio Files
11.3.13 Zoom
This specific tool window displays a magnified view of the selected track and allows you to
accurately adjust the cross fade point for two adjacent Clips.
You can adjust the zoom level of the selected track, manually shift the Clip's position or
allow WaveLab to find the best location to begin a cross fade between two Clips. You can
adjust the amount that WaveLab will search for the best cross fade position to avoid phase
cancellation issues, and also view the envelope points of the Clips. Mouse operations are
identical to those in the main Clip view.
You can access this window in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Zoom .
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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Related topics
Audio Montages
11.3.14 CD
This specific tool window brings together all the functions for creating an audio CD or DVD-A
within WaveLab.
It displays a list of CD tracks along with information about each track. You can edit each track
and the CD's playback properties as well as access functions to check its conformity to
Red
Book standards
, add and edit CD-text, add UPC/EAN codes, generate a CD report and
burn the CD. There are also controls to preview skipping between each track and a number
of other options including the ability to choose the "Audio in Pause" mode to determine
whether gaps between track markers are replaced with silence (the normal default) or if they
contain sound.
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Adding tracks
To create an audio CD in WaveLab you must at least have a CD start and end marker pair.
You can generate these automatically from audio Clips in the montage using the
CD Wizard
or by adding track markers manually.For more information on creating a CD or DVD-A see
Authoring CDs and DVDs .
The Track list
Once you have created one or more tracks, the CD window displays a list of all tracks in
the currently active montage along with their corresponding properties. From this list of CD
tracks you can use the fields, controls and menus to:
ˆ Audition playback - It is possible to audition playback at the selected track's start
time, with or without pre-roll, by clicking on the leftmost icons. Click on the left hand
button
in the "audition" column to play the track from its start time with a pre-roll.
Click on the right hand button to play the track exactly from its start time.
ˆ Edit a tracks's name - You can add/edit a name for each track. Double click in a cell
to edit. Note that to change the track name is to indirectly edit the marker name.
ˆ Edit a track's start/end time - You can edit the start and end time for each track.
This is the same as moving the track markers physically but can be done with more
precision. Double-click in a cell to edit.
ˆ Pre-gap time - This displays the gap between the CD track start marker and where
the first track's audio actually begins. It can only be edited by physically moving the CD
track start marker.
ˆ Post-gap time - This displays the gap between the end of the audio of the CD's last
track and the CD track end marker. It can only be edited by physically moving the CD
track end marker.
ˆ Copy protection - Select the checkbox to include a copy protection flag with the
track. This may prevent it from later being imported by software that recognises this
flag.
ˆ Emphasis - This setting is used to indicate if the track was recorded with emphasis
or not. Please note that this does not apply/remove emphasis from the audio, it is just
an indicator as to how the file was created. Normally it is left off.
ˆ ISRC Code - This allows you to enter an optional
International Standard Recording
Code
. Double-click in a cell to add/edit a code.
ˆ CD-Text - You can optionally enter CD-Text information for each track and the entire
CD/DVD-A. Double clicking a cell will open the
CD Text Editor .
ˆ Add/Edit a tracks's comments - You can add/edit text comments for a track. Double
click in a cell to edit. Note that this text comment is for reference only: nothing is burnt
on CD.
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Note that CD tracks can be reorderd by dragging them into new positons: this means Clips
and markers are moved accordingly.
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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Specific tool windows
Authoring CDs and DVDs
Write Audio CD
CD Wizard
CD Text Editor
Audio CD Report
CD Pre-emphasis
Red Book CD-DA
CD Text
ISRC
UPC/EAN
11.3.15 Clips
This specific tool window contains a list of any Clips placed in the currently active montage
file together with their corresponding details.
Click on a column header to sort the list in ascending or descending order based on the
values in that column. Clicking on any row of the list will move the main window's view to
show the selected Clip. To change a value, double click in a cell to begin editing (to align
the Clip to an exact time, for instance). Clips may be dragged into new positions in the list.
From this list of Clips you can use the input fields and controls to:
ˆ Start playback - It is possible to start playback at the selected Clip position, with
or without pre-roll, by clicking on the leftmost icons. Click on
in the "audition"
column to play the montage from that Clip's position with a pre-roll. Click on the right
hand button to playback the montage exactly from the start of the Clip.
