Steinberg Wavelab Le 8 Manual

							Program Overview
Presets
51
Deleting a Preset
PROCEDURE
1.Open the dialog that you want to use and select the preset that you 
want to delete.
2. Click the Presets menu, and select Organize presets.
3. In the Explorer window, select the preset file that you want to 
delete, and press [Delete].
Storing and Restoring Temporary Presets
Some dialogs allow you to save and load up to 5 temporary presets. This 
is useful if you want to quickly test and compare different settings.
Storing Presets
PROCEDURE
1.Open the dialog that you want to use, and make your settings.
2. Click the Presets menu, and from the Store temporarily 
submenu, select a slot.
Restoring Presets
PROCEDURE
1. Open the dialog in which you have saved a preset.
2. Click the Presets menu, and from the Restore submenu, select a 
preset. 
						

							Program Overview
Saving a Picture of the Active Window
52
Saving a Picture of the Active Window
You can save a picture of the active window in the BMP, JPG/JPEG, or 
PNG file format, or copy it to the clipboard.
NOTE
Plug-in windows are not included in the picture.
PROCEDURE
1. Click in the window for which you want to save a picture.
For example, click in the wave window or the montage window.
2. In the Audio Files workspace or the Audio Montage workspace, 
select View > Save picture of active window.
The Save picture of active window dialog opens.
3. In the Save picture of active window dialog, you have the 
following options:
• To copy the picture to the clipboard, activate Copy to clipboard.
• To save the picture in a specified file format, activate Save as file. 
Optionally, you can activate Open picture after saving.
4. Click OK.
• If you have activated Copy to clipboard, the picture is copied to 
the clipboard.
• If you have activated Save as file, the Save as dialog opens where 
you can specify the file location, file format, and file name. Click 
Save to confirm your settings.
If you have set the montage window as the active window, the resulting picture 
could look like this. 
						

							 53
File Operations
Recently Used Files
All files that you have recently used in WaveLab LE are saved in a list. 
This helps you to gain fast access to recent projects. You can open 
recently used files via the File menu.
Setting the Number of Recently Used Files
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, select Options (WaveLab menu on Mac) > 
Global preferences > Display.
2. In the Miscellaneous options section, set the maximum number 
of items that you want to list in the following areas:
• Recent file menus
3. Click OK.
Save and Save As
•When you save a file for the first time, it does not matter whether 
you select Save or Save as.
• Once a file has been saved, select File > Save, or press 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-[S] to update the file and make the changes 
permanent.
• If you want to specify a new name, location, and/or file format, 
select File > Save as. 
						

							File Operations
Save and Save As
54
• In the Audio Files workspace, all save operations except Save 
Copy clear the undo history, which means that after saving you 
cannot undo or redo.
About Tab Colors
Tab colors give information on whether a file is saved or not.
The following colors can be shown:
Orange
The file is saved.
Green (Audio Files workspace only)
The file uses a decoded file format and is saved.
Purple
A new file that is not empty but has not been saved yet. For 
example, when creating a new file and pasting content into it.
Red
The file has been modified and changes have not been saved yet.
Unsaved Changes Indicator
When you have made changes to a file, an asterisk is displayed next to 
the file name until you save the file and the tab changes its color. 
						

							File Operations
Save and Save As
55
Save Multiple Files at Once
You can save some or all open files at once.
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > Save 
all.
2. Select the files that you want to save.
3. Click Save.
Reverting to Saved File
You can revert the file you are working on back to its last saved state. 
This undoes all the changes made to the file since it was last saved.
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > 
Revert to saved.
2. In the warning dialog, click Yes to revert to the last saved state.
RESULT 
The last saved version of the file is loaded from disk.
Automatic Backups
Backups are created automatically if a file with the same name already 
exists.
For example, if you select Save As and specify a file name already used 
in that folder, you will be asked if you want to back up the existing file 
first. If you click Yes, the backup name will be the original name, with 
“.bak” added at the end. 
						

