Steinberg Wavelab Pro - 10.0 Operation Manual

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Operation Manual

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

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WaveLab Pro_10.0.0_en-US_2019-10-15

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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● Extend to Previous Marker extends the left edge of the selection to the

nearest marker to the left or the start of the audio le. If there is no selection, a selection is extended until the previous marker position.

● Extend to Next Marker extends the right edge of the selection to the nearest

marker to the right or the end of the audio le. 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 le 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

● From Cursor to Previous Marker selects the range between the edit cursor

position and the previous marker or the start of the audio le.

● From Cursor to Next Marker selects the range between the edit cursor

position and the next marker or the end of the audio le.

● From Playback Position to End of File creates a selection range from the

playback position to the end of the audio le. If no playback is taking place, the position of the edit cursor is used.

● From Playback Position to Start of File creates a selection range from the

playback position to the start of the audio le. 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.

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

le.

Channels

Opens a menu where you can select the following options:

● Extend to All Channels extends the current selection range to all 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 a menu where you can select the following options:

● CD Track selects the range between the two CD track markers that encompass

the edit cursor.

● Loop Region selects the range between the two loop markers that encompass

the edit cursor.

● Exclusion Region selects the range between the two exclusion markers that

encompass the edit cursor.

● Generic Region selects the range between the two generic markers that

encompass the edit cursor.

RELATED LINKS

Range Selection Dialog on page 32

Audio Range Selection in an Audio Montage

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

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

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

Range

Extend

If you click the Range button, the Range Selection dialog opens. In this dialog, you

dene selection ranges very accurately.

can

If you click the arrow on 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.

Opens are menu where you can select the following options:

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

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

● From Playback Position to End of File creates a selection range from the

playback position to the end of the audio montage. If no playback is taking place, the position of the edit cursor is used.

● From Playback Position to Start of File creates a selection range from the

playback position to start of the audio montage. If no playback is taking place, the position of the edit cursor is used.

Toggle

Toggles the current selection range on/off.

RELATED LINKS

Range Selection Dialog on page 32

Range Selection Dialog

This dialog allows you to specify an audio range for editing, processing, or playing back.

● In the Audio Editor or the Audio Montage window, select the Edit tab, and click Range.

Start

Zero

The selection begins at the start of the le.

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Cursor

End Position Minus Length

Start of Selection

End of Selection

Marker (with Name)

Offset (±)

Custom

The selection begins at the edit cursor.

The selection begins at the specied end position minus the Specic Length value.

The selection begins at the start of the current selection range.

The selection begins at the end of the current selection range.

The selection begins at the marker that is selected from the pop-up menu below.

Allows you to specify an offset for the selected start position.

Allows you to specify a start time for the selection. The time unit is the same as the time unit that is selected for the time ruler.

End

End of File

The selection ends at the end of the le.

Cursor

The selection ends at the edit cursor.

Start Position Plus Length

The selection ends at the specied start position plus the Specic Length value.

Start of Selection

The selection ends at the start of the current selection range.

End of Selection

The selection ends at the end of the current selection range.

Marker (with Name)

The selection ends at the marker that is selected from the pop-up menu below.

Offset (±)

Allows you to specify an offset for the selected end position.

Custom

Allows you to specify an end time for the selection. The time unit is the same as the time unit that is selected for the time ruler.

Options

Specic Length

Allows you to specify the selection length.

Set as Selection Length

Clicking this button freezes the current selection length. This is useful if you want to move the selection.

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Round Down Length

Snap to Zero-Crossing

Channels

Play

With the play options, you can preview the specied audio range.

Play to

Play from

Play Once

If this option is activated, the selection length is rounded down to the length specied in the value eld.

If this option is activated, the start and the end of a selected range always snap to a zero-crossing point of the waveform.

Select whether the selection spans the left channel, the right channel, or both.

Plays the range before the specied position.

Plays the range after the specied position.

Plays the selection once.

Play Looped

Plays the selection in a loop.

Play Duration

Sets the playback length. Note that this overrides the From/To parameters.

Memorizing Selection Length and Cursor Position

You can copy the length of a selection range and the edit cursor position to an internal memory. This is useful if you want to use these values in several places in

● To save the length of the active selection range, in the Audio Editor or the Audio

Montage window, select the Edit tab, and right-click Copy. Here, select Memorize Selection Length.

● To save the position of the edit cursor, in the Audio Editor or the Audio Montage window, select the Edit tab, and right-click Copy. Here, select Memorize Cursor Position.

● To apply the memorized information, right-click any time edit eld and select Set Memorized Position or Set Memorized Duration.

WaveLab Pro.

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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.

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

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.

PROCEDURE

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

2. Select the Edit tab.

3. In the Time Selection section, click Channels and select one of the following options:

● Extend to All Channels

● Left Channel Only

● Right Channel Only

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

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.

PROCEDURE

● In the wave window of the Audio Editor, hold down Ctrl/Cmd 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.

PROCEDURE

1. In the wave window, hold down Ctrl/Cmd-Shift.

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

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Extending and Reducing the Selection

You can resize a selection range in the wave window or the montage window.

There are several ways to extend/reduce the selection:

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

● To extend the selection to the previous/next boundary (marker or start/end of le), press

Shift and double-click the non-selected area between the boundaries.

Extending and Reducing the Selection Using the Arrow Keys

●

To move the start or end of a selection in the wave window to the left or right, hold down

Shift and press the Left Arrow/Right Arrow. To move it in bigger steps, press Page Up or Page Down.

●

To extend a selection to the previous or next boundary in the wave window (marker or start/end of the audio le), hold down Ctrl/Cmd-Shift and press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow.

Deleting Selections

There are several options for deleting a selected range.

Audio Editor

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 ll the gap.

