Steinberg Wavelab Pro - 10.0 Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Lillie Harris, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schütte, Marita Sladek

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6 New Features

9 WaveLab Pro Introduction

9 Platform-Independent Documentation 9 Help System 10 Conventions 11 Key Commands

12 Setting Up Your System

12 Connecting the Equipment 12 Audio Cards and Background Playback 12 Latency 13 ASIO-Guard 13 Dening Audio Connections 19 CD/DVD Recorders 19 Remote Devices

28 WaveLab Pro Concepts

28 General Editing Rules 28 Startup Dialog 29 Basic Window Handling 30 Selecting Audio 37 Sliders 37 Renaming Items in Tables 37 File Browser 39 Tab Groups 41 Peak Files 42 Companion Files 43 Processing Precision 43 EBU Loudness Standard R-128

45 Workspace Window

45 Audio Editor 45 Audio Montage 46 Batch Processor 46 Podcast Editor 46 DVD-Audio 46 Script Editor 47 Control Window 48 File Tab 49 Info Tab 51 Tool Windows 51 Meter Windows 51 Slide-Out Windows 52 Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and

Meter Windows

54 Command Bar 55 Status Bar 56 Context Menus 57 Time Ruler and Level Ruler 61 Managing Tabs 63 Activating Full Screen Mode 63 Log Window

65 Project Handling

65 Opening Files 66 WaveLab Projects 69 File Groups 71 Value Editing 71 Drag Operations 72 Undoing and Redoing 79 Zooming in the Workspace Window 84 Presets

86 File Operations

86 Recently Used Files 87 Favorite Files 88 Save and Save As 90 Templates 95 File Renaming 95 Naming Schemes 97 Deleting Files 97 Temporary Files 97 Work Folders vs. Document Folders 100 Copying Audio Information to the Clipboard 100 Setting the Focus on the Current File

101 Playback

101 Transport Bar 112 Starting Playback From the Ruler 112 Playback Scrubbing 113 Timecode Window 114 Jog/Shuttle Function 115 Scroll During Playback 116 Playback in the Audio Montage Window 117 Speaker Conguration

119 Audio File Editing

119 Wave Window 127 Audio Editor Tabs 137 File Handling in the Audio Editor 157 Changing the Audio Properties 157 Metadata 162 Snapshots 164 Mixing Down – Audio Files Rendering 166 Silence Generator Dialog 168 Bleep Censor 169 Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool

170 Audio Analysis

170 Analyze Tab 171 Global Analysis 180 Audio File Comparator 181 3D Frequency Analysis

184 Error Correction

184 Correction Tab

Table of Contents

187 Correcting Errors

188 Oine Processing

188 Process Tab 190 Applying Processing 190 Gain Dialog 191 Level Normalizer Dialog 191 Loudness Normalizer 193 Pan Normalizer Dialog 194 Envelope Dialog 195 Fades in Audio Files 196 Crossfades 197 Phase Inverting 197 Reversing Audio 198 DC Offset 198 Time Stretching 201 Pitch Shift 202 Pitch Quantizing Dialog 203 Pitch Bend 205 Resample 206 Effect Morphing

209 Audio Montage

209 Montage Window 216 Audio Montage Tabs 233 Signal Path in the Audio Montage 234 Creating New Audio Montages 235 Audio Montage Duplicates 239 Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File 239 Import Options for Audio Montages 241 Missing Files Dialog 241 Assembling the Audio Montage 253 Rearranging Clips 259 Clip Editing 276 Audio Montages within Audio Montages 281 Managing Source Files of Clips 285 Track Activity Indicator 285 Envelopes for Clips 293 Fades and Crossfades in Audio Montages 302 Clip Time Stretching 302 Clip Pitch Shifting 303 Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Montage

Output

318 Reference Track 320 CD Markers 321 CD Window 328 Snapshots 329 Mixing Down – The Render Function 332 Loudness Meta Normalizer 334 Navigator Window 335 Notes Window 335 Groups 337 Audio Montage Backups 338 Multichannel Operations in the Audio Montage 348 Importing a Basic Audio CDs 348 XML Export and Import of Audio Montages 348 AES-31 Files Export and Import

351 Recording

351 Setting Up the Recording Dialog 352 Dropping Markers During Recording 352 Recording Dialog 358 Recording in the Audio Montage Window 360 Live Input Rendering

364 Master Section

364 Bypassing the Master Section 364 Master Section Window 383 Rendering 391 Smart Bypass 393 Saving Master Section Presets 398 Monitoring Background Tasks 399 Dropouts

400 Markers

400 Marker Types 401 Markers Window 405 Creating Markers 408 Deleting Markers 409 Moving Markers 409 Moving Multiple Markers 411 Navigating to Markers 411 Hiding Markers of a Specic Type 411 Converting Marker Types 412 Renaming Markers 413 Selecting Markers 413 Selecting the Audio Between Markers 414 Binding Markers to Clips in the Audio Montage 414 Marker Import and Export 416 How Marker Information is Saved

