Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual

Audio Montage
About the CD Window
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CD-Text
Lets you specify the CD-Text. To change the CD-Text, 
double-click the corresponding cell, and enter a new value.
Comment
Allows you to enter a comment. To enter a comment, double-click 
a cell.
CD Menu
Write Audio CD
Opens a dialog from which you start writing a CD.
Check CD conformity
Verifies that the settings for the audio montage are in accordance 
with the Red Book standard.
Adjust pauses between clips
Opens a dialog, where you can adjust the pauses...

Audio Montage
About Cloning Audio Montages
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Creating Audio CD Tracks From Clips
You can use the Check CD conformity option to check whether the 
audio montage is ready for writing to audio CD.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Montage workspace, make sure that the audio 
montage contains the material that you want on the audio CD.
CD tracks must have a length of at least 4 seconds.
2. Audition the tracks in the CD window, and make corrections if 
necessary.
3. In the CD window, select CD > Check CD...

Audio Montage
Mixing Down - The Render Function
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Mixing Down - The Render Function
The render function in the Master Section allows you to mix down the 
whole audio montage or a region of it to a single audio file.
A mixdown is necessary to produce an audio file from the audio montage. 
RELATED LINKS:
“Rendering” on page 226
Loudness Meta Normalizer
This tool is a key mastering component to ensure that all songs get the 
same loudness and to prevent clipping. It allows you to adjust the 
loudness of...

Audio Montage
Loudness Meta Normalizer
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Loudness Meta Normalizer Dialog
In this dialog, you can adjust the loudness of each clip in the audio 
montage so that they get the same loudness. You can also adjust the 
whole output.
In the Audio Montage workspace, select Edit > Loudness Meta 
Normalizer.
Clips, Master Section Output, and Audio Montage Output
• When Clips is activated, the gain settings of all clips in the audio 
montage are adjusted individually so that all clips play back at 
equal...

Audio Montage
Notes Window
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Peaks menu
Select whether WaveLab Elements should limit the sample values 
(digital peaks), or ignore the peaks.
This setting is less important for clips, as the whole audio montage 
mixdown can be further reduced.
Maximum peak
Determines the maximum peak value that is not to be exceeded.
Additional Options
Exclude audio montage effects
If this option is activated, audio montage effects are not taken into 
account when you use the Loudness Meta Normalizer for 
processing....

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Recording
You can record audio in the Audio Files workspace and in the Audio 
Montage workspace.
Setting Up the Recording Dialog
Before you start recording, set up the Recording dialog.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, 
click the Record button, or press [*] on the numeric key pad.
2. In the File to create section, open the pop-up menu, and select 
whether you want to record a named file or a temporary file.
3. In the File to create section, select a file name...

Recording
Dropping Markers During Recording
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8. Click Record, to start recording.
If you have selected one of the Auto-start options, the recording goes 
into Pause mode, until the specified Auto-start criteria are met.
The background of the Recording dialog turns red to indicate that you 
are recording.
9. Optional: You can pause the recording by clicking the Pause 
button.
10. Optional: You can drop markers in the file during recording by 
clicking the drop marker buttons.
11. When you have finished...

Recording
Recording Dialog
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Recording Dialog
In this dialog, you can make recording settings and start recording an 
audio file.
In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, click the 
Record button or select Transport > Record.
Main Buttons
Record
Starts recording. Depending on the recording options, the Pause 
mode is activated.
Pause
Pauses recording.
Stop
Stops recording.
Discard
Stops recording and deletes anything recorded so far.
Method Tab
On this tab, you can define options...

Recording
Recording Dialog
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Auto number from
If this option is activated, increasing numbers are added to the file 
names of the successively saved files.
Name
The name of the file to be written, without the path. When typing, all 
files in the selected folder that start with the same letters are 
displayed. To display all files in the selected folder, click the list icon.
Where
Specifies the folder where you want to save the recording.
Audio File Format
Opens the Audio File Format dialog, where you...

Recording
Recording Dialog
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Options Tab
On this tab, you can make additional settings for the recording process.
Activate monitoring when opening record window
If this option is activated, the meters are activated when the 
Recording dialog opens. If this option is deactivated, the meters 
and the audio thru are displayed when pressing Record or 
activating Monitor.
Stop playback when monitoring or recording
If this option is activated, playback stops before monitoring or 
recording starts.
Add...