Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual

Customizing
Customizing the Wave Window and the Montage Window
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Waveform main axis
The color of the waveform main axis and its style.
Waveform 50 % axis
The color of the waveform 50 % axis and its style.
Waveform Elements
Channel separator
The color of the channel separator line.
Cursor (edit)
The color of the edit cursor, its width, and transparency.
Cursor (edit, no focus)
The color of the edit cursor for a file that does not have the focus.
Cursor (play)
The color of the cursor during playback....

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About Customizing Shortcuts
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About Customizing Shortcuts
In WaveLab Elements, you can control many functions via shortcuts to 
speed up your workflow. You can edit existing shortcuts, and create new 
shortcuts.
Most shortcuts are restricted to a specific context, so you can reuse the 
same shortcut combination in different workspaces. The exception is the 
Master Section where all shortcuts are global to the application. 
Shortcuts that cannot be edited are grayed out. The shortcuts that...

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About Customizing Shortcuts
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Defining Key Sequences
You can define key sequences for a keyboard.
PREREQUISITE 
On Mac, commands for the main menus must be of a single key 
command.
When using multiple key stroke commands, make sure that the key 
commands do not interfere with each other. For example, when you have 
one shortcut [Shift]+L, M and define another to be [Shift]+L, the second 
shortcut has no effect.
PROCEDURE
1. In any workspace, select Options > Customize commands, or 
select...

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Customizing Menus and Command Bars
You can individually decide whether to hide or show command bar 
icons. This way you can customize command bars by removing 
unwanted commands.
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, select Options > Customize commands, or 
select Customize commands when available in tool windows or 
other places in WaveLab Elements.
2. To show a certain command in the command bar, activate the 
checkbox in the Bar column for corresponding command.
3....

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Customize Commands Dialog
This dialog allows you to customize your own shortcuts for WaveLab 
Elements. It shows a list of already assigned shortcuts for WaveLab 
Elements commands and menu options.
In any workspace, select Options > Customize commands, or select 
Customize commands when available in tool windows or other places 
in WaveLab Elements.
Search by
Allows you to select the part of the commands list in which the 
search is performed.
Search field...

Customizing
Plug-ins Organization
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Shortcut Definitions Dialog
This dialog allows you to define your own customized shortcuts for a 
particular function. These custom shortcuts can speed up your workflow 
in WaveLab Elements.
In the Customize commands dialog, select a command, and click Edit 
shortcut.
Key Sequence
1st key stroke
Lets you select the first key of an optional sequence of up to 4 keys. 
Set the focus in the key stroke field, then press the key combination. 
If nothing is displayed, a key...

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Plug-ins Organization
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In case 32 bit and 64 bit versions of WaveLab Elements are used on the 
same system, their settings are shared. An exception to this rule are the 
following options in the Plug-in settings dialog:
•Additional VST plug-in folders
•Ignore plug-ins located in the following subfolders
This is because 32-bit plug-ins cannot be used in WaveLab Elements 
64
 bit and reciprocally.
Deactivating Plug-ins
You can deactivate plug-ins. This is useful if you have plug-ins...

Customizing
Plug-ins Organization
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3. In the plug-ins list, navigate to the plug-in that you want to add to 
the favorites, or use the search field.
4. Specify whether to add or remove a plug-in from the favorites, by 
activating/deactivating the checkbox in for the corresponding 
plug-in in the Favorites column.
NOTE
If the Favorites menu is empty, it does not appear in plug-in selection menus.
Customizing Plug-in Groups
In any workspace, except the Podcast workspace, select Options > 
Plug-in...

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Plug-ins Organization
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• You can make the Recently used category global to all places or 
individual for each context, for example, for the Master Section, 
audio montage track, audio montage clip, or batch processors. To 
make the Recently used category individual for each context, 
activate Independent for each context.
Adding Additional VST Plug-ins
You can specify folders where additional VST plug-ins can be found. 
This is useful if you are using third-party VST plug-ins that you do...

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Replacing Missing Plug-ins
When opening an audio montage and some plug-ins for tracks or clips 
are missing, you can select plug-ins to replace the missing plug-ins.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Missing plug-ins dialog, click the Replacement column, 
and select a replacement for the plug-in displayed in the Original 
column.
2. If you want the settings to be persistent for the future, activate 
Save the replacements as default.
3. Click OK.
Plug-in Settings Dialog
In this...