417 Metering

417 Meter Windows 417 Realtime vs. Non-Realtime 417 Metering Monitor Modes 418 Meter Settings 418 Multichannel Metering 418 Resetting the Meters 419 Using Presets in the Meter Windows 419 Level Meter 422 Loudness Meter 424 Phasescope 425 Spectroscope 426 Spectrometer 428 Live Spectrogram 430 Bit Meter 431 Oscilloscope 432 Wavescope

433 DVD-Audio

433 Structure of a DVD-Audio Project 433 DVD-Audio Formats 434 DVD-Audio Format Considerations 434 DVD-Audio Window 436 Preparing a DVD-Audio 437 Opening Audio Montages for Editing 438 Checking the DVD-Audio Conformity

439 Writing Operations

439 Write Audio CD or DDP Dialog 441 Erase Optical Media Dialog 441 Write Audio Montages 454 Write DVD-Audio Function 457 Writing an Audio CD from a DDP Image 459 Data CD/DVD Projects 462 Audio CD Formats

466 Spectral Editing

466 Spectrogram 467 Wavelet Display 468 Spectrogram Options Dialog

Table of Contents

469 Spectrum Tab 475 Spectrum Processing 479 Audio Inpainting 480 Spectrum Watermark 481 Master Section Processing

483 Auto Split

483 Auto Split in Audio Files 486 Auto Split in Audio Montages

489 Loops

489 Basic Looping 490 Loop Renement 497 Looping Audio Which Is Not Very Well Suited

for Looping

500 Sample Attributes

502 Generating Signals

502 Signal Generator 506 DTMF Generator

508 Importing Audio CD Tracks

508 Import Audio CD Dialog 511 Importing Audio CD Tracks 512 Searching Track Names on the Internet 512 Submitting Track Names to the Internet 513 Ultra-Safe Mode 513 Converting Audio CD Tracks to an Audio

Montage

514 Video

514 Video Track 515 Video Clip Editing 516 Video Window 517 Video File Compatibility 518 Frame Rates

520 WaveLab Exchange

520 WaveLab Pro as External Editor for Cubase/

Nuendo

521 Cubase/Nuendo as External Editor for WaveLab

Pro

522 Batch Processing

523 Batch Processor Window 530 Oine Processors 532 Working with the Batch Processor 538 Watch Folders 551 XML Files in Batch Processing

558 Batch Conversion

558 Batch Conversion Dialog 559 Batch Converting Files

560 Batch Renaming

560 Batch Renaming Dialog 560 Batch Renaming Files 562 Batch Renaming Markers 563 Batch Renaming Clips 565 Renaming Operation Categories and Types 568 List of Renaming Operations 569 Preview Section 569 Range Parameters 571 Previewing and Performing All Renaming

Operations

571 Regular Expressions

575 Podcasts

575 Podcast Editor

579 Global Podcast Options 579 Creating a Podcast 580 Setting Up a FTP for Podcast Publishing 580 Publishing Podcasts 580 FTP Settings Dialog 582 Checking the Podcast

583 Customizing

583 Workspace Layout 584 Customizing the Wave Window and the

Montage Window

586 Customizing Shortcuts 591 Customizing Command Bars 591 Plug-in Organization 598 Variables and Text Snippets 600 Scripting 602 Touch Bar (macOS only)

603 Conguring WaveLab Pro

603 Global Preferences 609 Audio Files Preferences 614 Audio Montages Preferences 619 Synchronizing WaveLab Pro Settings on Several

Computers

620 Multi-User Settings 620 External Editors 622 Alternative External File Browser 623 External Tools

626 Index

New Features

New Features in Version 10.0.0

Highlights

External Effects

● The extended external effects functionality allows you to integrate external effect devices into WaveLab Pro. See External Effects.

History Window for Audio Files

● The Audio Editor now also has a History window. This allows you to see all versions of the audio le that you are working on. You can restore previous versions. See History Window

for Audio Files.

Rendering Audio Files in Realtime

● Rendering audio les in realtime allows you to listen to the audio le while it is being rendered. See Rendering Audio Files in Realtime.

Inline Editing

● You can edit clips inline in a non-destructive Waveform Editor or Spectrum Editor. This allows you to edit a selection range without modifying the original clip. See Inline Editing.

Inspector Window

● This window allows you to add effect plug-ins to tracks, clips, and the montage output. The

Inspector replaces the Effects window. See Inspector Window.

Reference Track

● The reference track allows you to compare your mix to a reference audio le or input signal without latency. See Reference Track.