Smooth Delete

Removes the selection. Crossfades are inserted at the edges. You can edit the default crossfade length and its type in the Audio Files Preferences, on the Editing tab.

Audio Montage Window

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

Crop Clip

Removes the data outside the selection.

Erase Selected Range

Erases the clip parts inside the selection range on the selected track, without lling the gap.

Erase Selected Range on All Tracks

To access this option, click the arrow icon at the right of the Erase Selected Range option. Erases the clip parts inside the selection range on all tracks, without lling the gap.

Delete Selected Clip

If there is a selection range, the clip parts inside the selection range on the selected track are deleted and the right section of the clips is moved to the left to ll the gap.

If there is no selection, the selected clips are deleted.

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Delete Selected Range on All Tracks

Sliders

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

●

To access this option, click the arrow icon at the right of the Delete Selected Clips option. Deletes the clip parts inside the selection range on all tracks and moves the right section of the clips to the left to

Position the mouse over the slider and use the mouse wheel without clicking. Hold

Ctrl/Cmd while using the mouse wheel to scroll faster. This modier also applies to the

zoom wheels. To move a slider, click and drag it.

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 handle. Keep the mouse button pressed to automatically step to the next value.

To reset the slider to the default value, if available, Ctrl/Cmd-click the slider, or click using the third mouse button, or double-click the handle.

ll the gap.

Renaming Items in Tables

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

● To rename an item, double-click it or select it, and press Return, and enter the new name.

● To rename the previous/next item, press Up Arrow or Down Arrow. This way you move the focus on the previous/next item, while staying in the edit mode.

File Browser

The File Browser window allows you to browse les from within WaveLab Pro. The Auto Play Mode is useful for speeding up the process of auditioning sound les.

The File Browser window provides you with all the standard browsing functions. It features additional controls to audition audio les and any marker dened regions. You can use it to open or insert les by dragging them to another location.

You can also choose to only view specic le types.

File Browser Window

In this window, you can browse les and open them in WaveLab Pro.

● To open the File Browser window, select Tool Windows > File Browser.

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WaveLab Pro Concepts File Browser

Back/Forward/Parent Directory

Location

Auto-Play Mode

Allows you to navigate through the list and le hierarchy.

This menu allows you to select a le location to browse and lists the recently used locations.

If this button is activated, playback starts automatically when you select a le.

Play Selected Audio File

Plays the selected audio le.

If this button is activated, you can enter text in the search eld. If it is deactivated, you can search specic le formats.

File type list

Allows you to select which le type and le format to display.

Folder tree

Shows the folders that are available on your computer.

Favorite folders

You can add your favorite folders by dragging them from the folder tree. Each le type has its own favorite folder.

File list

Shows the following information about each le:

● Name shows the name of the audio le.

● Size shows the size of the audio le.

● Type shows the le type of the audio le.

● Date Modied shows the date on which the audio le was last saved.

● Sample Rate shows the sample rate in Hz.

● Bits shows the bit depth in bits. “32F” means 32-bit oat and “64F” means 64-

bit oat.

● Bit Rate shows the bit rate in kbps.

● Length shows the length of the audio le.

● Channels shows the number of channels.

Right-click in the le list and select Create Folder to add a new folder for structuring your les.

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WaveLab Pro Concepts Tab Groups

Audio Regions

Preview

RELATED LINKS

Folders Tab on page 98

Tab Groups

With tab groups, you can view the content of different les, 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.

If the selected le contains markers, the markers are displayed in the Audio Regions section.

Allows you to listen to the selected audio le from any position by clicking the waveform. If the audio preview waveform.

To start the preview from a marker position, click the marker icon in the Audio Regions section.

To change the size of the preview window, drag the corresponding bar up or down. If you drag it all the way down, the preview function is deactivated.

le contains markers, the markers are displayed in the

In a Control Window, a tab group can contain tool windows and meters. You can have three le tab groups.

Empty File Tab Groups

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WaveLab Pro Concepts Tab Groups

File Tab Groups with Audio Montages

Tab Groups in Control Window

RELATED LINKS

Control Window on page 47

Creating File Tab Groups

PROCEDURE

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

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WaveLab Pro Concepts Peak Files

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

Creating File Tab Groups in Empty Tab Groups

PROCEDURE

● In the top right of an empty le 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 horizontally to a new position on the tab bar.

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

● To dock the tab group to the Control Window, open the Tool Window Tab Group Options pop-up menu and select Dock Tab Group to Control Window.

Now you can select to which Control Window you want to dock the tab group.

File Tab Groups

● To close a le tab group, click the Tab Group button and select Hide All.

● To reorder tabs in a tab group, drag the tab horizontally to a new position on the tab bar.

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

● To paste the content of a tab into an audio le, drag the tab onto the waveform. The tab is

● To maximize the active le tab group, open the File Tab Group Options pop-up menu, and

Peak Files

A peak le (extension .gpk) is automatically created by WaveLab Pro each time an audio le is modied or opened in WaveLab Pro for the rst time. The peak le contains information about

the waveform and determines how it is drawn in the wave window or the montage window.

Peak les speed up the time it takes to draw the corresponding waveform. By default, the peak le is saved in the same location as the audio le.

inserted at the cursor position.

select Hide Other File Tab Groups.

To show all le tab groups, open the File Tab Group Options pop-up menu, and select Show Other File Tab Groups.

You can also double-click the le tab header of a tab group to show/hide other le tab groups.

Setting the Peak File Behavior

The peak le behavior can be set in the Audio Files Preferences on the File tab.

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WaveLab Pro Concepts Companion Files

● To save peak les in another location, activate Create Peak Files in an Independent Folder, select Edit, and specify another le location.

● To create peak les when writing audio les, activate Create Peak Files When Writing Audio Files.

● To delete peak les when closing audio les, activate Delete Peak Files When Closing Audio Files.

