Steinberg WaveLab Essential 6 Operation Manual

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About WaveLab Essential plug-ins
These plug-ins use WaveLab Essential’s own plug-in for-
mat, and cannot be used with other applications. Note:
ÖAs a rule, WaveLab Essential specific plug-ins can 
only be used in the Master Section (not as clip effects in 
the Audio CD Montage).
However, some WaveLab Essential effects are also included as VST 
plug-ins, available as clip effects in Audio CD Montages. This is indi-
cated for each effect below.
ÖYou can specify which...

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Crystal Resampler
The Crystal Resampler plug-in (only available in the Mas-
ter Section) is a professional sample rate converter pro-
viding exceptional transparency and preservation of the 
frequency content:
Echo
The Echo plug-in (only available in the Master Section) is 
a stereo echo effect with two separate delay lines. It has 
the following parameters:
EQ-1
EQ-1 is available both as a VST and a WaveLab Essential 
plug-in. It can be used as a clip effect in the Audio...

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The Noise Gate plug-in mutes any signal that falls below a 
specified threshold level. This can be useful for removing 
unwanted residual noise from audio material without hav-
ing to manually clean up or mute soundfiles. Other appli-
cations include gating reverb “tails” and tightening 
percussion tracks.
Peak Master
This plug-in is available both as a VST and a WaveLab Es-
sential plug-in. It can be used as a clip effect in the Audio 
CD Montage, or as a global effect in...

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VST Plug-ins
About VST Plug-ins
These plug-ins use Steinberg’s widely adapted VST plug-
in format. As a rule, VST plug-ins can be used by any VST-
compatible application, although some plug-ins may still 
be limited to use with certain programs. Note:
ÖVST Plug-ins can be used in the Master Section or as 
clip effects in the Audio CD Montage.
ÖAs with WaveLab Essential plug-ins, you can specify 
which VST plug-ins should be available in the Master Sec-
tion by using the...

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CleanComp
CleanComp is a simple compressor that allows you to 
limit loud sounds, while at the same time boosting the 
overall loudness of the audio material.
DeClicker
The DeClicker plug-in is specifically designed to eliminate 
single “clicks” or “pops” in a recording. One typical appli-
cation is to clean up recordings made from vinyl records, 
but you may also find it useful for removing pops from mi-
crophone switches, oxidized connector noises, clicks from 
sync...

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Tips and Tricks
 By combining Vintage Mode and extreme Threshold and De-
Plop settings, you can create an interesting effect which “soft-
ens” material with particularly sharp attacks, e.g. percussion or 
brass.
 If you have material with digital distortion (clipping), try apply-
ing DeClicker. While it can’t do miracles, it can at least make 
some improvement to the overall “hardness” introduced by the 
distortion.
DeNoiser
The DeNoiser plug-in lets you suppress noise...

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The Noisefloor Display
The display to the left in the DeNoiser window is crucial 
when making settings. It contains the following three ele-
ments:
The dark green spectral graph.
This shows the spectrum of the audio currently being played back. The 
horizontal axis shows the frequency (linear scale). The low frequencies 
are visible on the left side, the high ones on the right side. The vertical 
axis shows the signal amplitudes, thus the level (displayed as a logarith-...

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If you click on the logo a diagram of the signal-chain is 
shown. The following parameters are available:
Spectralizer
The Spectralizer is a type of audio “enhancer” or “exciter”. 
It can be put to many uses:
 To restore lost harmonics in a recording.
 To improve the clarity and transparency of a recording.
 To make a recording sound “warmer”.
How Spectralizer works
Most audio equipment introduces a slight low-pass filter-
ing to the audio signal. This means you lose “high...

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 The second harmonic is a signal at twice the frequency (one 
octave) above the basic frequency (the fundamental). 
 The 3rd harmonic is three times the fundamental (one octave 
and a fifth above it).
The reasons for limiting the processor to these two fre-
quencies are; firstly, higher harmonics are most often per-
ceived as “too high”, and secondly, their amplitude 
normally doesn’t follow that of the fundamental in a natural 
way.
ÖPlease note the relation between the...

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StereoExpander
The StereoExpander plug-in narrows or enlarges the ste-
reo width of an existing stereo signal. There is only one 
parameter, the horizontal stereo effect slider. Setting this 
to a value of -100% produces two equal output channels 
(the original stereo image is lost). Values between -99 and 
-1 correspond to a narrower stereo image. A value of 0 
corresponds to the original signal, while values between 1 
and 100 enlarge the stereo image.
Tools One
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