Live Input Rendering

● You can monitor and render the audio input through the Master Section. Optionally, you can add plug-ins and external effects to the live input rendering. You can also render multiple live input streams with different plug-ins and output formats in parallel. See Live

Input Rendering.

Video

● WaveLab Pro supports the integration of video les in your project. See Video.

External Editors

● You can now edit audio les and clips in external editors. For example, in SpectraLayers, Izotope RX, or Melodyne 4. See External Editors.

New Features

More New Features

REVelation

● REVelation produces a high-quality algorithmic reverb with early reections and reverb tail. This plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference. For further information, see the Plug-in Reference documentation on steinberg.help.

Frequency

● Frequency is a high-quality equalizer with 8 fully parametric bands. The bands can act as either shelving lter, as peak or notch lter (band-pass), or as cut lter (low-pass/highpass). This plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference. For further information, see the Plug-in Reference documentation on steinberg.help.

Magneto II

● Magneto II simulates the saturation and compression of recording on analog tape machines. This plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference. For further information, see the Plug-in Reference documentation on steinberg.help.

Keep Undone Versions When Reverting to Previous Versions

● By default, reverting to a previous version deletes all versions that were created after the selected version. Now, you can keep undone versions when reverting to previous versions. See Reverting to Previous Versions.

Edit Indicators

● Edit indicators allow you to see where audio parts have been edited. You can then recover

Track Control Area Redesign

● The track control area offers several new navigation options and other settings. See Track

Resizing Tracks

● You can now freely resize the track height and width in the montage window. See Resizing

Recording on Multiple Tracks

● You can now record on multiple tracks in the audio montage. See Recording on Multiple

Number of Effect Plug-ins in the Master Section Increased

● You can now add 16 effect plug-ins to the Effects pane in the Master Section. See Effects

Last but Not Least

Scripting Batch Processors

● The scripting system now allows you to run batch processors. For further information, see

previous versions of the edited parts without losing the changes you have made to the rest of the audio. See Edit Indicators.

Control Area.

Tracks.

Pane.

the WaveLab Pro Scripting documentation on steinberg.help.

File Browser Preview

● In the File Browser window, you can now listen to the selected audio le from any position by clicking the waveform in the Preview area. If the audio le contains markers, the markers are displayed in the preview waveform. See File Browser Window.

Audio-Processing Load

● The Audio-Processing Load display shows the average audio-processing load of plug-ins during playback. This allows you to monitor the number of plug-ins you can use. See Audio-

Processing Load.

New Features

Snapping to Zero Crossing When Creating Markers

● You can make markers snap to the nearest zero-crossing point on the waveform when you create markers via key commands. See Snapping to Zero Crossing When Creating Markers.

Using Undo/Redo after Saving Audio Files

● When you save audio les, the history is no longer deleted. Now you can use undo/redo even after saving audio les. See Saving an Audio File.

Enhanced Metadata

● You can now add ITRK (track number) and IFRM (total number of tracks) to the RIFF metadata. You can now also add TCMP (Part of a compilation) to the ID3v2 metadata. See

Metadata.

Additional ID3-v2 Metadata

● Now you can add the metadata TCMP (Part of a compilation) to your audio le. See

Metadata Dialog.

Follow Playback in the CD Window

● This option allows you to see the CD track that is played back from within the CD window. See CD Window.

CD Window Toolbar Displays CD Album Title

● The toolbar of the CD window now displays the album title of the CD. See CD Window.

Rendering Audio Montages to Audio Files in Realtime

● If you render audio montages to audio les in realtime, this allows you to listen to the audio le while it is being rendered. See Rendering Audio Montages to Audio Files in

Realtime.

Follow Playback in the Markers Window

● This option allows you to see the marker that is played back from within the Markers window. See Markers Window.

Quantizing after Moving Markers

● The Quantize options in the Move Multiple Markers dialog allow you to automatically apply quantization after the markers have been moved. See Move Multiple Markers Dialog.

Importing Markers from XML Files

● You can now import markers from XML les. See Marker Import and Export.

Importing Marker XML Files to Multiple Files

● You can now import XML marker les into the Batch Processor. This allows you to apply a marker structure to multiple les. See Importing XML Marker Files into Multiple Files.

WaveLab Pro Introduction

Thank you for purchasing WaveLab Pro 10 and embracing the true art of mastering. Welcome not only to the number one choice for mastering professionals, but also to a community of users who are true masters of their craft.

For nearly 25 years, WaveLab Pro has been the go-to choice for audio mastering, analysis, editing, restoration, batch conversion, and authoring.

Used by high-end studios, producers, broadcasters, sound designers, musicians, audio archives, and security and safety services alike, WaveLab’s comprehensive suite of audio processing tools, its ability to host third-party plug-ins, and extended external effects support make it by far the best-equipped single solution for a wide array of audio tasks. Yet, the technology never gets in the way of your is the perfect is always quick and intuitive to use.