RELATED LINKS

Audio Files Preferences on page 609

Rebuilding Peak Displays

Normally, peak les are automatically updated when the date of the peak le is older than the date of the audio le. However, it can happen that the date of the audio le is not automatically updated. In this case you can force a rebuild of the peak le.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Audio Editor, select the View tab.

2. In the Peaks section, click Rebuild Display.

Companion Files

Companion les (extension .vs) contain Master Section presets and view settings for audio les. If this feature is activated when you save a le, the settings are recreated the next time that

you load the

Companion les are only available in the Audio Editor.

The following view settings are included in companion les:

● Window size and position

● Zoom level

● Scroll position

● Display mode (Waveform/Spectrum/Loudness)

● Snapshots

● Master Section presets associated with the le

Deleting a companion le does not alter the audio contents. Master Section presets are specic to WaveLab Pro and can therefore not be integrated inside the various audio le headers.

Storing Companion Files in Another Location

By default, companion les are saved in the same location as the audio le. However, you can select another le location.

le.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > Folders.

2. Click Companion Files and specify another le location.

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WaveLab Pro Concepts Processing Precision

Processing Precision

WaveLab Pro can load audio samples in many formats but processes them internally as 64-bit oat samples.

Mixing inside WaveLab Pro is also done in 64-bit oat. 32-bit PCM samples can be transferred to 64-bit oat and back.

Plug-ins are processed in 64-bit oat by default. You can also set the plug-in processing to 32-bit

oat.

You can set up the processing precision for plug-ins and for temporary les in the Audio tab of the Global Preferences.

NOTE

Processing in 64-bit oat means double precision but slightly longer process time than 32-bit

oat.

Temporary les in 64-bit oat have double precision but take longer to read and write than 32-bit oat and their le size is twice as big.

RELATED LINKS

Temporary Files on page 97 Audio Tab on page 606

EBU Loudness Standard R-128

The EBU loudness recommendation R-128 establishes well-dened methods to measure loudness, dynamics, and peak values, and also denes reference values to achieve for these measurements. Though the reference values are intended for the broadcast world, the measurement methods are helpful in any application dealing with audio and loudness control.

WaveLab Pro supports these audio measurements in many places, for metering, audio analysis, and processing.

Loudness Measurement

This method takes into account the frequency sensitivity of the human ear to loudness levels. There are 3 types of measurements:

1. Integrated loudness, also called program loudness: this reports how loud an audio piece is, on average. This measurement uses a gating method to ignore long periods of silence.

2. Short-term loudness: this measures the loudness every 1 second on an audio block of 3 seconds. This gives information about the loudest audio passages.

3. Momentary loudness: every 100 ms, a range of 400 ms of audio is measured. This gives instantaneous feedback about the loudness.

Loudness Range

This measures the dynamics of the audio signal. It reports the ratio between the loudest and the quietest (but non-silent) sections. The audio is divided into small blocks. There is one audio block every second and each block lasts 3 seconds (analyzed blocks overlap).

The top 10 % of the quiet blocks and the top 5 % of the loud blocks are excluded from the nal analysis. The calculated loudness range is the ratio between the loudest and quietest remaining audio blocks. This measurement helps to decide if and how much compression or expansion can or should be applied to the audio.

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WaveLab Pro Concepts EBU Loudness Standard R-128

True Peaks

When a digital signal is converted to an analog signal, the EBU R-128 recommends measuring an estimation of the real peaks, rather than relying on digital peaks, to avoid clipping and distortion. This is accomplished by over-sampling the signal 4 times and retaining the peak values.

Naming and Units

The EBU R-128 proposes naming and units conventions:

● A relative measurement, such as a value relative to a reference level: “LU” as “Loudness Unit” (1 LU is 1 dB).

● An absolute measurement, “LUFS” as “Loudness Unit Full Scale”. 1 LUFS can be understood as 1 dB in the AES-17 scaling.

When WaveLab Pro relates to the EBU R-128 loudness, these units are used rather than dB.

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Workspace Window

The Workspace window provides an editing and playback environment for each particular le type. Each environment contains functions that are tailored to the specic purpose of each le type.

● Audio Editor for viewing and editing audio les.

● Audio Montage window for assembling and editing audio montages.

● Batch Processor window for processing a list of audio les with oine effects, VST plugins, and

● Podcast Editor for preparing and uploading podcasts.

● DVD-Audio window for authoring DVD-Audio and writing it to DVD.

● Script Editor for writing and executing scripts in WaveLab Pro.

● Control Window for hosting and organizing tool windows, especially in a multi-monitor setup.

Master Section presets.

The Workspace window is highly customizable to match your workow.

Elements of the Workspace Window

The Workspace window contains the following elements:

● A menu bar

● Tab groups to host the les to edit. You can move the content of a tab to another tab,

● A set of tool windows. Which tools are available depends on the le type you are working

Audio Editor

The Audio Editor provides tools and functions for sample-accurate audio editing, high-quality analysis, and processing.

Features include various metering tools, a signal generator, a compare function, and a tool for correcting errors.

The wave window gives you a graphical representation of the audio le and allows you to view, play back, and edit the

RELATED LINKS

Audio File Editing on page 119

create a new empty tab, display the

on. The tool windows can be activated/deactivated individually.

le.

le path, and access other functions by right-clicking.

Audio Montage

In the Audio Montage window, you assemble audio clips into a montage. You can arrange, edit, and play back clips on an unlimited number of both stereo or mono tracks.

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Workspace Window Batch Processor

Features include track and clip-based effects, volume and pan automation, and wide-ranging fade and crossfade functions. You can use the Audio Montage window for creating music CDs, mastering, multimedia work, radio spot production, etc. You can create multitrack compositions and author professional audio CDs or DVD-Audio. Depending on the channel montage, you can route each track to different surround channels (up to 6) or non-surround channels (up to 8).

