Steinberg WaveLab Elements 7 Operation Manual

Chapter 9
Interface Elements
This section contains links to all of the various types of windows and dialogs within WaveLab
Elements.
Related topics
Dialogs
Shared tool windows
Specific tool windows
9.1 Dialogs
There are many dialog windows within WaveLab Elements that allow you to access all its
features and processing power. You can get help on a particular dialog by using the
Help
button from within the dialog. Using the
"What's this?" tool will help you to access detailed
information on a...

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Folder Preferences dialog
Frequency range
FTP site
Change Level
File attributes (OGG/WMA)
Global analysis
Import Audio CD
Insert Audio Files
Level envelope
Loop Tone Uniformizer
Global Preferences
Save Master Section Preset
Audio Montage Clone
Audio Montage Preferences
MP2 encoding
MP3 attributes
MP3 encoding
Normalize Level
OGG encoding
Mix dialog
Pitch correction
Podcast options
Repeat Clip
Recording Dialog
Rename File dialog
CD Text Editor
Render Montage window
Render Wave...

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Silence Generator
Special File Format
Time Format dialog
Time stretching
File attributes
Audio File editing preferences
Write Audio CD
WMA encoding
Write Data CD/DVD
Loop Tweaker
Zoom factor
9.1.1 Insert link
This dialog allows you to insert a hyperlink to a web page in your podcast episode description.
In "Title" enter the text that will form the active link.
In "URL" enter the Uniform Resource Locator (i.e. web address) you wish
it to open when clicked. Remember to...

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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
9.1.3 Audio Montage properties
This dialog allows you to set/change the audio properties and number of channels of the
active montage file. It appears when you first create an audio montage file and can also
be edited later. It allows you to select an output mode for your project, choose how many...

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Related topics
9.1.5 Audio Streaming Settings
This dialog allows you to specify how WaveLab's internal input and output channels are
connected to your sound card and which device you intend to use for audio playback and
recording. You can define the buffer settings for your device as well as setting up connections
to external gear such as external effects units. You should select at least two channels for
stereo playback and recording.
ˆ Control Panel - clicking this will launch your...

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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...

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You can access this dialog from the Import Audio CD dialog viaFunctions >Examine
CD-Text... . You can also access it via its icon in the Import Audio CD 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
Import Audio CD
9.1.9 Customize Commands
This dialog allows you to customize your own shortcuts for WaveLab Elements. It shows a
list of already assigned...

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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...

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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.
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...

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Each Workspace has its own set of preferred folders, which are set from the Folder Prefer-
ences dialog from that Workspace.
To use this dialog, first select a folder category (from the left) and then define its path and
options (on the right).
A note on temporary files - this folder category specifies where WaveLab Elements should
store its temporary files. These are used for operations such as Undo. If you have multiple
drives, you should allocate each temporary folder to a unique...