Carefully crafted by experienced software engineers and developed in close collaboration with users, WaveLab’s remarkable array of user-friendly features and outstanding quality audio engine help you to deliver exceptional results every time.

workow: With its clear, highly customizable and easy-to-follow user interface, it

t for your preferred way of working, and exible batch processing ensures that it

We look forward to seeing WaveLab Pro 10 play a major part in helping you produce the very best audio and making the process more intuitive and productive than ever before.

Platform-Independent Documentation

The documentation applies to the operating systems Windows and macOS.

Features and settings that are specic to one of these platforms are clearly indicated. In all other cases, the descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for Windows and macOS.

Some points to consider:

● The screenshots are taken from Windows.

● Some functions that are available on the File menu on Windows can be found in the

program name menu on macOS.

Help System

There are several ways of accessing the help system. The documentation is available online and you can download most of it in PDF format from steinberg.help.

Documentation

The documentation consists of several documents.

To visit steinberg.help, do one of the following:

● Enter www.steinberg.help in the address bar of your web browser.

● In the program, select Help > steinberg.help.

WaveLab Pro Introduction Conventions

● Windows: To open the help for an active dialog on steinberg.help, click the question mark

icon on the title bar to show the Help button and click the Help button, or press F1.

● macOS: To open the help for an active dialog on steinberg.help, click the question mark

icon in the dialog to show the

Operation Manual

The main WaveLab Pro reference documentation, with detailed descriptions of operations, parameters, functions, and techniques.

Plug-in Reference

Describes the features and parameters of the included plug-ins.

Scripting

Describes the objects and functions you can call in a WaveLab Pro script.

DDP Player

Describes the features and functions of the included DDP Player.

Tooltips

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

● 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

modier 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.

Help button and click the Help button, or press Cmd-?.

What’s This

The What’s This help provides extended tooltips about interface icons and functions. Some What’s This tooltips include a link to a dedicated help topic on steinberg.help.

To open the What’s This help, do one of the following:

● 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

(macOS), and move the mouse over an interface item or a menu option.

RELATED LINKS

Info Line on page 255

Conventions

In our documentation, we use typographical and markup elements to structure information.

Typographical Elements

The following typographical elements mark the following purposes.

Prerequisite

Requires you to complete an action or to fulll a condition before starting a procedure.

Procedure

Lists the steps that you must take to achieve a specic result.

WaveLab Pro Introduction Key Commands

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.

Tip

Adds further information or useful suggestions.

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 perform after completing the procedure.

Markup

Bold text indicates the name of a menu, option, function, dialog, window, etc.

EXAMPLE

To open the Metadata dialog, open the Metadata window and click Edit.

If bold text is separated by a greater-than symbol, this indicates a sequence of different menus to open.

EXAMPLE

Select File > Open.

Key Commands

Many of the default key commands, also known as keyboard shortcuts, use modier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system.

When key commands with modier keys are described in this manual, they are indicated with the Windows modier key rst, followed by the macOS modier key and the key.

EXAMPLE

Ctrl/Cmd-Z means: press Ctrl on Windows or Cmd on macOS, then press Z.

Setting Up Your System

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

IMPORTANT

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

Connecting the Equipment

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

Latency

When you activate playback or recording in WaveLab Pro, other applications cannot access the audio card. Likewise, if another application uses the audio card, back.

You can run WaveLab Pro together with other applications and always give the active application access to the audio card.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > 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 Pro is in the background, activate When WaveLab Pro is in Background.

● If you want to release the driver only when Cubase is in the foreground, activate When Cubase is in Foreground.

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 Pro.

WaveLab Pro is unable to play

When working with WaveLab Pro, the important issues are optimum and stable playback and editing precision.

The latency in an audio system depends on the audio hardware, its drivers, and settings. In case of dropouts, crackles, or glitches during playback, raise the ASIO-Guard setting on the Options

Setting Up Your System ASIO-Guard

tab in the Audio Connections, or increase the buffer size in the ASIO control panel, specic to the audio card.

RELATED LINKS

Audio Connections Tab on page 14

ASIO-Guard

The ASIO-Guard allows you to pre-process all channels as well as VST plug-ins. This causes fewer dropouts and allows you to process more tracks or plug-ins.

High ASIO-Guard levels cause an increased ASIO-Guard latency. When you adjust a volume fader, for example, you hear parameter changes with a slight delay.

NOTE

Resampler plug-ins and certain other plug-ins with high latencies accumulate samples before processing them. This requires a higher ASIO-Guard setting.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up ASIO-Guard on page 13

Setting up ASIO-Guard

You can specify the length of the ASIO-Guard buffer.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > Audio Connections.

