Steinberg Wavelab Elements - 9.0 Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Kevin Quarshie, Benjamin Schütte

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6 Introduction

6 Help System 7 About the Program Versions 7 Conventions 8 How You Can Reach Us

10 Setting Up Your System

10 Connecting Audio 10 Audio Cards and Background Playback 11 Latency 11 Defining VST Audio Connections 14 CD/DVD Recorders 14 Remote Devices

20 WaveLab Elements Concepts

20 General Editing Rules 20 Startup Dialog 21 Basic Window Handling 22 Selecting Audio 26 Sliders 27 Renaming Items in Tables 27 File Browser 28 Tab Groups 31 Peak Files 31 Companion Files

33 Workspace Window

33 Audio Editor 34 Audio Montage 34 Podcast Editor 35 File Tab 37 Info Tab 38 Tool Windows 38 Meter Windows 39 Slide-Out Windows 39 Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and

Meter Windows

41 Command Bar 42 Status Bar 43 Context Menus 44 Time Ruler and Level Ruler 48 Managing Tabs 49 Activating Full Screen Mode

50 Project Handling

50 Opening Files 51 Value Editing 51 Drag Operations 53 Undoing and Redoing Actions 53 Zooming 59 Presets

62 File Operations

62 Recently Used Files 62 Save and Save As 64 Templates 68 File Renaming 69 Deleting Files 69 Temporary Files 69 Work Folders vs. Document Folders 71 Setting the Focus on the Current File

72 Playback

72 Transport Bar 83 Starting Playback From the Ruler 84 Using the Play Tool 84 Playback Scrubbing 85 Scroll During Playback 86 Playback in the Audio Montage Window

87 Audio File Editing

87 Wave Window 90 Audio Editor Tabs 101 File Handling in the Audio Editor 120 Changing the Audio Properties 121 Meta-Data 124 Silence Generator Dialog 126 Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool

127 Audio Analysis

127 Global Analysis 136 3D Frequency Analysis

139 Offline Processing

139 Applying Processing 139 Gain Dialog 140 Level Normalizer Dialog 141 Fades in Audio Files 142 Crossfades 143 Phase Inverting 144 Reversing Audio 144 DC Offset 145 Time Stretching 147 Pitch Shift 148 Resample

150 Audio Montage

150 Montage Window 153 Audio Montage Tabs 162 Signal Flow in the Audio Montage 163 Creating New Audio Montages 164 Audio Montage Duplicates 165 Creating an Audio Mont

age from an Audio

File

165 Import Options for Audio Montages 166 Missing Files in the Audio Montage Dialog 167 Assembling the Audio Montage 172 Rearranging Clips 175 Clip Editing 180 Track Activity Indicator 181 Envelopes for Clips 184 Fades and Crossfades in

Audio Montages

188 Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Montage

Output

197 About the CD Window 200 Mixing Down – The Render Function 200 Loudness Meta Normalizer 202 Notes Window

203 Recording

203 Setting Up the Recording Dialog 204 Dropping Markers During Recording 204 Recording Dialog

210 Master Section

210 Master Section Window 222 Rendering 227 Saving a Master Section Preset 231 Monitoring Background Tasks 231 Dropouts

232 Markers

233 Markers Window 235 About Creating Markers 236 Deleting Markers 237 Moving Markers 237 Navigating to Markers 238 Hiding Markers of a Specific Type 238 Converting Marker Types 238 Renaming Markers 239 Selecting Markers 239 Selecting the Audio Between Markers 240 Binding Markers to Clips in the Audio

Montage

240 How Marker Information is Saved

241 Metering

241 Metering Window 241 Meter Settings 242 Resetting the Meters 242 Level Meter 244 Spectroscope 244 Oscilloscope

246 Writing Operations

246 Write Audio CD Dialog 248 Erase Optical Media Dialog 248 About Writing Audio Montages 250 Data CD/DVD Projects 254 Audio CD Formats

258 Loops

258 Basic Looping 259 Refining Loops 267 Looping Audio Which Is

Not Very Well

Suited for Looping

270 Sample Attributes

273 Importing Audio CD Tracks

273 Import Audio CD Dialog 277 Importing Audio CD Tracks 277 Searching Track Names on the Internet 278 Submitting Track Names to the Internet 278 Ultra-Safe Mode 278 Converting Audio CD Tracks to an Audio

Montage

280 WaveLab Exchange

280 WaveLab Elements as External Editor for

Cubase

281 Cubase as External Editor for

WaveLab Elements

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

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.

