Steinberg Wavelab Le 8 Manual

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3. Specify a color using the color picker or the RGB fields.
4. Click OK.
Assigning Custom Colors According to Conditions
You can have different color schemes automatically applied to different 
clips, according to their names or properties of their audio files.
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If you redefine colors, be careful not to choose colors that cause some 
elements to disappear. For example, when having black marker lines on...

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• To copy all color settings of a custom color setting, drag the name 
of a custom color setting onto another custom color name, and 
click OK.
Audio Montage Colors Dialog
In this dialog, you can specify custom colors to clips and parts of a clip 
in the montage window.
In the Audio Montage workspace, select Options > Colors.
Parts list
Shows parts that can be colorized. Click a part to edit the color.
Undo all
Undoes all changes that...

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Red/Green/Blue
Lets you specify the red, green, and blue components of the RGB 
color spectrum.
Copy color
Copies the current color to the clipboard.
Paste
Pastes the color from the clipboard.
This style is used if these conditions apply
Lets you define conditions under which a certain color style is 
applied.
File extension is any of
If this option is activated, the color style is applied to clips 
referencing a file with the specified...

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Clip Colors
The following clip types are available:
Crossfade region
Allows you to set the background color for overlapping clip 
sections.
Default
The default colors, used for clips for which you have not selected 
any specific color.
Locked
The colors used for all fully locked clips.
Muted
The colors used for all muted clips.
Custom
These options correspond to the items on the color submenus. 
These can be renamed, and you can also set...

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Channel separator (stereo clip)
The line dividing the two sides in a stereo clip.
Clip name
The name label of the clip.
Focused clip name
The name label of the focused clip.
Focused clip name background
The name label background of the focused clip.
Miscellaneous
Background top/bottom
The background colors of the track view for area without a clip.
Background (selected range) top/bottom
The background colors in selected ranges.
Cursor...

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Audio Files Colors Dialog
This tab in the Audio file editing preferences dialog allows you to 
specify custom colors to parts of the wave window.
In the Audio Files workspace, select Options > Audio file editing 
preferences, and select the Style tab.
Styles list
Lets you select the default style and conditional styles.
Parts list
Shows parts that can be colorized. Click a part to edit the color.
Hide (for certain parts only)
Hides the...

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Color picker
Lets you select the color for the selected part. Click the 
surrounding circle to select the hue. Click in the triangle to adjust 
the saturation and lightness.
Red/Green/Blue
Lets you specify the red, green, and blue components of the RGB 
color spectrum.
Copy color
Copies the current color to the clipboard.
Paste
Pastes the color from the clipboard.
This style is used if these conditions apply
Lets you define conditions...

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Left/Right Channel
Waveform
The waveform color.
Waveform (selected)
The waveform color of the selected part of the waveform.
Waveform outline
The outline color of the waveform.
Waveform outline (selected)
The outline color of the selected part of the waveform.
Background top
The color of the background top.
Background top (selected)
The color of the selected part of the background top.
Background bottom
The color of the background...

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End of file indicator
The color of the end of the file indicator.
Time ruler style
The color of the time ruler and its style.
Time ruler font
The color of the font on the time ruler and the font size.
Level ruler style
The color of the level ruler, its style, and transparency.
Level ruler font
The color of the font on the level ruler and the font size.
About Customizing Shortcuts
In WaveLab LE, you can control many functions via shortcuts to speed 
up your...

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• You can define one key shortcut per command. Each shortcut can 
be a sequence of up to four keystrokes.
• To reset some or all types of shortcuts to their factory defaults use 
the Reset button.
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...