Steinberg WaveLab Essential 6 Operation Manual

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Key commands
Playback and cursor position
Numeric keypad
Function keys
Cursor keys
Selecting
Extending or making selections
The following commands create a new selection or extend 
the current one.
Making selections
The following commands always create a new selection:
“One the fly” numeric keypad commands
The following commands are for selecting during play-
back. Please note that the keys on the numeric keypad 
must be used.
Key Command Function
[Enter] Play (from current position)
[0] Stop / Move to selection start / Move to beginning
[1] Move cursor to selection start
[2] Move cursor to selection end
[4] Move cursor to previous marker
[5] Move cursor to next marker
[.] (full stop) Scroll to cursor
[/]  Loop on/off (current wave only)
[F] Scroll during playback on/off
Key Command Function
[Space Bar] Toggle Play / Stop
[F8] Play (from current position)
[F7] Stop / Move to selection end/ Move to selection 
start / Move to beginning
[F6] Play selection
Key Command Function
[Arrow left] Move cursor one pixel to the left
[Arrow right] Move cursor one pixel to the right
[Ctrl]-[Arrow right] Move cursor 1/10 of the window width to the right 
(or left if Cubase compatibility is enabled)
[Ctrl]-[Arrow left] Move cursor 1/10 of the window width to the left 
(or right if Cubase compatibility is enabled)
[Ctrl]-[Page  Up] Move cursor one window width to the left (or right if 
Cubase compatibility is enabled)
[Ctrl]-[Page  Down] Move cursor one window width to the right (or left if 
Cubase compatibility is enabled)
[Home] Move cursor to beginning
[End] Move cursor to end
[Tab] Toggle Cursor between left/right/both channels 
(stereo waves only)
Key Command Function
[Esc] Toggle selection on/off
[Tab] Toggle selection between left/right/both channels 
(stereo waves only)
Key Command Function
[Shift]-[Arrow left] One pixel to the left
[Shift]-[Arrow right] One pixel to the right
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-
[Arrow left]20 pixels to the left
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-
[Arrow right]20 pixels to the right
[Shift]-[Page Up] 20 pixels to the left (or right if Cubase compatibility 
is enabled)
[Shift]-[Page Down] 20 pixels to the right (or left if Cubase compatibility 
is enabled)
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-
[Page Up]One window width to the left (or right if Cubase 
compatibility is enabled)
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-
[Page Down]One window width to the right (or left if Cubase 
compatibility is enabled)
Key Command Function
[Shift]-[Home] From cursor to start
[Shift]-[End] From cursor to end
[Ctrl]-[A] Select all
Key Command Function
[Shift]-[1] Set start of selection
[Shift]-[2] Set end of selection
[+] Press and hold to set start of selection, release to 
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Key commands
Editing and Recording
General
Cut and Paste
Delete and Silence
Recording
When Record dialog is openUndo and Redo
Markers
Miscellaneous
Key Command Function
[Shift]-[A] Open Wave Attributes dialog
[Ctrl]-[U] Open Audio Properties dialog
Key Command Function
[Ctrl]-[X] Cut
[Ctrl]-[C] Copy
[Ctrl]-[V] Paste
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-[V] Paste Append
Key Command Function
[Backspace] or [Del] Delete current selection
[Ctrl]-[Space bar] Silence current selection
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-[Space] Insert silence
[Ctrl]-[Backspace] Trim (to selection)
Key Command Function
[*] (Multiply on the nu-
meric keypad)Open Record dialog
Key Command Function
[Ctrl]-[M] Drop generic marker
[Ctrl]-[L] Drop generic region start marker
[Ctrl]-[R] Drop generic region end marker
[Ctrl]-[P] Pause
[Ctrl]-[Enter] Record
[Ctrl]-[0] 
(Numeric keypad)Stop record
[Ctrl]-[Y] Reset meters
Key Command Function
[Ctrl]-[Z] Undo
[F3] Undo
[Ctrl]+[Shift]-[Z] Redo
[F4] Redo
Key Command Function
[Ctrl]-[M] Open marker list
[Insert] Drop new marker at cursor position (for example 
during playback)
[Ctrl]-[Insert] Create Marker
Key Command Function
[F2] Open Rename dialog
[Alt]-[Ctrl]-[M] Maximize Wave or Montage window width
[W] View Window layouts
[Ctrl]-[F9] Show/hide Master Section
[Ctrl]-[F10] Show/hide Monitor window
[Ctrl]-[P] Open Preferences dialog
[M] Magnetize Bounds on/off
[Z] Zero crossing on/off
[7] (Numeric keypad) Undo zoom/view/position change in Montage
[8] (Numeric keypad) Redo zoom/view/position change in Montage
[Shift]+[F5] Open a dialog where you can save a picture of the 
active window. 
						

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Index
A
Accelerators 31
ACM 54
Append 47
ASIO driver 14
Audio card
Checking 13
Settings 14
Audio CD
Testing 135
Writing 136
Audio CD format 137
Audio CD track import 144
Audio files See “Wave files”
Audio Montage
About 104
Cloning 129
Creating new 106
Opening 129
Panes 104
Saving 129
Audio Properties 55
Auto Panner 191
Auto zoom for overview 38
Autopan 194
B
Backups
Audio files 51
Batch file encoding 96
Bypass (Master Section effects) 86
C
Calibrating printer 153
CD format specification 137
CD images
Creating with cue sheet 133
CD recorders
Disc-At-Once 138
Installing 16
Selecting 135
CD view (Montage) 132
CD Wizard dialog 132
CD/DVD Project
About 140
CD-Extra 136
Change Gain 69Choirus2 194
Chorus 78
Chorus (Plug-in) 191
CleanComp 195
Clear Undo 22
Clip effects
Adding 124
Latency 125
Tail 125
Clipping
About 69
Clips
About 104
Adding 107
Deleting 116
Duplicating 115
Mouse zones 113
Moving 114
Overlapping 115
Resizing 115
Selecting 113
Source files 117
Splitting 116
Colors
Customizing (Montage) 181
Customizing (Wave window) 181
Colors (System) 13
Compression 69
Audio file formats 54
Control bars 25
Appearance 26
Button functions 26
Descriptions 26
Docking 25
Moving 26
Show tips 26
Showing/hiding 26
Un-docking 26
Convert format
Batch encoding 96
Using Save as 
51
Convert sample rate 79
Copy 45
Copying wave selections 44
Crossfade 73
Crossfade Looper 172Crossfades (Montage)
About 122
Editing 122
Options 122
Crystal Resampler (Plug-in) 192
Cue Points 116
Cursor
Appearance 181
Moving to marker 101
Scroll to 38
Setting position 40
Status bar 35
Cut 46
D
Data CD/DVD
Creating 140
Writing 142
dB (Level unit) 28
DC Offset 74
Decimal (Level unit) 28
DeClicker 195
Deleting clips 116
Deleting files and documents 53
Deleting wave selections 47
DeNoiser 196
Dialogs (Non-modal) 31
DirectX plug-ins 85
Disc-At-Once 138
Disk space 61
Dithering
About 88
Internal 89
Dockable control bars 
See “Control bars”
Drag and drop 34
Drop marker 99
Dropout 84
Duck according to other track 119
Dynamics 69
E
Easy Fade 72
Echo (Plug-in) 192
Edit Folders dialog 179
Edit Overview (Montage) 110 
						

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Index
Effects
About 85
Installing 87
Mute 86
Presets 87
Removing 85
Reordering 85
Selecting 85
Effects (Montage)
Copying settings 125
Effect dialog 125
Removing 124
Split mode 124
Eliminate DC Offset 74
Enable Snapping 113
Encode (ACM) 54
Encoded formats
About 54
Batch encoding to 96
Exporting to 54
Envelopes
About 117
Editing 118
Resetting 119
EQ (Processing) 79
EQ-1 192
Extend to peaks 44
F
Fade-In/Out 72
Faders (Master Section)
About 83
Offset 84
Unlink mode 84
Fades (Montage)
Creating 121
Editing 121
ROM presets 121
Favorites 34, 184
FFT
3D Frequency Analysis 161
File formats 49
File size (Unit) 28
Files (Audio) See “Wave files”
Files view 117
Folder editing 179
Frames (CD) 137Freedb 145
Frequency Analysis, 3D 161
G
Gating 69
Generic markers 98
Global Analysis
Errors 160
Extra 159
Introduction 156
Loudness 158
Operations 156
Peaks 158
Pitch 159
Global auto-grouping 108
Groups
Plug-ins 187
H
Hard disk requirements 10
Harmonization 78
Help 22
Hi-fi Chorus 78
I
Import
Audio CD track 144