Introduction

• To open the WaveLab Elements help, select Help >

• To open the manual in PDF format, select Help

• To show tooltips, move the mouse over an interface icon.

• To open the help for an active dialog, cli 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

use and modifier keys in the Audio Montage window, move the mouse

mo 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,

r select Help > What’s This?.

• In a dialog, select the question mark icon dialog (Mac OS), and move the mouse over an interface item or a menu option.

ck the question mark icon on the title

on any title bar (Windows) or in the

Contents.

> PDF Documentation.

• Some “What’s this” tooltips include a link to a dedicated help topic.

ELATED LINKS

Info Line on page 173

Introduction

About the Program Versions

The documentation covers the operating systems Windows and Mac OS X.

Features and settings that are specific 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 me 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.

to one of these platforms are clearly

nu on Windows operating

PREREQUISITE

Requires you to complete an action or to 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

ware, or that might bring a risk of data loss.

hard

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

procedure.

the

fulfill a condition before starting a

Introduction

EXAMPLE

How You Can Reach Us

Mark-Ups

Setting Up Your System

IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT

PROCEDURE

Before you start working, you need to make some settings.

Make sure that all equipment is turned off before making any connections.

Connecting Audio

Your system setup depends on many different factors, for example, the kind of project that you want to create, the external equipment that you want to use, or the computer hardware available to you.

Audio Cards and Background Playback

When you activate playback or recording in WaveLab Elements, other applications cannot access the audio card. Likewise, if another application uses the audio card, WaveLab Elements is unable to play back. The Windows MME driver is an ex

ception from this.

You can run WaveLab Elements together with other applications the active application access to the audio card.

1. Select File > Preferences > VST Audio Connections.

2. Select the Options tab.

3. Activate Release Driver.

4. Do one of the following:

• If you want to release the driver when WaveLab Elements is in the background,

activate When WaveLab Elements is in Background.

• If you want to release the driver only when Cubase is in the foreground, activate

When Cubase is in Foreground.

and always give

Setting Up Your System

PROCEDURE

Latency

Latency is the delay between when audio is sent from the program and when you actually hear it. While a very low latency can be crucial in a real-time DAW application such as Steinberg Nuendo or Cubase, this is not strictly the case with WaveLab Elements.

When working with WaveLab Elements, the important issues are optimum and stable playback and

The latency in an audio system depends on the audio hardware, its drivers, and settings. In Number setting on the Options tab in the VST Audio Connections, or increase the buffer size in the ASIO control panel, specific to the audio card.

ELATED LINKS

case of dropouts, crackles, or glitches during playback, raise the Buffer

VST Audio Connections Tab on page 12

editing precision.

Defining VST Audio Connections

To be able to play back and record audio in WaveLab Elements, you must specify how the internal input and output channels in WaveLab Elements are connected to

ur sound card and which device you intend to use for audio playback and

yo recording.

You can define the buffer settings for your device as well as set up connections to

ternal gear, such as external effects units. You should select at least two channels

ex for stereo playback and recording.

If you have no third-party audio card, you can select the Window Built-in Audio (Mac) options. You can also use MME with most third party audio cards, with the advantage that you can record and play at different sample rates. However, Windows MME drivers do not allow audio monitoring in the Recording dialog or multichannel operation, and other drivers generally offer better sound quality and performance.

ELATED LINKS

VST Audio Connections Tab on page 12

Selecting an ASIO Driver

s MME driver or

Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) is a computer device driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg. It provides a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and the soundcard of a computer.

1. Select File > Preferences > VST Audio Connections.

2. Open the Audio Device pop-up menu and select your ASIO driver.

The ASIO Plug-ins tab and the Control Panel button are activated.

Setting Up Your System

PROCEDURE

Defining VST Audio Connections

3. Optional: Click Control Panel and make your settings.

4. On the ASIO Pl and monitor input of the ASIO plug-ins.

ug-ins tab, select the audio ports that are used for recording

Selecting a Windows MME Driver

1. Select File > Options > VST Audio Connections.

2. Open the Audio Device pop-up menu and select Windows MME.

3. On the Playback tab, sele

4. On the Recording monitor input.

tab, select the audio ports that used for recording and

VST Audio Connections Tab

This tab allows you to specify how the internal input and output channels in WaveLab Elements are connected to your sound card and which device you want to use for aud

io playback and recording.

ct the audio ports that are used for playback.

