Wavelab Elements 9 – Operation Manual
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Operation Manual Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Kevin Quarshie, Benjamin Schütte This PDF provides improved access for vision-impaired users. Please note that due to the complexity and number of images in this document, it is not possible to include text descriptions of images. The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Registered licensees of the product described herein may print one copy of this document for their personal use. 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Table of Contents 6 Introduction 50 Project Handling 6 Help System 50 Opening Files 7 About the Program Versions 51 Value Editing 7 Conventions 51 Drag Operations 8 How You Can Reach Us 53 Undoing and Redoing Actions 10 Setting Up Your System 53 Zooming 10 Connecting Audio 59 Presets 10 Audio Cards and Background Playback 62 File Operations 11 Latency 62 Recently Used Files 11 Defining VST Audio Connections 62 Save and Save As 14 CD/DVD Recorders 64 Templates 14 Remote Devices 68 File Renaming 20 WaveLab Elements Concepts 69 Deleting Files 20 General Editing Rules 69 Temporary Files 20 Startup Dialog 69 Work Folders vs. Document Folders 21 Basic Window Handling 71 Setting the Focus on the Current File 22 Selecting Audio 72 Playback 26 Sliders 72 Transport Bar 27 Renaming Items in Tables 83 Starting Playback From the Ruler 27 File Browser 84 Using the Play Tool 28 Tab Groups 84 Playback Scrubbing 31 Peak Files 85 Scroll During Playback 31 Companion Files 86 Playback in the Audio Montage Window 33 Workspace Window 87 Audio File Editing 33 Audio Editor 87 Wave Window 34 Audio Montage 90 Audio Editor Tabs 34 Podcast Editor 101 File Handling in the Audio Editor 35 File Tab 120 Changing the Audio Properties 37 Info Tab 121 Meta-Data 38 Tool Windows 124 Silence Generator Dialog 38 Meter Windows 126 Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool 39 Slide-Out Windows 127 Audio Analysis 39 Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and 127 Global Analysis Meter Windows 136 3D Frequency Analysis 41 Command Bar 42 Status Bar 43 Context Menus 44 Time Ruler and Level Ruler 48 Managing Tabs 49 Activating Full Screen Mode 3 139 Offline Processing 232 Markers 139 Applying Processing 233 Markers Window 139 Gain Dialog 235 About Creating Markers 140 Level Normalizer Dialog 236 Deleting Markers 141 Fades in Audio Files 237 Moving Markers 142 Crossfades 237 Navigating to Markers 143 Phase Inverting 238 Hiding Markers of a Specific Type 144 Reversing Audio 238 Converting Marker Types 144 DC Offset 238 Renaming Markers 145 Time Stretching 239 Selecting Markers 147 Pitch Shift 239 Selecting the Audio Between Markers 148 Resample 240 Binding Markers to Clips in the Audio 150 Audio Montage Montage 150 Montage Window 240 How Marker Information is Saved 153 Audio Montage Tabs 241 Metering 162 Signal Flow in the Audio Montage 241 Metering Window 163 Creating New Audio Montages 241 Meter Settings 164 Audio Montage Duplicates 242 Resetting the Meters 165 Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio 242 Level Meter File 244 Spectroscope 165 Import Options for Audio Montages 244 Oscilloscope 166 Missing Files in the Audio Montage Dialog 246 Writing Operations 167 Assembling the Audio Montage 246 Write Audio CD Dialog 172 Rearranging Clips 248 Erase Optical Media Dialog 175 Clip Editing 248 About Writing Audio Montages 180 Track Activity Indicator 250 Data CD/DVD Projects 181 Envelopes for Clips 254 Audio CD Formats 184 Fades and Crossfades in Audio Montages 188 Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Montage 258 Loops Output 258 Basic Looping 197 About the CD Window 259 Refining Loops 200 Mixing Down – The Render Function 267 Looping Audio Which Is Not Very Well 200 Loudness Meta Normalizer Suited for Looping 202 Notes Window 270 Sample Attributes 203 Recording 273 Importing Audio CD Tracks 203 Setting Up the Recording Dialog 273 Import Audio CD Dialog 204 Dropping Markers During Recording 277 Importing Audio CD Tracks 204 Recording Dialog 277 Searching Track Names on the Internet 278 Submitting Track Names to the Internet 210 Master Section 278 Ultra-Safe Mode 210 Master Section Window 278 Converting Audio CD Tracks to an Audio 222 Rendering Montage 227 Saving a Master Section Preset 231 Monitoring Background Tasks 280 WaveLab Exchange 231 Dropouts 280 WaveLab Elements as External Editor for Cubase 281 Cubase as External Editor for WaveLab Elements 4 283 Podcasts 283 Podcast Editor 288 Global Podcast Options 288 Creating