Steinberg WaveLab Elements 7 Operation Manual

Chapter 7
Podcasts
About Podcasts
Once set up, you can produce high quality audio podcast episodes directly from WaveLab
Elements.
Audio podcasts are ordered and commented sets of digital Audio Files, generally in the
form of 'episodes' with a consistent theme or presenter. Episodes may be downloaded from
the Internet, usually via an automated feed. Compression is an important consideration in
exporting an audio podcast file, since the listener is likely to encounter bandwidth bottlenecks,
so the...

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Adding information to the Podcast
The upper pane of the Podcast window shows various fields and settings that are related to
the basic Feed or Episode, depending on what you have selected in the lower pane's item
list (the fields are slightly different for the Feed and Episodes).
Field labels in bold letters point at a field that is mandatory to fill. For quick publishing of your
Podcast it is sufficient to fill these fields only.
The following settings are available for the Feed and Episode...

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7.1 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.
You can access this dialog via Publish>FTP Site... in the Podcast Workspace.
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Uploading the Podcast
Once you have specified the FTP site settings, uploading the Podcast is rather simple by
using the functions in the Podcast window's Publish menu.
ˆ Update all items on FTP
This uploads/updates the XML Podcast file on the FTP; it also uploads all items' media
files, but only if they are not already present on the FTP. This is the most common
function to upload and update your Podcast.
ˆ Upload/Replace all items on FTP
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Podcast Workspace specific tool windows
The following specific tool windows are available within the Podcast Workspace:
File Browser
7.4.1 File Browser
This dialog allows you to browse files directly from within WaveLab Elements rather than
using your operating system's file browser.
It provides you with all the standard browsing functions (such as List and Icon views)You can
use it to open or insert an entire file or a specific region of a file by dragging and releasing
the file...

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WaveLab Elements 7 

Chapter 8
Master Section
The Master section contains WaveLab's "Real Time Engine" and is the final element in the
signal path, before your audio material is passed on to the audio hardware, or before it is
rendered to disk as an Audio File. The Master section is where you can set the master
volume level and add effects processors.
The Master Section is a "shared tool window". This means there is a unique instance of
it: it can only show up at one place at a time. You can access it from...

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ˆ Settings menu - provides access to various options.
ˆ Rendering functions - brings up the
Render Wave window . This allows you to
process the Audio File or Audio Montage with the effects you have selected and create
a temporary or final Audio File. By rendering the effects, they become a permanent
part of the file, rather than using them in real-time to test a set of effects on the file.
The rendering options differ slightly so they are appropriate for Audio Files and Audio
Montages.
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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...

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If you use your own file structure to organize and store VST Plug-ins, this dialog allows you
to have full control over which ones are loaded or not. This can be particularly useful if you
want to disable a particular plug-in that you suspect of not functioning properly, or to only
load a certain set of plug-ins for a specific project, for example.
You can access this dialog from the Master Section via Options>VST Plug-in settings... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface...