Steinberg WaveLab Elements 7 Operation Manual

4.4 Markers 33
Removing markers
In the Waveform window, click on the head of the marker you want to delete. Drag the marker
vertically out of the wave window - a delete symbol is shown as confirmation. You can also
use the "Delete selected markers" function from the Marker Window Functions menu.
Using markers for editing and playback
Once you have defined one or more markers in an audio montage or Audio File you can use
them to:
ˆ Control playback - you can access various commands to start at, stop...

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Marker types
Marker Window
4.4.1 Marker types
Markers have a variety of uses in editing and playback, such as indicating cue points, absolute
time locations, highlighting "problem" sections and for visually separating tracks.
Basic markers
ˆ Generic markers - these are mainly used for locating certain important positions
and for editing (for selecting all the audio between two points, for example). Generic
markers can be created directly during...

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Monitor Modes
You can choose the audio source and the mode for displaying information in the meters.
You can access the following monitoring functions from the Meters menu or via the Meters
command bar:
ˆ Monitor Playback - the meters display the audio output of the Master Section
after the dithering section, unlike the Master Section's own meter .
ˆ Monitor Audio Input - the meters display the audio input you have chosen in the
Audio Streaming Settings . This is useful for monitoring...

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VU Meter
Spectroscope
Oscilloscope
4.5.1 VU Meter
The vu-meter is used to display the peak and average loudness/decibel level of your Audio
File. It also displays the pan, or the balance between the left and right channels in a stereo
file.
The upper part of the level/pan meter window shows the peak level and average loudness,
in the following way:
ˆ The Peak Level meters display the peak levels of each channel, graphically and numeri-
cally. By default, the...

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shown as a short horizontal lines above the corresponding band, indicating recent peak/-
maximum values.
The Spectroscope can be found in the Metersmenu of the Audio Files and Audio Montage
Workspaces. It can be used either as a floating window, or docked in the Workspace.
Related topics
Metering
4.5.3 Oscilloscope
The Oscilloscope offers a highly magnified view of the waveform around the playback cursor
position.
If you are analyzing a stereo file, the Oscilloscope normally shows...

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Applying processing
Processing can be applied to a selection or to a whole Audio File. For certain processing
operations processing the entire file is necessary. This will be indicated by the effects re-
spective dialog. If "Process whole file if there is no selection" is selected in the
Audio File
editing preferences
editing tab, the whole file will automatically be processed if no selection
exists.
To apply processing to some audio, proceed as follows:
1. Make a...

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Presets
Rendering
4.6.1 Change Level
This dialog allows you to apply a gain to change the level of an Audio File.
You can also use "Find current peak level" to obtain a report on the peak level of the current
audio selection (or the peak level in the whole file, if "Process whole file if there is no selection"
is selected in the preferences). This can be useful if you wish to calculate how much you can
increase the overall gain of a file without...

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Audio File editing
Adjusting Envelopes
4.6.3 Normalize Level
This dialog allows you to change the peak level of your Audio File.
Enter the desired peak level (in dB) that you wish the audio selection to have. You can also
use "Find current peak level" to obtain a report on the peak level of the current audio selection
(or the peak level in the whole file, if "Process whole file if there is no selection" is selected
in the preferences). You can choose to apply...

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To use the Loop Tone Uniformizer you need to have a loop defined using a pair of loop markers
. The original length of the loop is not changed.
Uniformizers
This tab allows you to specify the method/s used to even out the sound you wish to loop.
Choose between "Slice mixing" and/or "Chorus smoothing". For a full explanation of how
each of these methods operate use the "What's this?" help function.
For slice mixing, you may need to experiment to see how...

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affected by the operation. By default this process will not change the length of the
sound.
This tool could be useful for fixing an off-key vocal note in a live recording, or tuning the pitch
of a kick drum sample to fit a particular song, for example.
You can access this dialog from the Audio File Workspace via Process>Pitch Correc-
tion... .
For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'
question mark icon. For more...