Steinberg WaveLab 7 Operation Manual
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12.40 Silence 377 12.40 Silence The Silence built-in plug-in provides a simple way of injecting a precise period of silence into the start or end of an Audio File. The parameters are as follows: ˆ Start Use the slider to add from 0 to 60,000ms of silence to the start of the file ˆ End Use the slider to add from 0 to 60,000ms of silence to the end of the file. Related topics Audio Plug-ins Master Section How do I add effects? Presets Silence Generator 12.41 Stereo Expander This plug-in is a stereo width enhancer that takes a stereo input signal and makes it sound "wider". Stereo Expander gives better results from "real" stereo material (as opposed to mono chan- nels panned to different positions in the stereo image). Stereo Expander has the following parameter: ˆ Width (0 to 100%) Higher values result in a greater stereo width. Normally, you should set Width to values between 0% and 20%; higher values can be used for special effects. WaveLab 7
378 Audio Plug-ins Related topics Audio Plug-ins Master Section How do I add effects? Presets 12.42 Internal Dithering Internal Dithering is a built-in plug-in that provides a simple way of adding a small amount of noise to the rendered signal to improve the apparent signal-to-noise ratio of the output. For an introduction to the concept of dithering, see Dithering . The following parameters are available: ˆ Noise Type Two types are available, in addition to No Noise ˆ Noise Shaping Three types are available, in addition to No Shaping ˆ Bit resolution of the quantized output: 8, 16, 20 or 24 bits are available. Note that dithering is applied post-fader on the output bus. Related topics Audio Plug-ins Master Section How do I add effects? Presets Dithering WaveLab 7
Chapter 13 Utilities WaveLab's Utilities menu contains a number of useful tools accessible from all Workspaces. This page contains links to information about them. CD/DVD utilities: Import Audio CD Burn Audio CD from DDP Image Data CD/DVD Batch utilities: Batch Conversion Batch Renaming Utility windows: Log window Background task monitor Timecode 13.1 Import Audio CD This dialog allows you to import one or more tracks from an audio CD. Once you have identified the source CD, you can select the track or tracks to import. You must specify a folder location and file format before the file or files can be saved to disk. Actions tab Specify the optical disk drive from the drop-down list, and the disk reading speed. The title and track details are automatically completed. If no track names appear, click to refresh CD reading.
380 Utilities From this list you can select the tracks (or define the start and end points of a single track). The "Rename tracks" menu option automatically adds the track order number to the name in a range of different styles. You can select a track name for text editing by double-clicking. In "Output", accept the default Folder location or choose another. Clicking produces the Audio File Format dialog for changing details of the Audio File's format. Options tab This accesses a list of tickable options to refine how the tracks are read and output to file. You can access this dialog via Utilities>Import Audio CD tracks... . 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 13.2 Burn Audio CD from DDP Image This dialog allows you to burn an Audio CD from a DDP image. The dialog has controls for refreshing the list of attached devices, opening the CD/DVD drive and erasing a CD-RW or DVD-RW disk. You can choose to do a test burn of your CD, or write the CD from a range of write speeds. You can access this dialog by choosing Utilities>Burn Audio CD from DDP Image... . Alternatively you can import a DDP image in the Audio Montage Workspace via File>Im- port >Audio DDP Image... to convert it to a montage and then burn the montage. 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 DDP files Authoring CDs and DVDs 13.3 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 WaveLab 7
13.3 Data CD/DVD 381 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. 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. WaveLab 7
382 Utilities 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 Getting Help Related topics Write Audio CD Blu-ray Disk ISO image 13.4 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 13.5 Batch Renaming This dialog appears in various locations in WaveLab and allows you to rename a batch of files, Clips or markers. WaveLab 7
13.6 Log window 383 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 13.6 Log window This shared tool window allows you to view log messages that have been issued by WaveLab. When using WaveLab's scripting language for example, the logWindow( )function outputs messages to this window. There are a number of toggle buttons and these allow you to filter the types of messages displayed. Note: When using the logWindow( ) method you need to have the "Show informal notes" button selected for the messages to be visible. If no log messages are displayed, make sure all the toggle buttons are selected - . WaveLab 7
384 Utilities You can access this window via Workspace>Shared tool windows >Log . It is available in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and Audio Montage Workspace. You can also access this window in the Control Window via Utilities>Log . 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 Control Window Specific tool windows Scripting 13.7 Background task monitor This specific tool window allows you to view all background rendering processes that are in progress. You can adjust the priority with which they are processed, pause or cancel them. It is useful if you have a number of lengthy processes underway and want to free up some processing power to focus on editing. You can either lower the priority of a task so it does not use as much of the computer processor's capacity, or pause the task temporarily. You can access this window by choosing Workspace>Shared tool windows >Back- ground task monitor . It is available in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and Audio Montage Workspace. You can also access this window in the Control Window by choosing Utilities>Background task monitor . You can choose to automatically open the Background task monitor when a rendering pro- cess begins. To enable this option, select the checkbox via Options>Global Preferences > Options >Make the Background Task Monitor visible when a task starts . Since this window is a Shared tool window, the location where it opens may vary. 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 Control Window Rendering 13.8 Timecode This shared tool window displays the current time of the playback head (or the cursor position if not playing back), in the timecode format currently selected in the Time Format dialog. The current time can be in a range of standard SMPTE formats, CD or DVD specific formats, or a custom one - see Time Format dialog . WaveLab 7
13.8 Timecode 385 The most common use for this window is for working with video or film. You can use it to display the playback head position of the current Audio File in a SMPTE format to frame level resolution (i.e. hours:minutes:seconds:frames). You can also use it to display CD frames (minutes:seconds:frames) when you are authoring CD or DVDs. You can access this window by choosing Workspace>Shared tool windows >Time- code . It is available in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and Audio Montage Workspace. 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 Time Format dialog CD Frame SMPTE timecode Authoring CDs and DVDs WaveLab 7