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Note that WaveLab automatically creates some basic DVD menus to access the audio tracks
from the DVD-Player.
For more information on authoring DVD-Audio disk see
Authoring CDs and DVDs .
You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >DVD-Audio .
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
DVD-Audio Creation
DVD-Audio options
Write Data CD/DVD
11.3.19 Scripting window (Audio Montage Workspace)
This window allows you to write and execute scripts in the Audio Montage Workspace.
The inbuilt text editor helps you when writing scripts by highlighting the different parts of
the script with colors, making it more readable. A script can also be written in another text
editor, and loaded via the File menu. To run a script, from within the script window choose
Functions >Execute script .
For a general description of scripting, see
Scripting . For an overview of the scripting lan-
guage, see
ECMAScript Reference .
You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Script .
Note: To view trace or log messages when executing scripts that contain the logWin-
dow() function, ensure that the
Log window is visible and that it's warning filter buttons -
are selected.
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
Scripting
ECMAScript Reference
Log window
11.3.20 History
This specific tool window allows you to view a history of all your recent editing operations.
You can revert the current montage to a previous state by selecting the operation you want
to return to and double clicking on it. You can then use the redo command ( Edit>Redo ) to
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return to any state. Use the history menu options ( Edit>History >) to undo all operations,
redo all operations, or clear the history.
There are a couple of history options available in the
Audio Montage preferences window.
You can choose to empty the history each time you save a montage file and also to group
similar types of sequential operations into a single operation. Both of these options enable
you to use less memory when storing the operation history.
You can access this window in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >History .
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 Montage Preferences
11.3.21 Navigator
This specific tool window displays a representative view of the entire active montage and
enables you to quickly navigate around it.
Each track is represented by a horizontal colored block. By default, stereo tracks are dark
blue and monotracks are purple or pink (any custom colors you set for a track or via the
Groups window are also displayed).
The visible Workspace is shown by a surrounding black rectangle. Dragging this rectangle
scrolls the main montage window, enabling you to easily navigate to a location in your mon-
tage. You can also resize the rectangle vertically and horizontally to adjust the zoom setting
of the active window. This window can be useful when you have a large montage with many
Clips and tracks.
ˆ Left click on a Clip block to zoom on it
ˆ Right click anywhere to completely zoom out
You can access this window in the Audio Montage Workspace by choosing Workspace>
Specific tool windows >Navigator .
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
Groups
11.3.22 Groups
This specific tool window displays a list of Groups within the current Audio Montage. Groups
are a selection of Clips that you can quickly re-select via the Groups window. You can group
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a number of Clips and nest Groups inside each other. It is also possible to disable individual
Groups and color Groups so you can identify them easily.
Grouping Clips
To create a Group from a number of Clips:
1. Select the Clips you want to group.
2. Make sure you have the Groups window displayed.
3. Select "Group selected clips" from the drop down menu or click the Group icon.
4. Enter a name for the Group in the dialog that appears and click OK.
The new Group appears in the Group list. All Clips included in the Group will also have the
name of the Group prepended to the Clip names in each track. Clicking on a Group in the
Groups window will select all the Clips in your Montage so you can edit them together.
Adding Clips to an existing Group
If you already have a Group, and want to add one or several more Clips to it:
1. Select the Clips you want to add.
2. In the Groups view, select "Group selected clips", or click the corresponding icon.
3. In the dialog that appears, select the Group to which you want to add the Clips.
4. Click OK.
Removing Groups
1. Select the Group by clicking on its name in the Groups view list.
2. Pull down the Grouping menu and select "Remove selected group". The Group is
removed (the Clips are not affected).
Using Groups
There are some important things to remember when using Groups:
ˆ A Clip cannot be part of more than one Group. If you add a Clip to a Group, it is
automatically removed from any other Group it is part of.
ˆ It is possible to create nested Groups, by adding a Group to another Group.
ˆ You can temporarily "turn off" a Group by deactivating the checkbox to the left of a
Group in the list. When a Group is deactivated, you can move individual Clips in the
Group, as if they were not grouped.