Audio files 33
Markers 98
Insert audio file 34
Insert silence 47
Installation 13
Invert Phase 74
ISRC codes
About 138
K
Key commands
About 31
Customizing 184
Key sequences 184
L
Label Editor
Edit Properties dialog 151
Editing objects 149
Grid 150
Objects menu 151
Tools 149
Label sets
About 151
Opening 152
Printing 153
Saving 152
Saving as user template 152
Templates 148
Layouts
Saving 180
Window layouts 183
Level envelope 71
Level Processing (Dynamics) 69
Level selections 43
Level/Pan Meter 64
Leveler 192
Limiting 69
Loop markers 98, 102, 172
Loop Tone Equalizer 176
Looping 58, 102, 171
M
Magnetic bounds (Montage) 113
Magnetize bounds
Cursor 40
Cursor to marker 101
Dropping audio on markers 102
Snap to 45
Wave selections 43
Magnification See “Zooming”
Magnifying Glass 36
Marker list 99
Marker toolbar 99 
						

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Index
Markers
Appearance 181
Creating 99
Deleting 101
Displaying/hiding 100
Dropping 99
Dropping audio on 102
Dropping while recording 62
Editing 100
Importing and Saving 98
Introduction 98
Montage 127
Moving 101
Moving cursor to 101
Selecting between 102
Types 98
Master Section
About 82
Deactivating 82
Dithering Pane 88
Effects Pane 85
Master Level Pane 83
Render 91
Window handling 83
Master Section preset groups 90
Maximize width 35
Memory requirements 10
Meta Normalizer (Montage) 126
Meter format 28, 39
Metering
Introduction 64
Level 64
Spectrum 65
Meters
Master Section 84
Meter Windows 64
Record dialog 61
Mix (Option) 47
Mixed Mode CD
About 140
Creating 142
MME/WDM Driver 14
Monitor playback 64
Monitor window
Performance display 93
Progress display 93Mono
Master Section button 84
Mono to Stereo 48
Montage See “Audio Montage”
Mouse zones 113
Mouse zooming 37
Move cursor to 40
Moving wave selections 46
MP3 files
Batch encoding 96
MRK files 98
Multiple copies 47
Mute
Clips and tracks 111
Effects 86
N
NaturalVerb 197
Navigating
By clicking 38
Scroll menu 38
Using status bar 39
New documents, Creating 33
Noise Gate (Plug-in) 192
Noise gating 69
Non-modal dialogs 31, 68
Normalize 68
Nudge (Kicker) tools
Wave window 46
Nudging
Wave window 46
O
Online documentation 22
Open last window layout on 
startup 180
Oscilloscope 66
OSQ files
Batch conversion to 96
Saving and opening 51
Overwrite 47
P
Page layout (Labels) 153
Panes 23Paste
Append 47
Copying wave selections 45
Mix 47
Moving wave selections 46
Overwrite 47
Prepend 47
Peak Master 193
Pencil tool 49
Percent (Level unit) 28
Phase Invert 74
Photo viewer 141
Pitch Correction 77
Play (Transport bar) 57
Play selection 59
Play tool 58
Playback Browser 59
Playing
Clips 112
Montage 111
One channel in stereo file 58
Play tool 58
Selection 59
Setting start point 40
Skipping sections 58
Plug-ins
About 85
Installing 87
Organizing 186
Presets 87
Podcast
About 164
Episodes 165
New 164
Options 166
Pop-up menus
In displays 27
Values 29
Position See “Cursor”
PQ codes 137
Pre-Emphasis 138
Preferences
Introduction 179
Saving 179
Startup 179
Prepend 47
Preset groups 90 
						

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Presets
Creating 30
Deleting 30
Introduction 30
Loading 30
Master Section 89
Modifying 30
Printing CD Labels 153
Priorities
Master Section 92