You can place any number of clips on an audio track. A clip contains a reference to a source audio le on your hard disk, as well as start and end positions in the le.

The montage window gives you a graphical representation of clips on tracks. In it you can view, play back, and edit the tracks and clips.

RELATED LINKS

Audio Montage on page 209

Batch Processor

This editor allows you to batch process any number of audio les or audio montage les using the plug-ins and presets of the unique to batch processing.

conguration of the

Master Section, oine effects, and other plug-ins that are

You can save the processed le in a different le format, rename les, and run an external application when the batch is nished.

RELATED LINKS

Batch Processing on page 522

Podcast Editor

In the Podcast Editor, you assemble, dene, and publish your podcast to the Internet.

RELATED LINKS

Podcasts on page 575

DVD-Audio

In the DVD-Audio window, you author DVD-Audio and write it to DVD.

RELATED LINKS

DVD-Audio on page 433

Script Editor

In the Script Editor, you write and execute scripts.

RELATED LINKS

Scripting on page 600

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Workspace Window Control Window

Control Window

A Control Window can contain multiple tool windows and meter windows. This is useful if you have multiple monitors. You can place the Control Window on your secondary display and use it to manage the tool windows and meter windows that you use most.

You can create up to 4 different instances of the Control Window.

Docking Tool Windows and Meters in a Control Window

You can dock any tool window and meter window in a Control Window.

PROCEDURE

1. Right-click the tab of the tool window or meter that you want to dock in the Control Window.

2. Select Dock to Control Window and select one of the Control Windows from the

submenu.

Docking Tab Groups in a Control Window

You can dock tab groups in a Control Window.

PROCEDURE

1. Click the Options button on the right of the caption bar of a tab group.

2. Select Dock Tab Group to Control Window and select a Control Window from the

submenu.

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Workspace Window File Tab

File Tab

The File tab is the control center of WaveLab Pro. Here, you can save, open, render, import, and export les. It also gives you detailed information about your les and allows you to set up the WaveLab Pro preferences.

Info

Provides information about the active le and allows you to edit the audio properties of audio les and audio montages.

New

Allows you to create audio les, audio montages, batch processors, le groups, projects, DVD-Audio les, podcasts, and script les. You can create new les or use a template.

Open

Allows you to open audio les, audio montages, batch processors, projects, DVDAudio les, podcasts, or script les.

You can also open les that you have previously copied to the clipboard in the File Explorer/macOS Finder.

Import

Allows you to open different le formats. The following formats are supported:

● Audio File to Montage

● DDP

● CD Cue

● AES-31

● XML

● Unknown Audio

● File Groups

You can also import audio CD tracks from an audio CD.

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Workspace Window Info Tab

Save As

Save All

Export

Preferences

Allows you to save the active le or the project. You can specify the name, le format, and location. You can also save a copy of the active le.

Allows you to save all changed les of your project at once. The le list gives you an overview of all

You can use the lter to show all changed les, only audio les, only audio montages, or all other les, for example, batch processor les.

Allows you to render the active le, export the le group to a text le, and export audio montages to AES-31 and XML.

Allows you to view and change the preferences of WaveLab Pro. You can set up the preferences for the following parts of WaveLab Pro:

● Global

● Audio Connections

● Shortcuts

● Plug-ins

● Remote Devices

● Folders

● Variables

● Audio Files

● Audio Montages

les that have been changed.

Info Tab

Tools

Allows you to access the following tools:

● DDP to CD

● Data CD/DVD

● Auto Split Audio Files

● Signal Generator

● DTMF Generator

● Batch Conversion

● Batch Renaming

RELATED LINKS

Info Tab on page 49 Conguring WaveLab Pro on page 603

The Info tab provides information about the active le and allows you to edit the audio properties of audio les and audio montages.

● To open the Info tab, select the File tab, and click Info.

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Workspace Window Info Tab

Depending on the selected le, different information and options are available.

Name

Displays the name, le extension, and le location of the active le. You can edit these attributes.

File Properties

Displays the size, date, and le format of the active le.

Audio Properties

For audio les, this displays the bit depth, channels, and sample rate of the active le.

For audio montages, this displays the mode, channels, and sample rate of the active

le.

You can edit these attributes.

Sample Attributes (audio les only)

Displays the musical attributes tune, key range, and velocity range.

Metadata

Displays the metadata of the active le.

Copy to Clipboard

Opens a menu from which you can select which information about the active le you want to copy to the clipboard.

Reveal in File Explorer/macOS Finder

Opens the File Explorer/macOS Finder to show the location of the active le.

Delete

Deletes the active le.

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Workspace Window Tool Windows

Tool Windows

Throughout WaveLab Pro there are various tool windows available that allow you to view, analyze, and edit the active le.

Generally, the content of a tool window is synchronized with the active le, with the exception of the audio meters which displays the audio le being played back. Tool windows can be docked and undocked, and saved in your custom layouts. Some tool windows are only available for specic le types.

The tool windows can be accessed via the Tool Windows menu.

Opening and Closing Tool Windows

You can close all tool windows that you do not need for your project.

●

To open a tool window, select Tool Windows and select a tool window.

●

To close a docked tool window, right-click the tool window tab and select Hide.

●

To close an undocked tool window, click its X button.

Meter Windows

WaveLab Pro contains a variety of audio meters that you can use for monitoring and analyzing audio. Meters can be used to monitor audio during playback, rendering, and recording. Furthermore, you can use them to analyze audio sections when playback is stopped.

The meter windows can be accessed via the Meters menu.

Opening and Closing Meter Windows

You can close all meter windows you do not need for your project.

● To open a meter window, select Meters and select a meter window.

● To close a docked meter window, right-click the meter window tab and select Hide.

● To close an undocked meter window, click its X button.

