Steinberg WaveLab Elements 7 Operation Manual
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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 file formats .mp4a, .mp3 and Ogg Vorbis are commonly used for podcasts. The Podcast window The Podcast window is divided into two panes. The upper pane shows the information for the Feed or an Episode, depending on the item selected in the list below. This is where you will be adding files, Internet links or textual information to the Podcast feed and its episodes. The lower pane shows an item list of the basic feed and all Episodes included in the Podcast. Adding, moving and deleting episodes There are two ways to add an episode to a Podcast: ˆ Select "New" from the Podcast window's Episodes menu. This will add a new untitled episode without any information being present. ˆ Select an existing episode in the Podcast window's item list, then select "Duplicate" from the Episodes menu. This adds a new episode, copying all information from the ex- isting episode to the new one. Episodes can be re-ordered using the "Move up/down" functions in the Episodes menu, or by dragging them to a new location in the item list. See Dragging operations for more information. To delete an episode, select it in the item list and use the "Delete selected" function in the Episodes menu. Alternatively, you can exclude an Episode from the Podcast by unchecking the "Enabled" box. There must be at least one episode present in the Podcast.
94 Podcasts 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 items: ˆ Title This sets the title of the feed (e.g. the topic of your podcast). This is a mandatory field for Feed and Episode. ˆ Description This gives space for a further description of the feed content. This is a mandatory field for Feed and Episode. ˆ Internet link (URL) Your feed's main link presented to the user. Use this to direct people to a certain website that is related to your feed. This is a mandatory field. Clicking will open the specified URL in your system's default Internet browser, so make sure that the link is correct. This is a mandatory field for Feed. ˆ Picture (Feed only) This picture cannot be larger than 144 x 400 pixels according to the RSS standard, so the picture is automatically resized if required. Clicking will open the specified picture in your system's default image viewer. ˆ Audio file (Episode only) This sets the path to the Audio File you want to add to the episode. The Audio File could be any file type that is supported by the web browser's media reader, but an .mp3 file is best for compatibility. Clicking the button lists the Audio Files already open in WaveLab Elements. Select one for your episode. Alternatively, you can drag the icon of an Audio File into the Audio File pane. Clicking opens the specified file in your system's default media player or viewer, as a preview or check. ˆ Publication date and time This sets the publication date and time of the Feed or Episode. Clicking the "Now" button will transfer your system's current date and time. For the Feed, if "As most recent episode" is checked, this automatically matches the date and time of the most recent Episode. Related topics FTP site Episodes menu Publish menu Specific tool windows WaveLab Elements 7
7.1 FTP site 95 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. 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 Podcasts 7.2 Episodes menu This menu provides commands for managing individual Episodes within a Podcast. ˆ New This adds a new untitled episode without any information being present. ˆ Duplicate selected This adds a new episode, copying all information from the existing episode to the new one. ˆ Delete selected To delete an episode, select it in the item list and use this function. Alternatively, you can exclude an Episode from the Podcast by unchecking the "Enabled" box. ˆ Move up/down Episodes can be re-ordered using this function, or by dragging them to a new position in the item list. 7.3 Publish menu This is where you define where your Podcast is going to be uploaded to via FTP. FTP site The WaveLab Elements's FTP site manager stores all information required for the Podcast upload process. Selecting "FTP site..." from the Podcast window's Publish menu brings up the FTP site dialog. See FTP site for more information. WaveLab Elements 7
96 Podcasts 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 This is the same as above, but it always uploads/replaces all of the media files belonging to the item. This is useful if you have changed the audio data, for example. ˆ Update selected item on FTP This uploads/updates the XML Podcast file on the FTP. It also uploads the media file of the currently selected item in the list, but only if it is not already present on the FTP. ˆ Upload/Replace selected item on FTP This is the same as above, but it always uploads/replaces the media file of the currently selected item in the list. This is useful if you have changed the audio data, for example. ˆ View published Podcast This opens your Podcast (from the URL specified in your FTP site settings), using your default browser. FTP site This is where you specify your Podcast FTP settings. See FTP site . Tip Please note that "all items" in fact means all items that have their "Enabled" box in the item list checked. If not enabled, these episodes are simply omitted from the Podcast. Related topics FTP site 7.4 Specific tool windows Specific tool windows are windows that are specific to the current Workspace. They perform useful tasks in the active Workspace. They can be docked and un-docked. WaveLab Elements 7