ˆ You can select a specific color for a Group to make it easy to discern it in the track view.
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ˆ Double-click to rename a Group
ˆ You can nest a Group inside another Group by dragging it
ˆ The Render option is available to render all Groups as individual files (Render dialog)
You can access this window in the Audio Montage Workspace via Workspace>Specific
tool windows >Groups .
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
Specific tool windows
Render Montage window
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Audio Plug-ins
Steinberg created Virtual Studio Technology (VST) to allow effect plug-ins to be integrated
with audio editors (such as WaveLab). VST uses Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to closely
simulate in software the effects of familiar recording studio hardware. A vast number of plug-
ins are available - from freeware to high-end commercial products - and can greatly extend
the functionality of programs such as WaveLab.
The order of processing is significant. You can change the order in which effects are pro-
cessed by moving the effects icons
by dragging them between slots. See Dragging
operations
for more information.
WaveLab provides slots for up to ten plug-ins.
The more complex plug-ins provide a custom GUI, often displaying controls similar to the
physical switches and knobs on audio hardware; other plug-ins rely on the host application
for their UI.
The following plug-ins are supplied with WaveLab:
ASIO plug-ins
Audio Input
Using External effects
Legacy plug-ins
Under Windows, a set of plug-ins is provided for compatibility with audio projects that ref-
erenced these effects when using earlier versions of WaveLab. An Audio Montage which
referenced these plug-ins would otherwise require cumbersome user intervention to open,
for instance. Their use with new audio projects is not recommended and they are not docu-
mented.
Sonnox Ltd VST-3 plug-ins
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Sonnox DeBuzzer
Steinberg VST-3 plug-ins
Steinberg Autopan
Steinberg Chorus
Steinberg Compressor
Steinberg DeEsser
Steinberg Mono Delay
Steinberg Distortion
Steinberg Dual Filter
Steinberg Envelope Shaper
Steinberg Expander
Steinberg Gate
Steinberg GEQ-10/GEQ-30
Steinberg Limiter
Steinberg Maximizer
Steinberg Mix 6 to 2
Steinberg Mix 8 to 2
Steinberg Mono to Stereo
Steinberg Multiband Compressor
Steinberg Octaver
Steinberg Pingpong Delay
Steinberg PostFilter
Steinberg Roomworks
Steinberg Roomworks SE
Stereo Delay
Steinberg Stereo Enhancer
Steinberg Studio Chorus
Steinberg Studio EQ
Steinberg Test Generator
UV22HR Dithering
Steinberg Vintage Compressor
Steinberg VST Dynamics
Built-in plug-ins
Crystal Resampler
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Leveler
Leveler Multi
Peak Master
Silence
Stereo Expander
Dithering plug-ins
Internal Dithering
12.1 Audio Input
The Audio Input is a special Master Section plug-in that allows you to render a signal coming
in to a sound card's input(s) together with any Master Section effects. This signal can be
anything your sound card accepts, for example a feed from a mixer, a recorder or a micro-
phone.
By default, this plug-in is located in the ASIO sub-menu of the Master Section effects. An
ASIO driver must be used, and only one instance of this plug-in is allowed in the Master
Section plug-in chain.
To use the External gear plug-in, proceed as follows:
1. Set the Audio Device to ASIO
You can access this dialog from Workspaces that support the recording of Audio Files by
choosing Options>Audio Streaming Settings... . Set the Audio Device to "ASIO".
2. Assign the Device Input channels
From the Recording tab, select the channels to be used for device input and name them for
use in WaveLab. Note that you only have to set the ASIO inputs – the ASIO outputs are not
relevant for Audio Input. Press "OK" when you are done.
3. Set options for the Audio Input plug-in
Click in the top Master Section effect slot and select "Audio Input" from the ASIO plug-in
sub-menu. The Audio Input control panel opens and you can set the following options:
ˆ "Num.Inputs" Using the slider, set this to the number of inputs assigned in step 2.
ˆ "Samp.Rate" Using the slider, set this to the sampling rate required (from 11025 to
19200Hz).