Global Settings

• To open the VST Audio Connections ta Audio Connections.

Audio Device

Allows you to select the audio device that you want to use for playback and r

ecording audio. If you do not have a third-party audio card, you can select the

Windows MME driver or Built-in Audio (Mac) options.

Control Panel

When you select an ASIO driver, the Con the button to open the settings application of your sound card, which is usually installed with the sound card. Depending on your sound card and driver, this provides settings for buffer size, digital formats, additional I/O connections, etc.

Refresh

This button causes audio devices to be changes.

b, select File > Options > VST

trol Panel button is activated. Click

evaluated again to reflect device

Setting Up Your System

Defining VST Audio Connections

Playback Tab

This tab allows you to select and name audio ports that are used for playback.

Recording Tab

This tab allows you to select and name your audio ports that are used for recording and input monitoring. The inputs that you define here are then available in the Recording dialog.

Options Tab

This tab allows you to specify the number of buffers and the control driver functionality.

Buffer Number

Increasing this value improves the elasticity of audio streaming to avoid dropouts.

MME Specific – Buffer Size

Increasing this value improves the elasticity of audio streaming to avoid dropouts. This

is only available when an MME driver is selected.

Initialize Streaming Engine at First Use

Initializes the audio streamin

g engine when playback or recording are used for the first time. If this option is deactivated, the audio streaming engine is initialized at program startup.

Reset Driver When Changing Sample Rate

Resets the driver when sample rate is changed. When playback

or recording must be set to a new sample rate, some audio device drivers must be fully reset to work properly. This operation takes some time.

Perform Short Fade In/Out When Starting/Stopping Playback

Performs a short fade in when starting

playback and a short fade out when stopping playback. This avoids clicks that are caused by waveforms that are not starting on a zero-crossing point.

Setting Up Your System

CD/DVD Recorders

Release Driver

Allows you to run WaveLab Elements together with other applications and alw

ays give the active application access to the audio card.

•If Whe

is released when WaveLab Elements is in the background.

•If When Cubase is in Foreground is activated, the driver is released

when Cubase is in the foreground.

CD/DVD Recorders

For general instructions on installing internal or connecting external recorders via USB or Firewire, refer to the instruction manual for your computer or your recorder.

Make sure to have the latest firmware versi recorders, the existing firmware must support disc-at-once mode. In addition, running a unit with older firmware can prevent you from writing sub-index markers into the tracks, for example.

Remote Devices

n WaveLab Elements is in Background is activated, the driver

on installed on your recorder unit. For CD

You can use remote devices to remote-control WaveLab Elements.

Several commands can be controlled with knobs and sliders of your remote control device.

Remote Devices Tab

This tab allows you to select a device to remote-control WaveLab Elements, and see the control map of MIDI control devices.

• To open the Remote Devices ta Devices.

b, select File > Preferences > Remote

Setting Up Your System

Remote Devices

Device Editing Tab

This tab lets you select a MIDI control device and see the control map.

Active

In-Port/Out-Port

Name

Expand/Collapse

WaveLab Elements Action List

Activates the selected device and

Select the MIDI input/output ports of the devic

scans the MIDI ports.

e that you want to use.

Lets you enter a map name.

Expands/collapses the folder tree of the control map.

This folder tree lists the parameters that you can remote-control. The top

r represent contexts. The related parameters can only be controlled if the

folde context is active. For example, if an audio file is active.

A remote control can be used in several contexts if these are exclusive. For e

xample, parameters that can be used for an active audio file or an active

audio montage.

Options Tab

The Global folder

contain the parameters that can always be controlled.

This tab lets you use the MIDI Learn function to assign a control of a MIDI remote control device to a function.

Setting Up Your System

Remote Devices

Emulate Mouse Wheel

If this option is activated, the AI knob o wheel in the WaveLab Elements user interface, except for plug-ins.

Edit Focused Numeric Field

If this option is activated, the AI knob Stein the focused numeric field that you find in many WaveLab Elements windows and dialogs.

