Steinberg Wavelab Le 8 Manual

Program Overview
Undoing and Redoing
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Dragging in the Podcast Workspace
• To reorder episodes in the episodes list, drag them to another 
position.
Dragging in the Master Section
• To change the order of processing, drag effects between different 
effects slots.
Undoing and Redoing
You can undo and redo as many steps as you like. The only limitation is 
the available hard disk space.
By default, when undoing or redoing any operation in the Audio Files 
workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, the zoom...

Program Overview
Zooming
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Vertical Zooming
• When you zoom out as far as possible, the height of the wave fits 
in the window.
• As you progressively zoom in, the display only shows a part of the 
total height. The vertical scrollbars lets you adjust exactly which 
section is shown. Check the ruler to see which part of the 
waveform is currently shown in the display.
• To optimize the vertical zoom of the waveform, press 
[Ctrl]/[Command], click and hold the time ruler, and move the 
mouse up or down....

Program Overview
Zooming
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• To scroll in the main view, drag the range indicator.
Range indicator at the top of the overview display
• To adjust the zoom level using the scrollbar, drag the edges of the 
scrollbar.
Zooming Using the Zoom Controls
Both the main view and the overview have horizontal and vertical zoom 
controls.
• To zoom horizontally, click the Horizontal zoom control, and drag 
left or right, or use the mouse wheel.
• To zoom vertically, click the Vertical zoom control, and drag up or...

Program Overview
Zooming
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Zooming Using the Magnifying Glass Tool
The Magnifying Glass tool is used to zoom in a specific section of the 
waveform so that is occupies the entire wave window. This is only 
available in the Audio Files workspace.
Using the Magnifying Glass Tool in the Main View
The selection that you make in the main view of the wave window is 
magnified and fills up the entire main view.
PROCEDURE
1.In the Audio Files workspace, activate the Magnifying Glass tool by 
doing one of the...

Program Overview
Zooming
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Zooming Using the Mouse
With the mouse, you can change the zoom factor by clicking and 
dragging or by scrolling the mousewheel.
•To zoom horizontally, in the wave window or the montage window, 
position the mouse cursor over the time ruler, click, and drag up or 
down.
• To zoom horizontally while maintaining the cursor position, position 
the mouse cursor over the time ruler, press [Shift], and drag up or 
down.
• To zoom horizontally using the mousewheel, press...

Program Overview
Zooming
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Zoom Menu
The zoom menu allows you to quickly access various zoom settings.
In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, select 
View > Zoom.
View all
Zooms out as far as possible.
Zoom in on 1 minute/30 seconds/10 seconds/.../500 ms
Adjusts the zoom to display the selected time range.
Zoom in 1:1
Zooms in so that one pixel on the screen represents one sample.
Microscope
Zooms in as far as possible.
Zoom selection
Zooms the window so that the current selection...

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Zooming
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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 adjustment is done according to the section of the 
wave that is currently visible in the wave/montage window.
Optimize vertical zoom (Audio Files workspace only)
Zooms in to display all audio peaks in the wave window.
Zoom to -12 db/-24 db/.../-96 db
Adjusts the zoom to only display samples below the...

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Managing Tabs
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• To select a certain area, click [Ctrl]/[Command], and drag the 
rectangle over the tracks and clips that you want to zoom in.
Displaying More or Less Tracks
The number of tracks that are displayed in the Audio Montage 
workspace can be changed with the magnification controls in the lower 
right corner of the montage window.
•To display more tracks, click the smaller magnifying glass icon.
• To display less tracks, click the larger magnifying glass icon.
• To make a...

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Presets
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Files to Close Dialog
In this dialog, you can specify which files you want to close.
In any workspace, except the Control Window workspace, select Tabs 
> Select files to close.
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....

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Presets
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Saving a Preset
Saved presets can be used to apply commonly used settings to dialogs 
or plug-ins.
PROCEDURE
1.Open the dialog that you want to use, and modify the parameters.
2. Select the Preset menu, and select Save as.
3. Optional: Click the folder icon, and select a name for a subfolder 
in which you want to save the preset.
4. Type in a name, and click Save.
Loading Presets
To apply a saved preset to a dialog or plug-in, you must load the preset.
PROCEDURE