							File Operations
File Renaming
56
About Saving Audio Montages
The saving operations for audio montages are the same as for audio 
files. However, there are things to note when saving audio montages.
•Audio montage files only contain references to audio files. If you 
want to rename audio files referenced by audio montages, use the 
Rename dialog. All clip references are updated automatically.
• If the audio montage contains clips that refer to untitled audio files, 
save these audio files before saving the audio montage.
File Renaming
The Rename function allows you to rename a file and update all 
references automatically. For example, if you rename an audio file named 
“India” to “Sitar”, all currently open files that reference the file “India” are 
updated to reference the file as “Sitar”.
Audio files, peak, and marker files are also renamed accordingly.
Renaming a File
PROCEDURE
1.Select the file that you want to rename.
2. In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > 
Rename.
3. Enter the new name and/or a new file location.
4. Select a file suffix from the drop-down list.
5. Click OK. 
						

							File Operations
File Renaming
57
Rename File Dialog
In this dialog, you can choose a new file name, file extension, and folder 
location for the active file.
In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > Rename.
Name
Type in the new name.
File extension drop-down list
Select a case for the file extension.
Change folder
If this option is activated, you can change the folder location of the 
file.
NOTE
This is only possible within the same drive partition.
Keep as default
If this option is activated, the same path is selected next time you 
open the dialog. This is useful if you need to move several files 
successively. 
						

							File Operations
Deleting Files
58
Deleting Files
You can delete the currently active file from within WaveLab LE.
PREREQUISITE 
The file that you want to delete is not copied to the clipboard, is not 
pasted into another file that is open, and is not open in another 
application.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the file that you want to delete.
2. In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > 
Delete.
3. Click OK.
RESULT 
The file, including it’s peak and marker files, is deleted.
Special Menu
From this menu you can select various file related options, for example, 
you can add the active file to a Podcast.
In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > Special.
Depending on the workspace, not all options are available.
Information
Displays information about the active file.
Add to Podcast
Adds the active file to a Podcast.
Reveal in Windows Explorer/Mac OS Finder
Opens the Windows Explorer/Mac OS Finder to show the location 
of the active file.
Copy to clipboard
Opens a menu, from which you can select which information about 
the active file you want to copy to the clipboard. 
						

							File Operations
Temporary Files
59
Create a file link on the desktop (Windows only)
Creates a file link on the desktop. The link opens the file with the 
default application associated with the file type.
Temporary Files
Temporary files are used for certain operations, such as the undo/redo 
functions. You can specify where WaveLab LE saves its temporary files.
For example, if your source files are located on the C: drive, you could 
specify D:	emp and E:	emp as temporary folders. This improves the 
performance and reduces disc fragmentation.
RELATED LINKS:
“Specifying Folders” on page 59
Work Folders vs. Document Folders
WaveLab LE distinguishes between two types of folders: work folders 
and document folders.
In work folders, temporary files are stored. Document folders contain 
WaveLab LE-specific files, such as wave files, audio montages, etc.
Specifying Folders
You can specify which folder should open when you perform any open 
or save operation (document folder). You can also specify up to three 
folders for temporary files (work folder).
PROCEDURE
1.Open the workspace for which you want to specify document 
folders.
2. Select Options > Folders.
3. Click the type of folder for which you want to specify a location.
4. Specify a location in the Folder field. 
						

							File Operations
Work Folders vs. Document Folders
60
5. Optional: Depending on the selected type of folder, you can make 
additional settings.
6. Click OK.
Folders Dialog
In this dialog, you can specify default document folders and work folders 
for each workspace.
In any workspace, select Options > Folders.
In the list to the left, you specify the folder type that you want to make 
settings for. The following options are available:
Folder for temporary files
Specify a folder for storing temporary files.
Cache folder
Activating Use cache folder for decoded files allows you to 
specify a cache folder. The cache folder contains wave files that 
are created when you are working with files in compressed file 
formats, such as MP3 files. To prevent the cache folder to grow 
indefinitely, WaveLab LE checks the date of each file in this folder 
and deletes files that were created before a certain number of 
days.
When Use cache folder for decoded files is deactivated, the 
compressed files are decoded each time they are opened.
Audio File - Open Folder/Save Folder
The default open and save folders for audio files.
Audio Montage - Open folder/Save folder
The default open and save folders for audio montage files.