ˆ Edit a Clips's name/start/end/length/comments - edit the name of the Clip, its
start/end time position and any comments.
ˆ Lock a Clips's position - select the checkbox to lock the Clip. This prevents it from
being accidentally edited or dragged to a new position.
ˆ Change Gain - use this control to increase/decrease the gain of the Clip. Double click
in the cell to edit the value.
ˆ Mute- select this to mute the Clip. Its color changes in the track view and it is no
longer audible during playback.
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A wide range of Clip selection features, Clip functions, and Clip display options are available
from the Clips menu. Use "What's This?" help for information on individual menu entries.
You can access this window in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Clips .
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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Audio Montages
Clip
11.3.16 Notes
This specific tool window allows you to keep notes about the current Audio Montage session.
You can type into the window and use the standard HTML text editor controls to format your
text, add images, hyperlinks and lists. These notes are saved along with the Audio Montage
file.
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Notes .
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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11.3.17 Effects
This specific tool window allows you to add VST effect plug-ins, both to individual Clips
and tracks. The difference between Clip effects and track effects are that Clip effects affect
individual Clips only, whereas track effects affect all Clips on a track.
Each independent Clip and/or audio track in the Montage can be independently processed
by up to ten VST effect plug-ins. Effects are configured either as Inserts, when all sound is
processed by the effect, or as Send effects where the balance between the unprocessed
sound and the effect send level can be adjusted or controlled by effect envelope curves
(clip effects only). Note that not all effects are capable of "Send", and if this feature is not
available, it is disabled.
The window only shows the effects of the focused Clip, or the focused track according to
the active mode. Each plugin and track can be understood as being associated with a small
"Master Section". A plug-in can be inserted and sorted, and you double-click on an effect
to Edit it. When you close an effect window, its parameters are saved into the montage and
it can be be undone if necessary. Use "What's This?" help on the column headers for more
details.
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You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Effects .
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
11.3.18 DVD-Audio
This specific tool window allows you to author a DVD-Audio disk from a collection of audio
montages.
You can add your finished audio montages into this window, check the DVD-Audio layout for
conformity and output a DVD-Audio disk all from this window. Note:All included montages
need to be in DVD-A mode (this can be set via
Audio Montage properties ).
Although DVD-A has a different specification from an Audio CD, its track concept makes
is similair to an Audio CD - this is why creating a DVD-A is almost like creating a CD with
WaveLab's Audio Montage. It is worth noting that throughout WaveLab, where "CD" is
mentioned (for example, in messages), one can usually substitute "DVD-A".
To create a DVD-Audio disk, follow these basic steps:
ˆ Create an audio montage - you need at least one audio montage in order to create
a DVD-A. You can import any currently open ones or add them as .mon files. Note that
the Audio Montage must have DVD tracks defined with red (track) markers.
ˆ Add Montage(s) - chooseFile>Add Audio Montage(s) from the DVD-Audio win-
dow to add one or more montages to your DVD-Audio. Each montage will then be
displayed along with its details in the DVD-Audio window. You can drag the montages
vertically to determine the track order. Montages can also be added by dragging mon-
tage files directly into the DVD
Audio track listing window.
ˆ Choose Options - from the DVD-Audio window choose Options>Options... to
open
DVD-Audio options dialog. You can then define settings for your DVD-A including
its name and volume information details, whether it will be played back on PAL or NTSC,
and the duration and effects/transitions that included images will use. Images to be
included can be laid out in a picture track in your audio montage or a single default
image can be chosen. If a default image is used it will displayed at the beginning of
each montage
ˆ Check and burn your DVD-A - once you are finished laying out your DVD-A and
choosing any options, you can check that it conforms to DVD-Audio specifications
by choosing Edit>Check DVD-Audio conformity... . If everything is OK, choose
Edit >Burn DVD-Audio... to open the
DVD-Audio Creation dialog where you can
then render out the disk as a collection of files ready for burning. Once these files are
successfully outputted the
Write Data CD/DVD dialog will open automatically allowing
you to burn your DVD-Audio files to an optical DVD.
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