CC121 Advanced Integration Controller

You can use Steinberg’s CC121 Advanced Integration Controller to control WaveLab Elements.

This section describes the WaveLab Elements factory preset for the CC121. For de

tailed information on how to use the controller, refer to the manual that came with the CC121. Note that the CC121 was originally designed for Cubase. The following mapping combines the WaveLab Elements functionality with the CC121

ontrols. The controls that are not listed in the following paragraph are not assigned

c to a parameter.

Channel Section

f Steinberg controllers acts as a mouse

berg controllers can be used to edit

You can use all controls of the CC121 channel section, except the fader, to control the elements of the selected track in a WaveLab Elements audio montage. You can

e the fader for the Master Section.

Fader

Controls the Master Section fad

PAN knob

Controls the gain of the selected track.

Mute

Mutes/Unmutes the selected track.

Solo

Activates/Deactivates solo for the selected track.

CHANNEL SELECT

Selects the previous/next track in the audio montage.

To move the cursor to the previous/next clip edge in the audio montage, hold

/[Option]. To move the cursor to the previous/next region edge, hold

[Alt] [Shift]. To move the cursor to the previous/next marker in the Audio Editor, hold [Ctrl]/[Command].

er.

EQ Section

With the EQ section you can easily control the Steinberg Studio EQ plug-in.

Setting Up Your System

Remote Devices

If the EQ TYPE button is activated on the CC121, you can adjust the parameters of the focused Studio-EQ. All necessary EQ parameters, such as Q/F/G of each band, EQ TYPE selection, and ALL BYPASS on/off can be set. You can switch to WaveLab Elements navigation mode by turnin

g off the EQ TYPE button. In

WaveLab Elements navigation mode, you get access to alternative functions, such

scrolling, zooming, and switching between windows.

EQ TYPE activated:

Bandwidth knobs (Q)

Adjusts the Q (bandwidth) of each EQ band.

Frequency knobs (F)

Adjusts the center frequency of each EQ band.

Gain knobs (G)

Adjusts the gain of each EQ band.

Activates/Deactivates the EQ bands.

ALL BYPASS

Activates/Deactivates bypass for all plug-ins in the Mas

EQ TYPE deactivated:

LOW ON

Opens the Audio

Editor.

LOW-MID ON

Opens the Audio

Montage window.

HIGH ON

Opens the preferences tab.

EQ-1 knob for the EQ Gain (G)

Scrolls left/right on the timeline.

EQ-2 knob for the EQ Gain (G)

Adjusts the horizontal zoom on the timeline.

ter Section.

EQ-3 knob for the EQ Gain (G)

Adjusts the vertical zoom on the timeline.

EQ-4 knob for the EQ Gain (G)

Scrolls tracks on the Audio

Montage window or scrolls vertically on the

Audio Editor.

EQ-1 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

Scrolls left/right on the o

verview timeline of the Audio Editor.

Setting Up Your System

Remote Devices

EQ-2 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

Transport Section

Horizontally zooms in/out on the overview timeline of the Audi

o Editor.

EQ-3 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

Vertically zooms in/out on the overview timeline of the Au

dio Editor.

EQ-4 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

Vertically scrolls on the overview timeline of the Audio

Editor.

In this section you can control the transport functions of WaveLab Elements.

Previous button

Moves the cursor position to the left.

Rewind button

Moves the edit cursor pos

ition to the left.

Forward button

Moves the edit cursor position to the right.

Next button

Function Section

Moves the cursor position to the right.

Cycle button

Activates/Deactivates Cycle mode.

Stop button

Stops playback. Press again to move the cursor to the previous start position.

ress a third time to move the cursor to the beginning of the project.

Play button

Starts playback.

Record button

Press once to open the Recording dialog. Press

again to start the recording. Press a third time to stop recording. The recorded file opens in the Audio Editor.

In this section, you can adjust functions, such as fades and envelope level, by using the VALUE knob.

VALUE knob

Rotate this knob to adjust the assigned function. Press the knob to reset the parameter

to its default value.

Setting Up Your System

NOTE

Remote Devices

FUNCTION button 1

Adjusts the fade in settings of the active clip.

FUNCTION button 2

AI Knob Section

Adjusts the fade out settings

of the active clip.

