Steinberg WaveLab Essential 6 Operation Manual

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3D Frequency Analysis
This function allows you to view a wave file in the fre-
quency domain rather than in the time domain. Although a 
wave display (time domain) tells you a lot about where one 
sound starts or ends in a file, for example, it doesn’t say 
anything about the timbral contents of the file. A frequency 
graph (frequency domain) does.
The graph used in WaveLab Essential is actually some-
thing often referred to as an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) 
plot.
Creating the graph...

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6.Click the Perspective tab.
7.Decide from which point of view you want to examine 
the graph (use the “freq/time” figure as a directional 
guide).
8.Decide whether you want a linear or exponential am-
plitude display.
The Wave window’s level rulers use a linear display, so this is a natural 
choice to start with.
9.Again, if you so desire, click Redraw.
Working with multiple views
If you wish you can view the same graph in several win-
dows, but with different style and perspective...

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Podcasting 

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Podcasting
Introduction
Podcasting is a method of distributing multimedia files 
over the Internet, e. g. for playback on mobile devices and 
personal computers. A Podcast can be downloaded auto-
matically, using software capable of reading RSS feeds. 
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and is a stan-
dard for distributing news and other information via the In-
ternet.
An RSS news feed sends short messages on a certain 
topic (e. g. sports, music, etc.), made available from a web 
site. In...

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The Podcast window
A Podcast window including four episodes.
The Podcast window is divided into two panes. The lower 
pane shows an item list of the basic feed and all episodes 
included in the Podcast. 
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 tex-
tual information to the Podcast feed and its episodes.
Adding, moving and deleting episodes
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These settings are available for episodes:
Please note the following:
When using HTML files and publishing the Podcast, any 
picture files that may be referenced by the HTML file will 
automatically be uploaded without any intervention (for 
this to work, HTML files should be in unicode utf-8 or 
Windows Latin code 1252 format).
All fields support WaveLab Essentials Default text vari-
ables from the Options menu (see “Defining user vari-
ables” on page 152).
It is possible to add an open...

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The following options are available:
Publishing the Podcast
When you are finished with adding files and information to 
your feed and episodes, you can directly publish the Pod-
cast to the Internet from within WaveLab Essential, using 
the built-in FTP client.
The requirement for this to work of course is, that you 
must have some webspace with an FTP account for it in 
order to upload data, so that you can make your Podcast 
available at a publicly accessible Internet address.
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Following upload functions are available:
ÖPlease note that when we say all items, we in fact 
mean all items which have their Enabled checkbox acti-
vated in the item list. If not enabled, these episodes are 
simply omitted from the Podcast.
ÖUploading happens in a separate background pro-
cess, so that you can continue working in WaveLab Es-
sential, in case uploading takes time.
Checking the Podcast
Selecting View XML source document... from the Pod-
cast window’s Publish menu launches...

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Sampling and creating loops 

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Sampling and creating loops
Introduction
This chapter describes various operations related to cre-
ating loop sounds (e.g. for samplers).
Looping is a common technique used in samplers to sim-
ulate the infinite (or at least very long) sustain of many in-
strumental sounds. WaveLab Essential has tools for 
creating smooth loops, even for the most complex types of 
sounds.
What we normally refer to as audio files in WaveLab Es-
sential are probably called “samples” in your sampler. In 
this chapter we...