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Operation Manual Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Sabine Pfeifer, 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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Release Date: June 18, 2013 Table of Contents 6 Introduction 58 File Operations 6 The Help System 58 Recently Used Files 7 About the Program Versions 58 Save and Save As 8 Typographical Conventions 61 Templates 8 How You Can Reach Us 65 File Renaming 9 Setting Up Your System 66 Deleting Files 9 Connecting Audio 67 Special Menu 9 About Audio Cards and Background 67 Temporary Files Playback 68 Work Folders vs. Document Folders 10 About Latency 70 Setting the Focus on the Current File 10 Defining VST Audio Connections 71 About Workspaces 13 CD/DVD Recorders 71 Elements of a Workspace 14 Remote Devices 72 Audio Files Workspace 20 WaveLab Elements Concepts 72 Audio Montage Workspace 20 General Editing Rules 73 Podcast Workspace 21 Basic Window Handling 73 Opening Files in a Workspace 23 Selecting Audio 73 Organizing Workspace Windows 28 Sliders 74 About Tool Windows 28 Renaming Items in Tables 78 Playback 29 File Browser 78 Transport Bar 30 Tab Groups 92 Playing Back Only One Channel 32 Peak Files 93 Starting Playback From the Ruler 32 Companion Files 93 Using the Play Tool 34 Program Overview 94 Playback Scrubbing 34 Command Bars 95 Scroll During Playback 35 Status Bar 96 About Playback in the Audio Montage 37 Context Menus Workspace 38 Time Ruler and Level Ruler 97 Audio File Editing 43 Value Editing 97 Wave Window 43 Drag Operations 101 File Handling in the Audio Files 45 Undoing and Redoing Workspace 46 Zooming 123 Changing the Audio Properties 53 Managing Tabs 125 Meta-Data 54 Presets 128 Silence Generator Dialog 56 Saving a Picture of the Active Window 130 Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool 131 Audio Analysis 131 Global Analysis 141 3D Frequency Analysis 3 144 Offline Processing 237 Markers 144 Applying Processing 237 Marker Types 145 Gain Dialog 238 Markers Window 145 Normalize Level Dialog 241 About Creating Markers 147 Fades in Audio Files 244 Deleting Markers 148 Crossfades 245 Moving Markers 149 Inverting the Audio Phase 245 Navigating to Markers 150 Reversing Audio 245 Hiding Markers of a Certain Type 150 DC Offset 246 Renaming Markers 151 Time Stretching 247 About Selecting Markers 153 Pitch Shift 247 Selecting the Audio Between Markers 154 Resample 248 Binding Markers to Clips in the Audio 156 Audio Montage Montage 156 Basic Terminology 248 How Marker Information is Stored 157 Montage Window 249 Metering 159 Signal Flow in the Audio Montage 249 Metering Window 160 Creating a New Audio Montage 249 About Meter Settings 161 Creating an Audio Montage from an 250 Resetting the Meters Audio File 250 Level Meter 161 Import Options for Audio Montages 253 Spectroscope 162 Missing Files in Audio Montage Dialog 254 Oscilloscope 163 Assembling the Audio Montage 255 Writing Operations 169 Rearranging Clips 255 Write Audio CD Dialog 171 Clip Editing 257 Erase Optical Media Dialog 180 Track Activity Indicator 258 About Writing Audio Montages 180 Envelopes for Clips 261 Data CD/DVD Projects 185 Fades and Crossfades in the Audio 265 About Audio CD Formats Montage 189 Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Master 269 Loops Output 269 Basic Looping 199 About the CD Window 270 About Refining Loops 202 About Cloning Audio Montages 280 About Looping Seemingly Unloopable 203 Mixing Down - The Render Function Audio 203 Loudness Meta Normalizer 283 About Sample Attributes 205 Notes Window 285 Importing Audio CD Tracks 206 Recording 286 Import Audio CD Dialog 206 Setting Up the Recording Dialog 290 Importing Audio CD Tracks 207 Dropping Markers During Recording 291 Searching Track Names on the internet 208 Recording Dialog 291 About Ultra-Safe Mode 292 Converting Audio CD Tracks to an 214 Master Section Audio Montage 215 Master Section Window 226 Rendering 231 Saving a Master Section Preset 235 About Monitoring Background Tasks 236 About Dropouts 4 293 Podcasts 294 Podcast Workspace 299 Global Podcast Options 299 Creating a Podcast 300 Setting Up a FTP for Podcast Publishing 300 Publishing a Podcast 301 FTP Site Dialog 302 Checking the Podcast 303 Customizing 303 Customizing the Wave Window and the Montage Window 312 About Customizing Shortcuts 316 Plug-ins Organization 324 Configuring the Software 324 About Global Preferences 332 Audio File Editing Preferences Dialog 334 Settings Management 335 Multi-User Settings 337 Plug-in Reference 337 Built-in Plug-ins 342 Steinberg VST 3 Plug-ins 361 Sonnox Restoration Toolkit 369 Legacy Plug-ins 369 Dithering Plug-ins 371 Index 5 Introduction The Help System The detailed help system of WaveLab Elements makes it easy to look up interface features and get information from within the program. Three main types of help are available: • The help provides detailed information on the features and functionality of WaveLab Elements. You can set bookmarks, and use the search function and index to quickly find information. • “What’s This” tooltips give detailed information on the functionality of a specific user interface element. • The status bar at the bottom of each workspace window gives detailed information on menu items when moving the mouse over an item. • In the Audio Montage workspace, the status bar shows what kind of editing can be performed when using the mouse and modifier keys. 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, browse to the installation folder. The documents are located in the Documentation folder. • To show tooltips, move the mouse over an interface icon. • To open the help for the 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). 6 Introduction About the Program Versions • To use the menu help, move the mouse over a menu item. The help text is displayed on the status bar at the bottom of the workspace window. • 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 status bar at the bottom of the workspace window. • To activate/deactivate the help texts on the status bar, select Options (WaveLab menu on Mac) > Global preferences > Display tab, and in the Workspaces section, select Display status bar. To open the “What’s This” help, you have the following possibilities: • In any workspace, press [Shift]-[F1], and move the mouse over an interface item, or select Help > What is 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 have a different background color to indicate that a dedicated help topic is available in the WaveLab Elements help. Click the link in the tooltip to open the corresponding information in the help. About the Program Versions The documentation covers two different operating systems, Windows and Mac OS X. Some features and settings are specific to one of the operation systems. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. If nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for all WaveLab Elements versions for both Windows and Mac OS X. The screenshots are taken from the English Windows version of WaveLab Elements. 7 Introduction Typographical Conventions Typographical Conventions Many of the default key commands in WaveLab Elements 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] For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] means “press [Ctrl] on Windows or [Command] on Mac OS X, then press [Z]”. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] means “press [Alt] on Windows or [Option] on Mac OS X, then press [X]”. NOTE This manual often refers to right-clicking, for example, to open context menus. If you are using a Mac with a single-button mouse, hold down [Ctrl] and click. How You Can Reach Us On the Help menu in WaveLab Elements, you find items linking to additional information. The menu contains links to various Steinberg web pages. Selecting a menu item automatically launches your browser and opens the page. On these pages, you can find support and compatibility information, answers to frequently asked questions, information about updates and other Steinberg products, etc.