4. Monitor the Audio input
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Press Play on the transport. Normal wave playback does not happen (the cursor does not
move), but the Play button is lit and you can now monitor the input source. Pressing Stop
ends input monitoring.
ˆ If you change the settings in the control panel, press Stop and restart playback to apply
them. Note that if you are using any non-multichannel plug-ins in the Master Section
effect chain, these are limited to two channels. You also have to match the number
of inputs in the ASIO Connections dialog to the number of inputs selected here - a
warning message appears if they do not match.
ˆ Click the Render button. A dialog appears allowing you to select a name, an audio
format and a location for the file to be rendered. When you click OK, recording (or
rendering) starts, recording the external input from the output of the Master Section,
including all real-time processing. You can monitor the recording as it happens.
ˆ Click Stop on the transport to stop the recording/rendering.
Related topics
Master Section
Audio Streaming Settings
How do I add effects?
Presets
12.2 Using External effects
The External Gear Master Section plug-in allows you to process Audio Files using external
hardware processors. One or more ASIO outputs are used to send the audio signal to your
processor, and corresponding ASIO inputs are used to return the signal from the external
processor.
By default, this plug-in is located in the ASIO sub-menu of the Master Section effects. An
ASIO driver must be used, and only one instance of this plug-in is allowed in the Master
Section plug-in chain.
To use the External Gear plug-in, proceed as follows:
1. Set the Audio Device to ASIO
You can access this dialog from Workspaces that support the playback of Audio Files by
choosing Options>Audio Streaming Settings... . Set the Audio Device to "ASIO".
2. Assign the output and input channels
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From the External gear plug-in tab, select the channels to be used for device output (to gear)
and for device input (from gear). These should normally be different I/O channels than the
ones you use for playback/recording. The number of available outputs in this plug-in equals
the number of inputs (up to 8). Press "OK" when you are done.
3. Set options for the External Gear plug-in
Click in a Master Section effect slot and select "External Gear" from the ASIO plug-in sub-
menu. The External Gear control panel opens and you can set the following options:
ˆ "Num.Outputs" Normally the number of outputs is the same as the number of inputs
(the "As Inputs" option). You can however use a mono in/stereo out configuration in
which case, set this parameter to "2" with the slider.
ˆ "Latency" External gear may introduce latency. WaveLab can automatically compensate
for this if you select "Auto" (only active during rendering), or you can set this latency
compensation yourself (up to 2000 milliseconds). The latency introduced by the ASIO
driver is automatically taken into account by WaveLab.
ˆ "Send level" The Send level should normally be set to 0 dB, but you can adjust the input
level on the external effect, if necessary.
4. Process the signal
Now you can process a signal through the external processor, just as if it was a software
plug-in effect. If you render a file using the External Gear plug-in, playback is not available
during the rendering.
Related topics
Master Section
Audio Streaming Settings
How do I add effects?
Presets
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12.3 Sonnox DeClicker
Sonnox DeClicker is one of three plug-ins that form the Sonnox Restoration Toolkit. The
tools are not just for restoring old material, but also for removing the clicks, pops, buzzes and
background noise that can sometimes accidentally occur in new recordings.
A note on Touch Pad controls
Several controls in these plug-ins are Touch Pads. These controls give a clear display of the
numeric value of a control, and respond to the following actions:
ˆ Left-Click and drag up/down: Increase/decrease the value
ˆ Right-Click and drag up/down: Fine adjustment of value
ˆ Double Click: Directly edit value
ˆ Shift + Left-Click and drag up/down: Fine adjustment of value
ˆ Control + Left-Click (Windows), Cmd + Click (Mac): Set to default
Additionally, for all controls (including faders and knobs, not just Touch Pads)
ˆ Control + Left-Click (Windows), Cmd + Click (Mac): Set to default
DeClicker screen controls
ˆ Sonnox Menu Options Button
Clicking this button brings down a menu of options and preferences. It allows choice
of:
the input/output meter clip light hold duration (permanent, 2s, 5s), and
the splash screen to examine the version number and build date.
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