Slide-Out Windows

Slide-out windows are hidden in the frame of the Workspace window. When you hover the mouse pointer over the window name, the window slides out. It is hidden again, when you click anywhere else.

Slide-out window tab

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Workspace Window Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and Meter Windows

An open slide-out window

Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and Meter Windows

Tool windows and meter windows can be used as docked windows, as oating windows, or as a slide-out window. You can freely drag around the windows and dock them at various locations.

●

To undock a tool window or meter window, drag the corresponding tab to another position.

Now the tool window or meter window is a oating window which can be freely moved.

●

To dock a tool window or meter window, click and hold the caption bar or click the Options button on the right of the caption bar and select Dock Tab Group Elsewhere.

Yellow symbols indicate locations for docked windows, pink symbols indicate locations for slide-out windows. Drag the window to one of the locations.

To dock a oating tool window or meter window at its last docked position, click the

● Options button on the right of the caption bar and select Dock to Last Place Again.

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Workspace Window Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and Meter Windows

● To dock a tool window or meter window to the Control Window, click the Options button on the right of the caption bar and select which Control Window you want to dock the tool window or meter window.

You can also drag and drop a tool window or meter window to the Control Window.

RELATED LINKS

Slide-Out Windows on page 51 Control Window on page 47

Dock to Control Window. You can then select to

Setting the Transparency for Floating Windows

You can make the tool windows and meter windows become transparent if they are not the active window. For this, specify the transparency value in the global preferences and activate the transparency for each window individually.

● To specify the transparency value, select File > Preferences > Global, and select the Display tab. In the Tool Windows section, specify the value in the Window Transparency

eld.

● To activate the transparency for a tool window or meter window, click the Tab Group button at the top right of the window, and select Auto Transparency.

RELATED LINKS

Global Preferences on page 603

Hiding the Caption Bar in Floating Meter Windows

To save screen space, the caption bar of oating meter windows can automatically be hidden if the window is not the active window. This can be set individually for each oating window.

PROCEDURE

1. In a oating meter window, click the Options button at the top right of the window.

2. Select Auto Caption Bar.

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Workspace Window Command Bar

Command Bar

The command bar of le windows allows you to create, open, and save les, and undo/redo changes. You can also use the text eld to quickly nd and access open les, and to trigger keywords.

New

Allows you to create an audio le, audio montage, batch processor, le group, project, DVD-Audio, podcast, and script le. You can create new les or use a template.

Open

Allows you to open an audio le, audio montage, batch processor, project, DVDAudio, podcast, or script le.

Save

Saves the active le.

Save As

Allows you to save the active le. You can specify the name, le format, and location. You can also save a copy of the active le.

Trigger Cubase/Nuendo Update

Updates the Cubase/Nuendo project if the active le was opened via the Edit in WaveLab option.

Undo

Allows you to undo changes.

Redo

Allows you to redo changes that were undone.

Navigate Backwards/Navigate Forwards

In the Audio Editor and Audio Montage window, this allows you to navigate to the previous/next cursor position, zoom factor, or selection range without undoing/ redoing the edit operation.

File Search and Keywords

The text eld allows you to search for open les and apply keywords.

Keywords are custom words that are assigned to a function in the Customize

Commands dialog or to a preset in the Shortcut Denitions dialog.

Customize Command Bar

Allows you to select the buttons that you want to display on the command bar.

Maximize Window

Maximizes the window. To restore the window size, click the button again.

Layout Options

Allows you to determine the position of the command bar, transport bar, and le group tabs.

RELATED LINKS

WaveLab Exchange on page 520

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Workspace Window Status Bar

Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom of the screen of the Audio Editor and the Audio Montage window shows information about the active window using the units specied in the rulers.

The information displayed on the status bar is updated depending on the cursor position and on the audio selection that you have made.

Time/Level (dB)

Audio Information at Edit Cursor

Displays the time of the audio le at the mouse cursor position. In the Audio Editor, it also displays the level.

The value in brackets shows the time from the edit cursor position to the mouse cursor position.

Displays the time at the position of the edit cursor. This information changes if you reposition the cursor.

● To dene the cursor position, click the Audio Information at Edit Cursor eld

to open the Cursor Position dialog.

● To focus the cursor position, right-click the Audio Information at Edit Cursor

eld.

Audio Selection Indicator (Audio Editor)/Audio Range Indicator (Audio Montage)

In the Audio Editor, this displays the length of the current selection, or the total length of the audio le if no selection has been made.

In the Audio Montage window, this displays the length of the audio selection if a clip is selected, or the size of the audio montage.

If you have zoomed in, you can right-click the indicator to display the selected audio range, the active clip, or the whole le. Left-click the indicator to open the Range

Selection dialog, where you can dene or rene a selection.

Zoom Indicator

Displays the current zoom factor.

● To open a pop-up menu that allows you to make additional zoom settings,

click the indicator.

● To open the Zoom Factor dialog that allows you to edit the zoom factor, right-

click the indicator.

Sampler Key Indicator (Audio Editor only)

Indicates the key of the current audio le (if dened). Click the indicator to open the

Sample Attributes window.

Audio File Properties/Audio Montage Properties

In the Audio Editor, this displays the bit depth and the sample rate. It also indicates whether the audio le is mono or stereo. Click the indicator to open the Audio Properties dialog.

In the Audio Montage window, this displays the number of audio channels and the sample rate of the audio montage. Click the indicator to open the Audio Montage Properties dialog.

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Workspace Window Context Menus

Bypass Master Section

Master Section Preset Setting pop-up menu

Background Information

If this option is activated, only the Playback Processing pane of the Master Section is active during playback. All other Master Section panes are bypassed. However, rendering still takes all plug-ins into account.

● Save Master Section Preset opens the Save Master Section Preset dialog,

where you can save the active Master Section conguration inside the companion le or audio montage.

