Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual
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Operation Manual
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schütte This PDF provides improved access for vision-impaired users. Please note that due to the complexity and number of images in this document, it is not possible to include text descriptions of images. The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject...
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3 Table of Contents 6Introduction 6The Help System 7About the Program Versions 8Typographical Conventions 8How You Can Reach Us 9Setting Up Your System 9Connecting Audio 9About Audio Cards and Background Playback 10About Latency 10Defining VST Audio Connections 13CD/DVD Recorders 14Remote Devices 20WaveLab Elements Concepts 20General Editing Rules 21Basic Window Handling 23Selecting Audio 28Sliders 28Renaming Items in Tables 29File Browser 30Tab Groups 32Peak Files 32Companion Files 34Program Overview...
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4 144Offline Processing 144Applying Processing 145Gain Dialog 145Normalize Level Dialog 147Fades in Audio Files 148Crossfades 149Inverting the Audio Phase 150Reversing Audio 150DC Offset 151Time Stretching 153Pitch Shift 154Resample 156Audio Montage 156Basic Terminology 157Montage Window 159Signal Flow in the Audio Montage 160Creating a New Audio Montage 161Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File 161Import Options for Audio Montages 162Missing Files in Audio Montage Dialog 163Assembling the Audio...
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5 293Podcasts 294Podcast Workspace 299Global Podcast Options 299Creating a Podcast 300Setting Up a FTP for Podcast Publishing 300Publishing a Podcast 301FTP Site Dialog 302Checking the Podcast 303Customizing 303Customizing the Wave Window and the Montage Window 312About Customizing Shortcuts 316Plug-ins Organization 324Configuring the Software 324About Global Preferences 332Audio File Editing Preferences Dialog 334Settings Management 335Multi-User Settings 337Plug-in Reference 337Built-in Plug-ins...
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6 Introduction The Help System The detailed help system of WaveLab Elements makes it easy to look up interface features and get information from within the program. Three main types of help are available: • The help provides detailed information on the features and functionality of WaveLab Elements. You can set bookmarks, and use the search function and index to quickly find information. • “What’s This” tooltips give detailed information on the functionality of a specific user interface element. •...
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Introduction About the Program Versions 7 • To use the menu help, move the mouse over a menu item. The help text is displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the workspace window. • To see information on what kind of editing can be performed when using the mouse and modifier keys in the audio montage window, move the mouse over the montage window. The help text is displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the workspace window. • To activate/deactivate the help texts on the status bar, select...
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Introduction
Typographical Conventions
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Typographical Conventions
Many of the default key commands in WaveLab Elements use modifier
keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system.
For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] on
Windows and [Command]-[Z] on Mac OS X.
When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual,
they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way:
• [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key]
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Introduction
Typographical Conventions
8
Typographical Conventions
Many of the default key commands in WaveLab Elements use modifier
keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system.
For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] on
Windows and [Command]-[Z] on Mac OS X.
When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual,
they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way:
• [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key]
For example,...")
Introduction Typographical Conventions 8 Typographical Conventions Many of the default key commands in WaveLab Elements use modifier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system. For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] on Windows and [Command]-[Z] on Mac OS X. When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way: • [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key] For example,...
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9 Setting Up Your System Before you start working, you need to make some settings. IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT Make sure that all equipment is turned off before making any connections. Connecting Audio Your system setup depends on many different factors, for example, the kind of project that you want to create, the external equipment that you want to use, or the computer hardware available to you. About Audio Cards and Background Playback When you activate playback or recording in WaveLab...
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Setting Up Your System About Latency 10 About Latency Latency is the delay between when audio is sent from the program and when you actually hear it. While a very low latency can be crucial in a real-time DAW application such as Steinberg Nuendo or Cubase, this is not strictly the case with WaveLab Elements. When working with WaveLab Elements, the important issues are optimum and stable playback and editing precision. You should not try to reach the lowest possible latency figures. The latency in an...