FUNCTION button 3

Adjusts the envelope level of the active clip.

FUNCTION button 4

The element clicked last in the Nud

ge section of the Edit tab in the Audio

Montage window is assigned to this button.

WaveLab Elements can be controlled with the AI knob of Steinberg’s CC121, CI2+, and CMC-AI controllers. With the AI knob, you can control the parameter that the mouse points to.

The AI knob only works on parameters that are automatable.

In this section you can control parameters via the AI knob.

AI KNOB

Controls the VST 3 plug-in parameters, emu example, for scrolling, and lets you edit a focused numeric field. To control a parameter with the AI knob, move the mouse cursor over the parameter that you want to control, and move the AI knob. You can activate/deactivate the emulation of the mouse wheel and the editing of the focused numeric field in the Options tab.

LOCK

When the mouse cursor points to a parame parameter regardless of the position of the mouse cursor.

CUBASE READY Indicator

The CUBASE READY indicator has no function in WaveLab Elements.

Foot Switch Section

The foot switch has the same function as [Shift]. Press and hold the foot switch while turning the AI knob to fine tune parameters.

lates the mouse wheel, for

ter, press LOCK to control this

WaveLab Elements Concepts

NOTE

This chapter describes general concepts that you will use when working with WaveLab Elements. Getting accustomed with these procedures allows you to work more effectively wit

General Editing Rules

The common editing operations apply to any Steinberg product.

• To select and move interface items, and to select ranges, click and drag with mouse.

the

h the program.

• Use the keys of your computer keyboard to enter numeric values and text, to

• Common operations like cut, copy, paste, or the selection of multiple items

The behavior of your product is also governed by your preference settings.

Startup Dialog

When WaveLab Elements starts, the Startup dialog opens where you can select which file or template you want to open.

avigate lists and other selectable interface items, and to control the transport

n functions.

can be performed using standard keyboard sh

ortcuts.

WaveLab Elements Concepts

Basic Window Handling

Create

Open

Empty Window

Creates an empty WaveLab Elements window.

Templates

Allows you to open a template in a new project.

Last Files

Opens the files that you last used in WaveLab Elements.

Recent Files

Allows you to open a recently used file.

Browse

Allows you to select the files that you want to open.

Use as Default (Do Not Show This Dialog Again)

If this option is activated, the option that you select is used from now on and

startup screen does not open anymore. To display the Startup dialog,

the even if this option has been activated, press [Ctrl]/[Command] when starting WaveLab Elements.

Basic Window Handling

WaveLab Elements follows the basic guidelines for the Windows/Mac OS interface, which means that Windows/Mac OS standard procedures apply.

WaveLab Elements Concepts

Selecting Audio

Closing Windows

• To close a file tab, click the X button of the corresponding tab or press

[Ctrl]/[Command]-[W].

• To close a file tab without saving your change

and click the X button of the tab. This avoids having to confirm a warning message whenever you want to close an unsaved tab.

• To close all file tabs but the selected file tab,

Close All But This.

Switching Between Files

You can have multiple files open and switch between them.

• To bring a file to the front, click the corresponding tab.

• To cycle between the files, hold [Ctrl]/[Command], and press [Tab]

tinuously.

con

• To cycle back and forth between the last two active files, press rl]/[Command]-[Tab]. Between each step you have to release all keys.

[Ct

• To cycle backwards, press [Ctr

• To toggle between the active file and the last

s, hold [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift],

right-click a file tab and select

l]/[Command]-[Shift]-[Tab].

edited file, press [F5].

Selecting Audio

Almost all types of editing and processing that you perform in WaveLab Elements operate on the audio selection. There are numerous ways to make an audio selection.

• To select the whole audio file, double-click it. If the audio file contains markers,

triple-click it.

Selecting a Range by Dragging

The standard way to select a range in the wave window is to click and drag.

If you drag all the way to the left or right automatically, allowing you to select larger sections than what can be shown in the wave window. The speed of the scrolling depends on how far from the wave window edge you are.

side of the wave window, it scrolls

WaveLab Elements Concepts

Selecting Audio

Audio Range Selection in an Audio File

You can edit, process, or play back selections of an audio file.

• To access the audio range selection options, in the Aud

io Editor, select the

Edit tab.

The following selection options are available in the Time Selection se

All

Selects the entire waveform.