Monitor window 93
Puncher 193
Q
Quick Cloning 129
R
RAM 10
Range indicator 38, 181
Recent audio files 34
Recording
Disk capacity 61
Dropping markers 62
File format 60
Introduction 59
Levels 61
Mixer settings 60
Redo 22, 68
Region markers
About 98
Marking takes during recording 62
Release audio hardware 57
Remember active window’s 
layout 184
Renaming files and documents 53
Rendering
Audio Montage 131
Wave windows 91
Repeating wave selections 47
Resize clips 115
Resume 93
Reverse 74
Revert to saved 52Rulers
Appearance 181
Hiding/showing 181
Meter format 39
Montage 105
Selecting units 28
Start position 39
Wave window 35
S
Sample rate
Conflicts 45
Conversion 79
Montage 106
Samples (Unit) 28
Sampling
Editing sample attributes 170
Save All 52
Save and Save as 50
Save Copy 52
Save left/right channel as 52
Save markers 98
Scroll during playback 59
Scroll menu 38
Select menu 42
Selecting
At zero crossings 42
By dragging 40
Clips 113
Effects 85
Level selections 43
Select menu 42
Shortcuts 41
Stereo files 41
Switching between channels 41
Selection
Turning into new document 48
Set origin at cursor 39
Show tips 26
Silence (Plug-in) 193
Size ruler (CD/DVD Project) 141
Skip 58
Sliders 29
Snap (Montage) 113
Snap to time units 43
Snap to zero crossing 42, 43Snapshots
Wave window 39
Solo (Montage) 111
Source audio files (Montage) 117
Speaker tool 58
Spectralizer 198
Spectrum Meter 65
Speed Menus 27
Spin controls 28
Split mode
Effects (Montage) 124
Splitting clips 116
Status bar
Introduction 27
Navigating from 39
Wave windows 35
Steinberg on the internet 8
Stereo Echo 199
Stereo to Mono 48
StereoExpander 193, 200
Stop button 57
Styles 180
Suspend 93
Swap channels 48
System information 11
T
Templates (Label Editor) 148
Tempo 39
Temporary files 15
The track activity indicator
About 111
Time code 28
Time format 28
Time stretch 75
Toolbox
Introduction 26
Magnifying Glass 36
Play tool 58
Tools One 200
Tracer application 16
Track auto-grouping 108
Track gain faders
About 112
Tracks (Montage)
About 104
Handling 106 
						

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Index
Transport bar 57
Trim 47
U
Undo
Clearing 22
Introduction 22
Limiting 22
Processing 68
Undo (Montage)
View changes 111
UPC/EAN codes 138
Use Master Section 82
V
Values (Setting) 28
Variables
About 148
Editing 152
Video track (Montage)
About 130
View settings
Saving 54
Voice Attenuator 200
Volume envelopes
About 117
Editing 118
VST plug-ins
About 85
Excluding 188
Presets 87
VSTDynamics 200
W
Wave cursor See “Cursor”
Wave files
Basic editing commands 44
Drag and drop 34
Importing from audio CD 144
Opening 33
Processing 67
Recording 59
Selecting in 40
Zooming 35Wave selections
Copying 44
Deleting 47
Moving 46
Repeating 47
Waveform elements 181
Waveform Restorer 75
Web links 8
Wheel mouse 29
Window layouts 183
Windows
Closing 23
Duplicate view 25
Maximizing width 35
Minimizing 23
Multiple views 25
Panes 23
Saving layout 180
Switching between 23
WMA files
Batch encoding 96
Write CD 136
Z
Zero crossings 42
Zero level axis 181
Zoom controls 36
Zoom menu 37
Zooming
About 35
Auto zoom for overview 38
Magnifying Glass 36
Montage 109
Mouse zooming 37
Using the keyboard 37
Using the menu 37
Zoom selection 37