7.4 Specific tool windows 97 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 in the location you wish to insert the file. In the Audio Montage Workspace you can also choose to only view certain types of WaveLab Elements specific files. The File Browser can be very useful in speeding up the process of auditioning a long list of sound files. It can also be used to drag to windows such as Data CD/DVD, including dragging folders. The playback functions Play file Once you have selected a file in the File Browser list, you can audition it by clicking Play in the File Browser's toolbar. Click again to stop. Auto-play You can also have files play back automatically as soon as they are selected. To do this, activate Auto-Play mode. Tip: To audition a long list of Audio Files, enable Auto-play and use the UP and DOWN cursor keys to step through each Audio File in quick succession. Opening and inserting a file or region Once you have chosen a file you wish to open, double-click it to open the file in the current Workspace. You can also open it by dragging it onto an empty tabbed group, or onto the tab bar of a tabbed group. You can also drag the file over a wave view to insertit at a given point. When you drag a file over a wave view, a beam is displayed so as to clearly display the insertion point. You can access this dialog via Workspace>Specific tool windows >File Browser . 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 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 Workspace menu > Shared tool windows. If the Master section is not visible, click on to dock it in the relevant Workspace. The Master Section includes: ˆ Effects slots For adding real-time effect plug-in processors such as Crystal Resam- pler, Steinberg Studio EQ, etc. WaveLab Elements provides a number of effects slots. Click on to access plug-ins. If you need more effects than you have slots available, you can render the tracks and add further effects in a subsequent pass before storing the final Audio File. Plug-ins can be individually by-passed for playback by toggling to , but this does not affect the rendering process. To give priority to a single effect (that is, to switch the other effects off temporarily), press 'S' (Solo bypass). The icon allows you to store, access and manage plug-in presets. For Steinberg VST3 effects, an interesting set of Factory presets are provided from the drop-down submenu. Other buttons in this row allow you to hide or display the effect's control panel and switch an effect on ( ) or off ( ) - for both playback and rendering. ˆ Master level faders The right and left faders are normally linked, but you can press "Unlink" to control the output levels independently. Select "Mono" to sum the audio channels into a single mono output. "Reset peaks" clears the last peak level indicator. The tools at the bottom pane are: ˆ Reset all- removes all the active effects from the Effects slots and sets the master output to 0dB.
100 Master Section 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. ˆ Master section On/Off - removes the Master section from the signal path. Note that this is for playback only, not for file rendering . Tip: When working in the Master Section window, the mouse wheel can be used to adjust the master volume. You have to point the cursor in the Master Section for this to work. Docking/Undocking Master Section The Master Section is a shared tool window and can be docked and un-docked like other Shared tool windows. There are however, some exceptions to its behavior, because of its central importance in WaveLab Elements. If you dock the Master Section in a Workspace, then close that Workspace, the Master Section will be automatically un-docked and re-displayed as an independent floating window. This is done so that the Master Section remains visible at all times and is not closed with the Workspace (the normal behavior for a Shared tool window). If however, you place it in the Control Window then it is not docked but part of a tab group. As such if you then close the Control Window it will also hide the Master Section. The "Global" menu (in all menu bars), always has an entry "Master Section", to easily reveal the Master Section if it is ever hidden in this manner. If the Master Section is docked or in a tab group, its main host will be made visible again. The Master Section can be docked in some Workspaces (Audio File, Montage), but not in some others (for example, the Podcast Workspace). Related topics Render Wave window Render Montage window Plug-ins settings Audio Plug-ins 8.1 Render Wave window This dialog allows you to process the Audio File or selection you are working on, applying any effects you have active. It applies all active plug-ins to the selected audio region or the whole file, and you can op- tionally change the format of the rendered file. This process is sometimes also referred to as "mixing" or "bouncing down". WaveLab Elements 7
8.2 Render Montage window 101 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 information see Getting Help Related topics Rendering Audio Plug-ins Audio File Format Dialog Master Section 8.2 Render Montage window This dialog allows you to process the montage session you are working on, mixing down multiple tracks into a mono or stereo file and applying any active plug-in effects you have active. This process is sometimes also referred to as mixing or bouncing down. You can select options for which regions of the session are rendered, whether to create a named file or a temporary, untitled file, and whether to mute the effects chain when finished. There are various options to render all or parts of the Montage, into one or more files - use "What's this..." You can access this dialog in the Audio Montage 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 information see Getting Help Related topics Rendering Audio Plug-ins Audio File Format Dialog Master Section 8.3 Plug-ins settings This dialog allows you to access a number of options for managing your VST plug-ins. You can specify where WaveLab Elements should search for your VST plug-ins and which ones it should ignore. It also allows you to choose how your VST plug-in knobs respond to mouse interactions and how frequently they are updated visually. WaveLab Elements 7
102 Master Section 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 feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Audio Plug-ins WaveLab Elements 7