a Podcast 289 Setting Up a FTP for Podcast Publishing 289 Publishing a Podcast 289 FTP Settings Dialog 291 Checking the Podcast 292 Customizing 292 Customizing the Wave Window and the Montage Window 293 Customizing Shortcuts 298 Customizing Command Bars 298 Plug-in Organization 307 Configuring the Software 307 Global Preferences 311 Audio Files Preferences 316 Audio Montages Preferences 319 Settings Management 320 Multi-User Settings 321 Plug-in Reference 321 Built-in Plug-ins 339 Steinberg VST 3 Plug-ins 357 Sonnox Restoration Toolkit 364 Legacy Plug-ins 364 Dithering Plug-ins 366 Index 5 Introduction Help System The detailed help system of WaveLab Elements enables you to look up interface features and get information from within the program. Accessing the Help System There are several ways of accessing the help system. • To open the WaveLab Elements help, select Help > Contents. • To open the manual in PDF format, select Help > PDF Documentation. • To show tooltips, move the mouse over an interface icon. • To open the help for an active dialog, click the question mark icon on the title bar (Windows) or in the dialog (Mac OS) to show the Help button, and then click the Help button, or press [F1] (Windows) or [Command]-[?] (Mac OS). • To use the menu help, move the mouse over a menu item. • To see information on what kind of editing can be performed when using the mouse and modifier keys in the Audio Montage window, move the mouse over the montage window. The help text is displayed on the info line at the bottom of the window. To open the “What’s This” help, you have the following possibilities: • In any window, press [Shift]-[F1] and move the mouse over an interface item, or select Help > What’s This?. • In a dialog, select the question mark icon on any title bar (Windows) or in the dialog (Mac OS), and move the mouse over an interface item or a menu option. • Some “What’s this” tooltips include a link to a dedicated help topic. RELATED LINKS Info Line on page 173 6 Introduction About the Program Versions About the Program Versions The documentation covers the operating systems Windows and Mac OS X. Features and settings that are specific to one of these platforms are clearly indicated. In all other cases, the descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for Windows and Mac OS X. Some points to consider: • The screenshots are taken from a Windows operating system. • Some functions that are available on the File menu on Windows operating systems can be found in the program name menu on Mac OS X operating systems. Conventions In our documentation, we use typographical elements and mark-ups to structure information. Typographical Elements The following typographical elements mark the following purposes. PREREQUISITE Requires you to complete an action or to fulfill a condition before starting a procedure. PROCEDURE Lists the steps that you must take to achieve a specific result. IMPORTANT Informs you about issues that might affect the system, the connected hardware, or that might bring a risk of data loss. NOTE Informs you about issues that you should consider. EXAMPLE Provides you with an example. RESULT Shows the result of the procedure. AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK Informs you about actions or tasks that you can undertake after completing the procedure. 7 Introduction How You Can Reach Us RELATED LINKS Lists related topics that you can find in this documentation. Mark-Ups Bold text indicates the name of a menu, option, function, dialog, window, etc. EXAMPLE To open the Layout Options pop-up menu, click Layout Options in the top right corner of the Audio Editor. If bold text is separated by a greater-than symbol, this indicates a sequence of different menus to open. EXAMPLE Select File > Save As. Key Commands Many of the default key commands use modifier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system. For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] on Windows and [Command]-[Z] on Mac OS X. When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way: • [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key] EXAMPLE [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] signifies: press [Ctrl] on Windows or [Command] on Mac OS X, then press [Z]. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] signifies: press [Alt] on Windows or [Option] on Mac OS X, then press [X]. How You Can Reach Us On the Help menu in WaveLab Elements, you find items linking to additional information. 8 Introduction How You Can Reach Us The menu contains links to various Steinberg web pages.