● Load Master Section Preset applies the Master Section with the

conguration previously saved to the audio le or audio montage.

● If Include Master Section Preset when Rendering as Super Clip is activated,

the Master Section preset that is saved with the audio montage is used when rendering super clips of audio montages (Audio Montage window only).

The status bar shows the progress of some background operations, such as rendering an effect. The operation can be paused or canceled using the provided buttons.

Context Menus

Throughout WaveLab Pro, various context menus are available. These menus group the commands and/or options that are

The context menus appear if you right-click specic areas and are useful for speeding up your

workow.

For example, right-click a le tab to open a context menu with some relevant le options. Rightclicking the ruler of the waveform window brings up the Time Ruler context menu that allows you to access a number of options for changing the time ruler display format.

You can nd most context menu commands in the tabs, in the le window and in the main menus, but some commands are only available in context menus. If you search for a function, right-click the current working window to check if it has a context menu.

specic to the active window.

Context menu in the montage window

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Workspace Window Time Ruler and Level Ruler

Time Ruler and Level Ruler

In the Audio Editor, you can display a time and a level ruler in the wave window. In the Audio Montage window, you can display a time ruler in the montage window.

You can also determine which time and level units the rulers show.

Time Ruler

Level Ruler (Audio Editor only)

Time Ruler and Level Ruler Options

You can specify the time and level (amplitude) formats for each ruler in each wave window and the time formats for each ruler in the montage window separately by right-clicking the ruler and selecting a format from the pop-up menu.

Time Ruler Menu

Timecode

Displays frames per second for various SMPTE timecode types and for CD resolution.

You can specify the timecode type in the Time Format dialog.

Clock

Displays time units.

Samples

Displays positions as number of samples. The number of samples per second depends on the sample rate of the audio 44100 samples per second.

Bars and Beats

Displays bars and beats.

File Size (Audio Editor only)

Displays positions in megabytes. Decimals represent kilobytes.

le. For example, at 44.1 kHz, there are

Show grid (Audio Montage window only)

Displays vertical lines in the montage window, aligned with time ruler marks.

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Time Format

Opens the Time Format dialog, that allows you to edit the appearance of the time ruler formats.

Save Current Settings as Default

If this option is activated, the time ruler uses the current time format in all new wave windows or montage windows.

Set Ruler’s Origin to Start of File

If this option is activated, the ruler’s zero position is set to the beginning of the rst sample.

Set Ruler’s Origin at Cursor

If this option is activated, the ruler’s zero position is set to the current edit cursor position.

Set Ruler’s Origin to BWF Reference (Audio Editor only)

If this option is activated, the rst sample matches the BWF time reference, provided that the time reference is available.

Show Playback Range

If this option is activated, the time ruler displays the audio range that is played with the Play Audio Range command.

Show Playback Anchor

If this option is activated, a marker is displayed below the time ruler to indicate the audio anchor that corresponds to the Play From and Play To commands.

Show Pre-/Post-Roll

If this option is activated, the pre-roll and post-roll times are displayed.

RELATED LINKS

Time Format Dialog on page 59

Level Ruler Menu (Audio Editor only)

Sets the level format to decibels.

+-100 %

Sets the level format to percentage.

Normalized +1/-1

Sets the level format to a ruler gradation corresponding to 64-bit oat audio.

16-bit Range

Sets the level format to a ruler gradation corresponding to 16-bit audio.

24-bit Range

Sets the level format to a ruler gradation corresponding to 24-bit audio.

Save Current Settings as Default

If this option is activated, the level ruler uses the current level format in all new wave windows.

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Working With a Meter-Based Display

If your working material is tempo-based, you can select the meter format (bars, beats, and ticks) for the ruler legend. This makes it easier to

PROCEDURE

1. In the wave window or the montage window, right-click the time ruler, and select Bars and Beats.

2. Right-click the time ruler, and select Time Format.

3. On the Meter tab, set the Time Signature and Tempo to values that match your audio le.

4. Set Ticks per Quarter Note to a number that you feel comfortable with.

For example, this can be the same value that is used by your MIDI sequencer.

5. Click OK.

Setting the Edit Cursor Position

Many operations, such as playback and selection, depend on the current edit cursor position. For example, playback often starts at the edit cursor position. The current edit cursor position is indicated by a vertical ashing line.

nd musically related cutting points.

There are various ways to move the edit cursor:

● Click somewhere in the wave window, the montage window, or the time ruler. If you have made a selection, click the time ruler to prevent deselecting.

● Click and drag in the time ruler.

● Use the transport controls.

● In the Audio Editor and Audio Montage window, select the View tab and use the options in the Cursor section.

● Use the cursor keys.

● Double-click a marker.

Setting the Ruler Start Position

By default, the audio le starts at the ruler position 0. However, you can set the 0 position to another position of the

PROCEDURE

1. In the wave window or the montage window, right-click the time ruler, and select Time Format.

2. Select the Offset tab.

3. Select one of the Time Ruler Offset options, and click OK.

le.

Time Format Dialog

In this dialog, you can customize the time format of the ruler. The time format of the ruler is also used in various time elds, for example, the status bar and some dialogs.

● To open the Time Format dialog, right-click the ruler in the Audio Editor or Audio Montage window, and select Time Format.

In the Audio Editor, you can set different time formats for the overview display and the main display.

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Timecode Tab

On this tab, you can congure the appearance of the Timecode.

Frames per Second

Lists standard frame rates. From the pop-up menu, select Other to enter a custom frame rate. You can also choose which frames or units are displayed.

Show Absolute Frames

Shows the time format as a number of frames, without other time elements.

Show Quarter Frames

Adds the quarter frame number to the time format.

Show Hundredth Frames

Adds the number of a hundredth of a frame to the time format.

