Wavelab Elements 7 Help 1
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Contents 1 WaveLab Elements 7 Help 1 2 Getting Help 3 2.1 Help menu ........................................ 4 3 Using the interface 5 3.1 About Tool Windows .................................. 6 3.2 Adjusting Envelopes .................................. 7 3.3 Command bars ..................................... 8 3.4 Context menus ..................................... 9 3.5 Docking windows ................................... 9 3.6 Double clicking ..................................... 11 3.7 Dragging operations .................................. 11 3.8 Playback shortcuts ................................... 14 3.9 Select-clicking ..................................... 14 3.10 Shortcut system .................................... 15 3.11 Sliders .......................................... 16 3.12 Status Bar ........................................ 17 3.13 Switcher window .................................... 18 3.14 Tab Groups ....................................... 18 3.15 Transport controls ................................... 20 3.16 Value editing ....................................... 21 3.17 Workspaces ....................................... 21 3.18 Zooming and scrolling ................................. 23 4 WaveLab Elements Concepts 25 4.1 Features Overview ................................... 25 4.2 Analysis ......................................... 26 4.2.1 Global analysis ................................ 27 4.2.2 3D Frequency Analysis ............................ 28 4.2.3 VU Meter .................................... 29 4.2.4 Spectroscope ................................. 29 4.2.5 Oscilloscope .................................. 30 4.3 Authoring CDs and DVDs .............................. 30 4.4 Markers .......................................... 31 4.4.1 Marker types .................................. 34 4.5 Metering ......................................... 34 4.5.1 VU Meter .................................... 35 4.5.2 Spectroscope ................................. 36 4.5.3 Oscilloscope .................................. 36 4.6 Offline processing ................................... 37 4.6.1 Change Level ................................. 38 4.6.2 Level envelope ................................. 39 ii CONTENTS 4.6.3 Normalize Level ................................ 39 4.6.4 Silence Generator .............................. 40 4.6.5 Loop Tone Uniformizer ............................ 40 4.6.6 Pitch correction ................................ 41 4.6.7 Time stretching ................................ 41 4.6.8 Loop Tweaker ................................. 42 4.6.9 Presets ..................................... 43 4.6.10 Rendering ................................... 45 4.7 Presets .......................................... 46 4.8 Rendering ........................................ 48 5 Audio File editing 51 5.1 Offline processing ................................... 53 5.1.1 Change Level ................................. 54 5.1.2 Level envelope ................................. 55 5.1.3 Normalize Level ................................ 55 5.1.4 Silence Generator .............................. 56 5.1.5 Loop Tone Uniformizer ............................ 56 5.1.6 Pitch correction ................................ 57 5.1.7 Time stretching ................................ 57 5.1.8 Loop Tweaker ................................. 58 5.1.9 Presets ..................................... 59 5.1.10 Rendering ................................... 61 5.2 Analysis ......................................... 62 5.2.1 Global analysis ................................ 63 5.2.2 3D Frequency Analysis ............................ 64 5.2.3 VU Meter .................................... 65 5.2.4 Spectroscope ................................. 66 5.2.5 Oscilloscope .................................. 66 5.3 Metering ......................................... 66 5.3.1 VU Meter .................................... 67 5.3.2 Spectroscope ................................. 68 5.3.3 Oscilloscope .................................. 68 5.4 Transport controls ................................... 69 5.5 Specific tool windows ................................. 70 5.5.1 Metadata window ............................... 70 5.5.2 Sample attributes ............................... 70 5.5.3 Marker Window ................................ 71 5.5.4 File Browser .................................. 72 5.6 Shared tool windows ................................. 73 5.6.1 VU Meter .................................... 73 5.6.2 Oscilloscope .................................. 74 5.6.3 Spectroscope ................................. 74 5.7 Peak Files ........................................ 75 6 Audio Montages 77 6.1 Metering ......................................... 81 6.1.1 VU Meter .................................... 81 6.1.2 Spectroscope ................................. 82 6.1.3 Oscilloscope .................................. 82 6.2 Transport controls ................................... 83 6.3 Specific tool windows ................................. 84 6.3.1 File Browser .................................. 84 6.3.2 Focused Clip window ............................ 85 WaveLab Elements 7 CONTENTS iii 6.3.3 Marker Window ................................ 86 6.3.4 CD ........................................ 87 6.3.5 Effects ..................................... 88 6.3.6 Notes ...................................... 89 6.4 Shared tool windows ................................. 89 6.4.1 VU Meter .................................... 90 6.4.2 Oscilloscope .................................. 91 6.4.3 Spectroscope ................................. 91 6.5 Audio Montage Colors ................................ 91 7 Podcasts 93 7.1 FTP site ......................................... 95 7.2 Episodes menu ..................................... 95 7.3 Publish menu ...................................... 95 7.4 Specific tool windows ................................. 96 7.4.1 File Browser .................................. 97 8 Master Section 99 8.1 Render Wave window .................................100 8.2 Render Montage window ...............................101 8.3 Plug-ins settings ....................................101 9 Interface Elements 103 9.1 Dialogs ..........................................103 9.1.1 Insert link ....................................105 9.1.2 Audio File Format Dialog . 105 9.1.3 Audio Montage properties . 106 9.1.4 Audio properties dialog . 106 9.1.5 Audio Streaming Settings . 107 9.1.6 Batch Conversion ...............................107 9.1.7 CD Text Editor .................................108 9.1.8 CD-Text Browser ...............................108 9.1.9 Customize Commands ............................109 9.1.10 Data CD/DVD .................................109 9.1.11 Document list dialog .............................111 9.1.12 Folder Preferences dialog . 111 9.1.13 Frequency range ...............................112 9.1.14 FTP site .....................................112 9.1.15 Change Level .................................113 9.1.16 File attributes (OGG/WMA) . 113 9.1.17 Global analysis ................................113 9.1.18 Import Audio CD ...............................114 9.1.19 Level envelope .................................115 9.1.20 Loop Tone Uniformizer ............................115 9.1.21 Global Preferences ..............................116 9.1.22 Save Master Section Preset . 117 9.1.23 Audio Montage Preferences . 118 9.1.24 Adjust CD Pauses ..............................118 9.1.25 MP2 encoding .................................118 9.1.26 MP3 attributes .................................119 9.1.27 MP3 encoding .................................119 9.1.28 Normalize Level ................................119 9.1.29 OGG encoding ................................120 9.1.30 Mix dialog ....................................120 WaveLab Elements 7 iv CONTENTS 9.1.31 Pitch correction ................................120 9.1.32 Podcast options ................................121 9.1.33 Recording Dialog ...............................121 9.1.34 Remote control devices . 122 9.1.34.1 CC121 Advanced Integration Controller . 123 9.1.35 Rename File dialog ..............................126 9.1.36 CD Text Editor .................................126 9.1.37 Render Montage window . 126 9.1.38 Render Wave window ............................127 9.1.39 Sample attributes