Toggle

Toggles the selection range on/off.

Extend

Opens a menu where you can select the following options:

• Ex

tend to Start of File extends the selection to the start of the audio file. If there is no selection, a selection is created from the edit cursor position.

• Extend to End of File extends the selection to the end of the audio file. If there is no selection, a selection is created from the edit cursor position.

• Extend to Previous Marker extends the left edge of the selection to the nearest marker to the left or the start of the audio file. If there is no selection, a selection is extended until the edit cursor position.

ction:

• Extend to Next Marker extends the right edge of the selection to the nearest marker to the right or the end of the audio file. If there is no selection, a selection is extended until the next marker position.

• Extend to Cursor extends the selection to the edit cursor position.

• From Start of File Until Cursor selects the range between the start of the audio file and the edit cursor position.

• From Cursor to End of File selects the range between the edit cursor position and the end of the audio file.

• From Cursor to Previous Marker selects the range between the edit cursor position and the previous marker or the start of the audio file.

• From Cursor to Next Marker selects the range between the edit cursor position and the next marker or the end of the audio file.

• From Playback Position to End of Audio File creates a selection range from the playback position to the end of the audio file. If no playback is taking place, the position of the edit cursor is used.

• From Playback Position to Start of Audio File creates a selection range from the playback position to start of the audio file. If no playback is taking place, the position of the edit cursor is used.

• Double Selection Length doubles the length of the current selection range.

WaveLab Elements Concepts

Selecting Audio

Channels

• Halve Selection Length halves the length of the current selection range.

Opens are menu where you can select the following options:

• Exten channels.

• Left Channel Only reduces the current selection range to the left channel only.

• Right Channel Only reduces the current selection range to the right channel only.

Regions

Opens are menu where you can select the following options:

• Lo

op Region selects the range between the two loop markers that

encompass the edit cursor.

• Generic Region selects the range between the two generic markers that encompass the edit cursor.

Selecting in Stereo Files

If you are working on stereo material in the Audio Editor, you can apply an operation to one channel only or to the entire stereo material.

d to All Channels extends the current selection range to all

Which channel is selected when you click and drag in the wave window depends o

n where you position the mouse cursor. The pointer shape indicates which channel

will be affected.

The following pointer shapes are available:

Select left channel

Clicking in the upper half of the left channel selects the left channel.

Select both channels

Clicking in the middle area between the left and the right channel selects both channels.

Select right channel

Clicking in the lower half of the right channel selects the right channel.

WaveLab Elements Concepts

PROCEDURE

Selecting Audio

Switching the Selection Between Channels

You can switch the channel selection that you have made for a channel to all channels or switch the selection to the other channel.

1. In the wave window of the Audio Editor, select a range.

2. Select the Edit tab.

3. In the Time options:

• Extend to All Channels

• L

• Right Channel Only

You can press [Tab] to switch between the different channel selections.

Selection section, click Channels and select one of the following

eft Channel Only

Selecting in the Overview of the Audio Editor

The ranges that you select in the overview of the Audio Editor also apply to the main view.

• In the wave window of the Audio Editor, hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click and drag in the overview.

Moving a Selection Range

If a selection range has the correct length, but the wrong position, you can move it.

1. In the wave window, hold down [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift].

2. Click in the middle of the selection and drag to the left/right.

Extending and Reducing the Selection

You can resize a selection range in the wave window.

There are several ways to extend/reduce the selection:

• Select a range, [Shift]-click outside the sele left/right, or click and drag the edges of the selection range to the left/right.

ction range, and drag to the

WaveLab Elements Concepts

Sliders

• To extend the selection to the previous/next boundary (marker or start/end of file), press [Shift] and double-click the non-selected area between the boundaries.

Extending and Reducing the Selection Using the Cursor Keys

• To move the start/end of a selection in the wave window to the left/right, hold down [Shift] and press the left/right cursor keys. To move it in bigger steps, press the [Page Up]/[Page Down] keys.

• To extend a selection to the previous/next boundary in the wave window (marker or start/end of and press the left/right cursor keys.

the audio file), hold down [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Shift]

Deleting Selections

There are several options for deleting a selected range.

Audio Editor

Sliders

The following options can be found on the Edit tab in the Cutting section.

Crop

Removes the data outside the selection.

