Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual

Program Overview
Zooming
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Edit
Opens the Zoom factor dialog, where you can edit the zoom 
factor.
•Samples per screen point allows you to specify how many audio 
samples are summarized in each screen point.
•Screen points per sample allows you to specify how many 
screen points are used to represent a single audio sample.
Reset vertical zoom to 1:1
Adjusts zoom to display audio levels up to 0 dB.
Optimize vertical zoom
Changes the vertical zoom factor so that the peaks are clearly 
visible. This...

Program Overview
Zooming
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About Zooming in the Audio Montage Workspace
Zooming options in the Audio Montage workspace are almost similar to 
those in the Audio Files workspace. However, there are additional 
zooming options for tracks and the Zoom window for displaying a 
close-up view of the beginning of the focused track.
Zoom Buttons in the Audio Montage Workspace
The zoom buttons in the Audio Montage workspace allow you to apply 
zoom presets.
•To only display the focused track, or also the tracks...

Program Overview
Managing Tabs
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• To make a single track fit the whole montage window, click the 
numbered button to the left of a track, and select Zoom from the 
pop-up menu. You can also right-click the lower area of a track, 
and select Whole clip from the pop-up menu.
Managing Tabs
A tab is a container for a file in WaveLab Elements. You can open 
several tabs, but only one can be active at a time. The Tabs menu allows 
you to sort and close tabs and navigate between the tabs.
Close/Close all but...

Program Overview
Presets
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Files list
Displays all open files. You can set a checkmark for the files that 
you want to close. By default, only the active file will remain open 
and all other files will be closed.
Select all
Select all files in the list.
Select none
Deselects all files in the list.
Close files
Closes the files.
Presets
You can create presets to save commonly used settings. WaveLab 
Elements provides a selection of presets that can be used by most 
dialogs.
You can save customized...

Program Overview
Presets
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Loading Presets
To apply a saved preset to a dialog or plug-in, you must load the preset.
PROCEDURE

Program Overview
Saving a Picture of the Active Window
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Storing and Restoring Temporary Presets
Some dialogs allow you to save and load up to 5 temporary presets. This 
is useful if you want to quickly test and compare different settings.
Storing Presets
PROCEDURE
1.Open the dialog that you want to use, and make your settings.
2. Click the Presets menu, and from the Store temporarily 
submenu, select a slot.
Restoring Presets
PROCEDURE
1. Open the dialog in which you have saved a preset.
2. Click the...

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Saving a Picture of the Active Window
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2. In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, 
select View > Save picture of active window.
The Save picture of active window dialog opens.
3. In the Save picture of active window dialog, you have the 
following options:
• To copy the picture to the clipboard, activate Copy to clipboard.
• To save the picture in a specified file format, activate Save as file. 
Optionally, you can activate Open picture after saving.
4. Click OK.
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File Operations
Recently Used Files
All files that you have recently used in WaveLab Elements are saved in 
a list. This helps you to gain fast access to recent projects. You can 
open recently used files via the File menu.
Setting the Number of Recently Used Files
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, select Options (WaveLab menu on Mac) > 
Global preferences > Display.
2. In the Miscellaneous options section, set the maximum number 
of items that you want to list in the following areas:
• Recent file...

File Operations
Save and Save As
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• In the Audio Files workspace, all save operations except Save 
Copy clear the undo history, which means that after saving you 
cannot undo or redo.
About Tab Colors
Tab colors give information on whether a file is saved or not.
The following colors can be shown:
Orange
The file is saved.
Green (Audio Files workspace only)
The file uses a decoded file format and is saved.
Purple
A new file that is not empty but has not been saved yet. For 
example, when creating a new...

File Operations
Save and Save As
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Save Multiple Files at Once
You can save some or all open files at once.
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > Save 
all.
2. Select the files that you want to save.
3. Click Save.
Reverting to Saved File
You can revert the file you are working on back to its last saved state. 
This undoes all the changes made to the file since it was last saved.
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > 
Revert to saved.
2....