2. Click the Options tab.

3. In the ASIO-Guard menu, specify the length of the ASIO-Guard buffer.

The higher the level, the higher the processing stability and audio processing performance. However, higher levels also lead to an increased ASIO-Guard latency and memory usage.

RELATED LINKS

Audio Connections Tab on page 14

Dening Audio Connections

To be able to play back and record audio in WaveLab Pro, you must specify how the internal input and output channels in WaveLab Pro are connected to your sound card and which device you intend to use for audio playback and recording.

You can dene the buffer settings for your device as well as set up connections to external effects. You should select at least two channels for stereo playback and recording.

If you have no third-party audio card, you can select the Generic Low Latency driver or Built-in Audio (Mac) options. You can also use the Generic Low Latency driver with most third-party audio cards, with the advantage that you can record and play at different sample rates.

RELATED LINKS

Audio Connections Tab on page 14

Setting Up Your System Dening Audio Connections

Selecting an ASIO Driver

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

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > 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.

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

4. On the ASIO Plug-ins tab, select the audio ports that are used for recording and monitor

input of the ASIO plug-ins.

Selecting the Generic Low Latency Driver

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Options > Audio Connections.

2. Open the Audio Device pop-up menu and select Generic Low Latency.

3. On the Playback tab, select the audio ports that are used for playback.

4. On the Recording tab, select the audio ports that used for recording and monitor input.

Audio Connections Tab

This tab allows you to specify how the internal input and output buses in WaveLab Pro are connected to your sound card and which device you want to use for audio playback and recording.

● To open the Audio Connections tab, select File > Preferences > Audio Connections.

Global Settings

Audio Device

Allows you to select the audio device that you want to use for playback and recording audio. If you do not have a third-party audio card, you can select the Generic Low

Latency driver or Built-in Audio (Mac) options.

Control Panel

When you select an ASIO driver, the Control Panel button is activated. Click 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 evaluated again to reect device changes.

Setting Up Your System Dening Audio Connections

Playback Tab

This tab allows you to add buses that are used for playback. If you are monitoring on a surround system, specify your surround speaker outputs here.

Add Bus

Adds a new bus to the bus list.

Remove Selected Bus

Removes the selected bus from the bus list.

Move Bus Up/Move Bus Down

Moves the selected bus up or down in the bus list. This also modies the bus order in the WaveLab Pro menus.

Bus List

Displays all buses. You can rename and move buses in the list. To rename a bus, double-click it and enter a new name.

RELATED LINKS

ASIO-Guard on page 13

External Effects

You can use external effects with WaveLab Pro. The External FX plug-in allows you to add external effect devices to the Master Section and to the audio montage via the Inspector.

In order to use external effects, you must set up external effect buses. External effect buses consist of send buses (output) and return buses (input).

Setting Up Your System Dening Audio Connections

Each audio bus can have only one active external effect at a time. If the audio bus has more than one external effect, all other external effects are bypassed. If an external effect is no longer used and another external effect uses the same audio bus, the other external effect is activated.

The external effects that you set up in the Audio Connections are available in the External FX plug-in.

You can use the External FX plug-in in the Effects pane of the Master Section and in the Inspector for audio montages as clip, track, and output effect.

EXAMPLE

If you add an External FX plug-in as an insert effect in the Master Section, the audio is sent to the corresponding audio output, processed in your external effect devices, and returned to the plug-in via the

RELATED LINKS

Inspector Window on page 304 Master Section Window on page 364

specied audio input.

Assigning External Effects

To use external effect devices, you must assign them to send buses and return buses.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > Audio Connections.

2. Select the External Effects tab.

3. Click Add Bus.

4. Select the bus in the bus list and specify Send Ports and Return Ports for the bus.

● Send Ports send the audio from WaveLab Pro to your external effects device.

● Return Ports receive the audio that has been processed in the external effects device.

RESULT

The external effect buses are available in the External FX plug-in in the Master Section and the

Inspector.

Setting up External Effects

The External FX plug-in allows you to add external effect devices to WaveLab Pro.

PREREQUISITE

You have set up external effects in the Audio Connections.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Master Section or Inspector, add the External FX plug-in to the effects list.

2. In the External FX window, open the Audio Bus menu and select the bus that you have

set up in the Audio Connections.

Setting Up Your System CD/DVD Recorders

3. In the Latency section, click Detect to measure the latency of the audio signal.

Latency is the time it takes for the audio signal from WaveLab Pro, through the external effect device, and back to WaveLab Pro. WaveLab Pro automatically adapts to the latency.

4. Use the Send Gain and Return Gain sliders to adjust the gain of the outgoing and incoming audio.

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 rmware version installed on your recorder unit. For CD recorders, the existing rmware must support disc-at-once mode. In addition, running a unit with older rmware can prevent you from writing sub-index markers into the tracks, for example.