Delete

Removes the selection. The audio to the right of the selection is moved to the left to fi

At various places in WaveLab Elements, slider controls are available to change parameters. There are a number of ways to change the value of a slider.

• Position the mouse over the slider and use the mouse wheel without clicking. H modifier also applies to the zoom wheels. To move a slider, click and drag it.

ll the gap.

old [Ctrl]/[Command] while using the mouse wheel to scroll faster. This

• To move the slider handle to a position, click the slider at any position.

• To move the slider handle in smaller steps, right-click or click below the

andle. Keep the mouse button pressed to automatically step to the next

h value.

• To reset the slider to the default value, if av slider, or click using the third mouse button, or double-click the handle.

ailable, [Ctrl]/[Command]-click the

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Renaming Items in Tables

You can rename items in tables in the Markers window, and in the CD window.

• To rename an item, double-click it or select it, and press [Return], and enter

e new name.

• To rename the previous/next item, press [Up Arrow] or [Down Arrow]. This

ay you move the focus on the previous/next item, while staying in the edit

w mode.

File Browser

The File Browser window allows you to browse files from within WaveLab Elements. The Auto Play Mode is u auditioning sound files.

seful for speeding up the process of

The File Browser wi features additional controls to audition audio files and any marker defined regions. You can use it to open or insert files by dragging them to another location.

You can also choose to only view specific file types.

File Browser Window

In this window, you can browse files and open them in WaveLab Elements.

• To open the File Browser w

ndow provides you with all the standard browsing functions. It

indow, select Tool Windows > File Browser.

Back/Forward/Parent Directory

Allows you to navigate through the list and file hierarchy.

Location

This menu lets you select a file location to browse and lists the recently used locations.

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Tab Groups

Auto-Play Mode

Play Selected Audio File

File format list

Folder tree

Favorite folders

File list

Automatically starts playback of the selected file.

Plays the selected audio file.

If this button is activated, you can enter text in the search field.

Allows you to select which file format to display.

Shows the folders that are available on your computer.

You can add your favorite folders by dragging them from the folder tree.

Tab Groups

Shows the file name, size, type, modificat the file.

Create Folder

Allows you to create a new folder. Right-click in the fil

Folder.

Audio Regions

If the selected file contains region markers, the regions are displayed in the

dio Regions section. You can drag regions onto a track.

With tab groups, you can view the content of different files, tool windows, or meters at the same time, without having to navigate through different windows. Each tab group has its own content and tab bar.

You can have two file tab groups.

ion date, and other information about

e list and select Create

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Tab Groups

Empty File Tab Groups

File Tab Groups with Audio Montages

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PROCEDURE

Tab Groups

Creating File Tab Groups

1. In the top right of a file tab window, open the Tab Group pop-up menu.

2. Select Create a Tab Group (Split Vertically) or Create a Tab Group (Split Horizontally).

Creating File Tab Groups in Empty Tab Groups

• In the top right of an empty file tab group, click Create a Tab Group (Split Vertically) or Create a Tab Group (Split Horizontally).

Using Tab Groups

The Tab Group button in the top right of each tab window allows you to maximize, move, and close tab groups. Tabs are used differently depending on the type of window.

Tool Window Tab Groups

• To hide a tool window tab group, open the Tool Window Tab Group Options pop-up menu and select Hide All.

• To reorder tabs in a tab group, drag the tab h the tab bar.

• To dock the tab group to another location, open the Too Options pop-up menu and select Dock Tab Group Elsewhere. Now you can select where to dock the tab group.

orizontally to a new position on

l Window Tab Group

File Tab Groups

• To close a file tab group, click the Tab Group button and select Hide All.

• To reorder tabs in a tab group, drag the tab h the tab bar.

• To move a tab to another project, drag the tab to another project.

orizontally to a new position on

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Steinberg Wavelab Elements - 9.0 Operation Manual

Table of Contents

Help System

Introduction

About the Program Versions

Conventions

How You Can Reach Us

Setting Up Your System

Connecting Audio

Audio Cards and Background Playback

Latency

Defining VST Audio Connections

CD/DVD Recorders

Remote Devices

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General Editing Rules

Startup Dialog

Basic Window Handling

Selecting Audio

Sliders

Renaming Items in Tables

File Browser

Tab Groups