Show Units

Adds time units to the time format of the ruler.

Clock Tab

On this tab, you can congure the appearance of the Clock option.

Show Units

Adds time units to the time format of the ruler.

Compact

Shows the time without unit indicators.

Meter Tab

On this tab, you can congure the appearance of the Bars and Beats option.

Time Signature

Lets you edit the time signature used to display the time represented as a musical notation.

Tempo

Lets you edit the tempo used to display the time represented as a musical notation.

Ticks per Quarter Note

Lets you edit the number of ticks per quarter note. These are used to display times that are compatible with your sequencer.

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Offset Tab

On this tab, you can congure the Time Ruler Offset.

Zero (Default)

Deactivates the time offset in the ruler.

Set Zero-Point at Cursor Position

Sets the current cursor position to be the starting point of the ruler. The current cursor position is displayed in brackets.

Set Zero-Point at BWF Time Reference (Audio Editor only)

If the audio le contains BWF metadata, the corresponding time reference value is used as offset.

Set Time of First Sample

Species the time that corresponds to the zero point of the ruler.

Managing Tabs

A tab is a container for a le in WaveLab Pro. There are le group tabs and le tabs. You can open several tabs, but only one can be active at a time. The Tabs context menu of the le group tabs and le tabs offer tab related options.

File Group Tabs

The following options are available when you right-click a le group tab.

Save Modied Files

Allows you to specify which of the modied les of the le group you want to save.

Close All Files

Closes all le tabs.

Select Files to Close

Opens the Files to Close dialog which allows you to specify the les to be closed.

Set Temporary Files to Permanent Files

Adds all les to the le group that are not a permanent part of the le group.

Close and Remove from Project

Closes the le group and removes it from the project.

Remove Other File Groups from Project

Removes all le groups but the active le group from the project.

Rename

Allows you to rename the le group.

Export File Names

Allows you to create a text le that lists all les that are used in the le group.

File Tabs

The following options are available when you right-click a le tab.

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Check Tab/Uncheck Tab

Add to

Close All But This

Close All Audio Files

Checks/Unchecks the tab. This allows you to render all le tabs at once via the Render tab.

To check/uncheck all tabs at once, activate/deactivate the checkbox at the right of the le tabs.

You can also drag the selected tabs to another le tab.

Allows you to add the active le to another editor.

Closes the active tab.

Closes all les but the active le.

Closes all audio les.

Keep in Project after Closing

If this option is activated, the le remains in the project after you close the le.

You can open the le again from the Project Manager window.

Info

Displays information about the active le.

Reveal in File Explorer/macOS Finder

Opens the File Explorer/macOS Finder to show the location of the le.

Copy to Clipboard

Opens a menu, from which you can select which information about the le you want to copy to the clipboard.

Recent Files

Allows you to open recently used les.

New (Based on Active File)

Allows you to open a new le tab with the same settings of the source tab. This option is available if you right-click the empty area next to the

Files to Close Dialog

In this dialog, you can specify which les you want to close.

le tabs.

● To open the Files to Close dialog, right-click a le group tab and select Select Files to Close.

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Files list

Displays all open les. You can set a checkmark for the les that you want to close. By default, only the active le will remain open and all other les will be closed.

All/None

Allows you to select and deselect all les.

Temporary Project Files

Allows you to select all les that are opened in WaveLab Pro, but not set to

Permanently in Project in the Project Manager.

Permanent Project Files

Allows you to select all les that are opened in WaveLab Pro and set to Permanently in Project in the Project Manager.

Close Files

Closes the selected les.

RELATED LINKS

Project Manager Window on page 68

Activating Full Screen Mode

You can use WaveLab Pro in full screen mode.

PROCEDURE

● Select Workspace > Full Screen.

Log Window

This window allows you to view log messages that have been issued by WaveLab Pro.

For example, when using the scripting language of WaveLab Pro, the logWindow( ) function outputs messages to this window. Toggle buttons allow you to lter the types of messages that are displayed.

● To open the Log window, select Tool Windows > Log.

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Clear

Show Errors

Show Warnings

Show Notes

Removes all messages from the window.

If this option is activated, error messages are displayed.

If this option is activated, warning messages are displayed.

If this option is activated, notes are displayed.

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Opening Files

You can open one or several les at the same time.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Open.

2. Select the le type that you want to open.

For example, Audio File.

3. From the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the les that you want to open.

4. Click Open.

Opening Files from the Clipboard

You can open les in WaveLab Pro that you have previously copied to the clipboard in the File Explorer/macOS Finder.

PROCEDURE

1. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, copy the les that you want to open to the clipboard.

2. In WaveLab Pro, select File > Open.

3. Click Open Files from Clipboard.

RESULT

The les open in new le tabs.

Automatically Opening Files in a Dedicated Tab Group

You can specify a le type for each tab group. Files that open after rendering, audio les that you open from an audio montage, or les that you open via the File Explorer/macOS Finder are automatically opened in the corresponding tab group for this

● To specify a precedented le type for a tab group, click File Tab Group Options at the header of a tab group, and select a le type.

le type.

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WaveLab Projects

A project le (extension *.wpr) is the central document in WaveLab Pro. A project le contains references to media data.

Only one project can be open at a time. When you open a previously saved project or create a new project, the currently opened project is closed.

Each project can contain multiple le groups. Each le group has its own tab.

You can save your complete production as a project and open it on any WaveLab Pro workstation. For this, the source les must be available on the target workstation at the same relative or absolute path.

The Project Manager window gives you access to the les inside the project.

The active project is automatically saved and can be reloaded the next time that you start WaveLab Pro. If you create a new project, this will be the default project. The default project le is saved in the following location:

Windows

AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\WaveLab Pro 9.5\Cache\DefProject.wpr

Mac

/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences/WaveLab Pro 9.5/Cache/ DefProject.wpr

RELATED LINKS

File Groups on page 69 Project Manager Window on page 68

Creating Projects

You can create empty projects or projects that are based on a template.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Click Project.