Remote Devices

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

Several commands can be controlled with knobs and sliders of your remote control device. For all commands that can be assigned to a keyboard shortcut, a MIDI trigger can also be assigned.

Remote Devices Tab

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

● To open the Remote Devices tab, select File > Preferences > Remote Devices.

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

Device Editing Tab

This tab lets you select a MIDI control device, see the control map, assign WaveLab Pro commands to MIDI controls, and import/export control assignments.

Device Menu

Select the MIDI device to edit. Select MIDI Shortcuts for Menus to dene the MIDI input port that is used for MIDI shortcuts. The shortcuts can then be assigned on the Shortcuts tab.

Select MIDI Control Device #1 – #10 to select a slot for a connected MIDI control device. You can then assign a device by selecting a MIDI input port and output port.

Active

Activates the selected device and scans the MIDI ports.

In-Port/Out-Port

Select the MIDI input/output ports of the device that you want to use.

Edit Map

Activates the edit mode of the MIDI control map for the selected device. To leave the edit mode, click again.

Save

Saves the modications that have been made to the MIDI control map.

Undo

Undoes the modications that have been made to the MIDI control map.

Reset

If the map has a factory preset, clicking Reset resets all changes that have been made to the map. If the map has no factory preset, the map is cleared.

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

Import

Export

Name

Only Display Assignments

Expand/Collapse

WaveLab Pro Action List

Opens the le browser where you can select a map denition le (XML le). This kind of le can be supplied by a MIDI device manufacturer or another WaveLab Pro user, for example.

Lets you export a map denition le (XML le). This le can be sent to another WaveLab Pro user, for example.

Lets you enter a map name.

If this option is activated, the control map only displays the parameters that are associated with a remote control.

Expands/collapses the folder tree of the control map.

This folder tree lists the parameters that you can remote-control. The top folder represents contexts. The related parameters can only be controlled if the context is active. For example, if an audio le is active.

A remote control can be used in several contexts if these are exclusive. For example, parameters that can be used for an active audio le or an active audio montage.

The Global folder contains the parameters that can always be controlled.

Control Editor – Save

If a control has been created or modied, click this button to save it.

Control Editor – Undo

If a control has been modied, click this button to undo the changes.

Control Editor – Clear

Erases the selected control’s denition.

Control Name

Lets you enter a name for the control. Each control must have a name.

Type

In the Type section, you can edit the type of the selected control.

When more than one type of control can be assigned to a parameter, you can select a type from the rst pop-up menu. You can choose between relative and absolute editing for some parameters. For example, a Master Section slider can be associated to a remote motorized fader (absolute editing), or to an innite knob (relative editing).

Several protocols are supported to interpret the MIDI messages. You can select the protocol that you want to use from the second menu. The MIDI Learn function can automatically change this protocol, according to the received MIDI messages.

Remote controls send messages but can also receive messages from WaveLab Pro, to light up a button or move a motorized fader, for example. You can select the mode to use from the third menu.

Message

Activates the MIDI Learn function. If this option is activated, you can use the control (knob, fader, etc.) on your MIDI controller. When MIDI messages are received, they are analyzed after the MIDI activity stops for several milliseconds. The result is

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

Clear

Conditions

Options Tab

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

Emulate Mouse Wheel

Edit Focused Numeric Field

displayed in the Message eld. The result is then used by WaveLab Pro as the control identier.

Erases the MIDI event that identies the control.

A modier is a WaveLab Pro parameter that can be activated by a MIDI control (for example, a foot switch) or a computer key ( remote control with one or two modiers, you can use a single remote control to edit different parameters.

If this option is activated, the AI knob of Steinberg controllers acts as a mouse wheel in the WaveLab Pro user interface, except for plug-ins.

If this option is activated, the AI knob Steinberg controllers can be used to edit the focused numeric eld that you nd in many WaveLab Pro windows and dialogs.

Ctrl/Cmd, Shift, etc.). By associating a

Selecting a MIDI Remote Control Device

PREREQUISITE

The MIDI remote control device is connected to your PC/Mac.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > Remote Devices.

2. On the Device Editing tab, select one of the MIDI control device slots or the MIDI Shortcuts for Menus option from the pop-up menu at the top.

3. Select Active to activate the selected device.

4. From the In-Port and Out-Port pop-up menus, select a MIDI input port and output port.

Assigning a MIDI Controller to a Parameter

If you are using a Steinberg remote control device, for example, the CC121, the controls are already assigned to parameters. You can customize these default settings.

PREREQUISITE

You have set up your MIDI remote control device.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > Remote Devices.

2. From the pop-up menu at the top of the dialog, select your MIDI control device.

3. On the Device Editing tab, click the Edit Map button.

4. In the tree structure, click the parameter that you want to remote-control.

5. In the Control Editor section, enter a name in the Control Name eld.

6. Select the type of control.

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

Depending on the type of control on the MIDI remote control device, you must select a control with relative values (knob), trigger values (button), or absolute values (fader).

7. Click in the Message eld, and on your MIDI remote control device, move the control that you want to assign.

The name of the controller is displayed in the Message eld.

8. Click Save to the right of the This Control is Modied message.

9. Click Save to the right of the Edit Map button.

RESULT

The MIDI controller is now assigned to the function.

Assigning Custom Parameters to Plug-ins

You can assign custom parameters to many VST 3 plug-ins.

PREREQUISITE

In the Remote Devices tab, assign the controls of your MIDI controller to the plug-in custom parameters. If you are using the Steinberg CC121 controller, the parameters are assigned by default.

PROCEDURE

1. From the Master Section or the Inspector window, open the plug-in that you want to control with the MIDI remote control device.

2. Ctrl/Cmd-click the circle icon at the top of the plug-in window to enter the Edit mode.

3. Click OK.

The icon indicates that you are in MIDI learn mode.

4. Move the mouse over a plug-in parameter, and move the MIDI control that you want to assign.

Repeat this for all the parameters and controls that you want to assign.

5. When nished, click the tool icon to exit Edit mode, and click OK.

RESULT

The assignment is saved. You can now control the assigned parameters with your MIDI remote control device. A plug-in can be controlled via the custom parameter if the Remote Control Mode is activated and only one plug-in can be activated at a time.

When a plug-in is activated for remote control, it also has precedence over other application settings that are controlled by the same parameter.

To remove all remote control assignments on the plug-in, hold Ctrl/Cmd and Shift, and click the Remote Control Mode button.

RELATED LINKS

CC121 Advanced Integration Controller on page 24

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

Importing and Exporting Remote Control Denition Files

Map denition les are XML les, containing control assignments for your remote devices. You can exchange them with other users or save a backup copy.

In the Remote Devices tab, select the Device Editing tab.

● To import a map denition le, click Import, browse to the location of the map denition le, and select the le.

● To export a map denition le, click Export, and browse to the location where you want to save the le.

RELATED LINKS

Remote Devices Tab on page 19

Editing Changes in the Remote Control Devices Settings

Changes that have been made to the map, for example, changing the name of a control, can be saved, reset, undone, and removed in the Control Editor section of the Remote Devices tab.

●

To save any changes that you have made, click Save.

● To restore the factory preset of a MIDI remote control device, click Reset. If the control device does not have factory presets, the map is cleared.

● To undo your last action, click Undo.

● To remove the control denition of the selected control or to unassign the selected control, click Clear.

Using Modiers for Remote Controlling Parameters

You can use the same controller for controlling different parameters, using one or two modiers. A modier can be a MIDI control (for example, a foot switch) or a modier key on your computer keyboard (for example,

To determine one or two modiers, open the Remote Devices tab, and when editing a parameter, select the modiers from the Conditions section.

You can use the Shift and Alt modiers to alter the edit steps of innite knob controls as follows:

● Press Shift to edit values in small steps.

● Press Alt to edit values in bigger steps.

Shift and/or Ctrl/Cmd).

CC121 Advanced Integration Controller

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

This section describes the WaveLab Pro factory preset for the CC121. For detailed 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 Pro functionality with the CC121 controls. The controls that are not listed in the following paragraph are not assigned to a parameter.

Channel Section

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

Section.

Fader

Controls the Master Section fader.

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

PAN knob

Mute

Solo

CHANNEL SELECT

EQ Section

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

If EQ TYPE is activated on the CC121, you can adjust the parameters of the focused Studio-EQ. All necessary EQ parameters, such as on/off can be set. You can switch to WaveLab Pro navigation mode by deactivating EQ TYPE. In WaveLab Pro navigation mode, you can access alternative functions, such as scrolling, zooming, and switching between windows.

Controls the gain of the selected track.

Mutes/Unmutes the selected track.

Activates/Deactivates solo for the selected track.

Selects the previous/next track in the audio montage.

To move the cursor to the previous/next clip edge in the audio montage, hold Alt. To move the cursor to the previous/next region edge, hold the previous/next marker in the Audio Editor, hold Ctrl/Cmd.

Q/F/G of each band, EQ TYPE selection, and ALL BYPASS

Shift. To move the cursor to

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 Master Section.

EQ TYPE deactivated:

LOW ON

Opens the Audio Editor.

LOW-MID ON

Opens the Audio Montage window.

HIGH-MID ON

Opens the Batch Processor 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.

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

EQ-3 knob for the EQ Gain (G)

EQ-4 knob for the EQ Gain (G)

EQ-1 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

EQ-2 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

EQ-3 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

EQ-4 knob for the EQ Frequency (F)

Transport Section

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

Adjusts the vertical zoom on the timeline.

Scrolls tracks on the Audio Montage window or scrolls vertically on the Audio Editor.

Scrolls left/right on the overview timeline of the Audio Editor.

Horizontally zooms in/out on the overview timeline of the Audio Editor.

Vertically zooms in/out on the overview timeline of the Audio Editor.

Vertically scrolls on the overview timeline of the Audio Editor.

Previous button

Moves the cursor position to the left.

Rewind button

Moves the edit cursor position to the left.

Forward button

Moves the edit cursor position to the right.

Next button

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. Press 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 le opens in the Audio Editor.

Function Section

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.

FUNCTION button 1

Adjusts the fade in settings of the active clip.

Setting Up Your System Remote Devices

FUNCTION button 2

FUNCTION button 3

FUNCTION button 4

AI Knob Section

WaveLab Pro 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.

NOTE

The AI knob only works on parameters that are automatable.

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

AI KNOB

Adjusts the fade out settings of the active clip.

Adjusts the envelope level of the active clip.

The element clicked last in the Nudge section of the Edit tab in the Audio Montage window is assigned to this button.

Controls the VST 3 plug-in parameters, emulates the mouse wheel, for example, for scrolling, and lets you edit a focused numeric eld. 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 eld in the Options tab.

LOCK

When the mouse cursor points to a parameter, press LOCK to control this parameter regardless of the position of the mouse cursor.

JOG

Activates Jog mode. While Jog mode is activated, press LOCK to enter shuttle mode.

CUBASE READY Indicator

The CUBASE READY indicator has no function in WaveLab Pro.

Foot Switch Section

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

WaveLab Pro Concepts

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

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 the mouse.

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

● and other selectable interface items, and to control the transport functions.

●

Common operations like cut, copy, paste, or the selection of multiple items can be performed using standard keyboard shortcuts.

NOTE

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

Startup Dialog

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

WaveLab Pro Concepts Basic Window Handling

Create

Empty Project

My Default Project Template

Templates

Open

Last Project

Recent Project

Recent File

Creates an empty project.

Opens the default startup project template. The default project is dened on the Template page. If no default project is dened, an empty project is created.

Allows you to open a template in a new project.

Opens the project that you last used in WaveLab Pro, including all les that were open.

Allows you to open a recently used project.

Allows you to open a recently used le.

Browse

Allows you to select the les 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 the startup screen does not open anymore. To display the option has been activated, press Ctrl/Cmd when starting WaveLab Pro.

RELATED LINKS

Workspace Layout on page 583

Basic Window Handling

WaveLab Pro follows the basic guidelines for the Windows/macOS interface, which means that Windows/macOS standard procedures apply.

Closing Windows

● To close a le group tab or a le tab, click the X button of the corresponding tab or press

Ctrl/Cmd-W.

To close a le tab without saving your changes, hold Ctrl/Cmd-Shift, and click the X button

● of the tab. This avoids having to conrm a warning message whenever you want to close an unsaved tab.

To close all les of a le group at once, right-click a le group tab and select Close All Files.

●

To close all le tabs but the selected le tab, right-click a le tab and select Close All But

● This.

To individually select the le tabs that you want to close, right-click a le group tab and

● select Select Files to Close. This opens the Files to Close dialog, where you can select the les that you want to close.

By default, les are removed from the project when you close them. To keep the les in the

● project even when you close them, right-click a

Closing.

Startup dialog, even if this

le tab and activate Keep in Project after

WaveLab Pro Concepts Selecting Audio

RELATED LINKS

Permanently in Project vs. Temporarily in Project on page 69

Switching Between Files

You can have multiple les open and switch between them.

To bring a le to the front, click the corresponding tab.

●

To switch between the les, hold Ctrl/Cmd, and press Tab continuously.

●

● To switch back and forth between the last two active les, press Ctrl/Cmd-Tab. Between each step you have to release all keys.

●

To switch backwards, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Tab.

●

To toggle between the active le and the last edited le, press F5.

Selecting Audio

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

●

To select the whole audio le, double-click it. If the audio le 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 side of the wave window, it scrolls 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.

Audio Range Selection in an Audio File

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

● To access the audio range selection options, in the Audio Editor, select the Edit tab.

The following selection options are available in the Time Selection section:

Range

If you click Range, the Range Selection dialog opens. In this dialog, you can dene selection ranges very accurately.

If you click the arrow to the right of the Range button, the presets list opens. In the presets list, you can select between the selection range factory presets and your custom presets.

All

Selects the entire waveform.

Toggle

Toggles the selection range on/off.

Extend

Opens a menu where you can select the following options:

● Extend to Start of File extends the selection to the start of the audio le. 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 le. If

there is no selection, a selection is created from the edit cursor position.

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