3. Do one of the following:

●

To create an empty project, click Create Empty.

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● To create a project that is based on a template, click Templates, and select a

template.

RESULT

If you selected Create Empty, a new, untitled project is created. If you selected a template, the new project is based on this template and includes the corresponding layout and settings.

RELATED LINKS

Templates on page 90 Creating Templates on page 91

Creating Default Projects

You can dene a default project that you can select when starting WaveLab Pro. You specify the default project when creating a template.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select Project > Templates.

3. Click Add Template.

4. In the Project Template dialog, activate Set as Default Project.

5. Enter a project name.

6. Click Save.

RESULT

The default project is created. You can select it in the WaveLab Pro Startup dialog.

To set another project template as the default project template, right-click the corresponding template and select Set as Default Project.

RELATED LINKS

Startup Dialog on page 28

Saving Projects

The active project is automatically saved as a project le that can be reopened the next time that you start WaveLab Pro. However, you can also manually save the active project as a project le. This allows you to give the project a name and save the project le at another location.

To keep your projects as manageable as possible, make sure that you save project les and all related les in the corresponding project folders and subfolders.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Save As.

2. Click Project.

3. Enter the name and a le location.

4. Click Save.

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Project Manager Window

The Project Manager window gives you access to all project les in WaveLab Pro and allows you to edit them.

● To open the Project Manager window, select Tool Windows > Project Manager.

You can click on a in WaveLab Pro, it is opened.

The toolbar contains the following options:

Sort Files by Type

If this option is activated, the les are grouped in subfolders according to their le type.

Select Multiple Files (for Drag and Drop)

If this option is activated, you can select multiple les in the projects list. You can then drag the les to an audio montage, for example.

Rename Selected File Group

Allows you to rename the selected group.

The projects list contains the following options:

Open Status

This column shows if a le is open in WaveLab Pro or not. To close a le, click its X button.

If a le is set to Permanently in Project, the corresponding le tab is closed, but the le remains available in the Project Manager. You can click the le name to reopen the le. If the le is set to Temporarily in Project, the corresponding le tab is closed and the le is removed from the Project Manager.

le or le group to bring it to focus. If the le or le group is not already open

Permanently in Project/Temporarily in Project

In this column, you can dene if a le should be included as permanent part of the project or if the

The pin icon indicates that the corresponding le is a permanent part of the project. The clock icon indicates that the corresponding le is temporarily in the project. Click the icon to change the le status.

If you drag les from the File Explorer/macOS Finder onto the le list in the Project Manager, the les are added permanently to the project. This allows you to quickly add multiple les to a project.

Modication Status

le is only temporarily needed in the project.

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In this column, you can see if a le in the project has been modied. Files that have been modied are indicated by a checkmark.

RELATED LINKS

Permanently in Project vs. Temporarily in Project on page 69

Permanently in Project vs. Temporarily in Project

Project can contain les that are permanently or temporarily in the project.

Permanent les

Files that are set to be permanently in the project stay part of the project even when you close the le.

Temporary les

Files that are set to be temporarily in the project are removed from the project once you close the le. When you close the project le, these remain in the project just like permanent les do.

When you open a new le, it is considered a temporary le. If you want to keep the le in the project even when you close the project, you must set the le to permanent.

RELATED LINKS

Project Manager Window on page 68 Changing the Permanent/Temporary Status of a File on page 69

Changing the Permanent/Temporary Status of a File

To change the le status, do one of the following:

● Right-click a le tab of a temporary le and select Keep in Project after Closing.

● In the Project Manager, click the Permanently in Project/Temporarily in Project column of a le to change its status.

File Groups

File groups are part of WaveLab Pro projects. Each project can contain multiple le groups.

A le group can contain different le types. For example, audio les, audio montages, and batch processor les. This allows you to organize all les in one le group. You can also organize each le type in a different le group to have a better overview. In this case, the le group icon changes to the icon of the corresponding le type.

Each le group can contain multiple, customizable tab groups. For each tab group, you can dene a type precedence to instruct WaveLab Pro in which tab group a le of a given type should be opened by default.

You can export le groups as text les. File groups can also be imported in a project via a text le that contains le paths. These le groups open as a new le group tab.

The le group options are available via the context menu of the le group tabs.

The tab color of a le group indicates whether a le group contains modied les that have not been saved yet.

RELATED LINKS

Tab Change Indicators on page 89

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Creating File Groups

You can create empty le groups or le groups that are based on a template.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Click File Group.

3. Do one of the following:

● To create an empty le group, click Custom, select one of the options, and click

Create.

●

To create a le group that is based on a template, click Templates, and select a template.

RESULT

A new le group is created. If you selected a template, the new le group is based on this template and includes the corresponding layout and settings.

RELATED LINKS

Project Manager Window on page 68 Templates on page 90

Saving File Groups

File groups are automatically saved with the project.

RELATED LINKS

Saving Projects on page 67

Exporting File Groups as Text

You can export the names of the les inside a le group to a text le that contains the le paths.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Export.

2. Click File Group to TXT.

3. Specify a le name and location.

4. Click Export.

Searching for Open Files

The File Search and Keywords eld in the command bar allows you to search in all le tabs and access them. This allows you to quickly switch between le tabs if a lot of les are open.

To open a le tab, click in the File Search and Keywords eld or press Ctrl/Cmd-F, and

● start typing the le name that you want to access.

Once you stop typing or when you press Return, the rst le tab that contains the search term is activated.

To jump to the next le tab that contains the search term, press Ctrl/Cmd-Tab.

●

To jump to the previous le tab that contains the search term, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Tab.

●

To switch back to the last le tab that was active before searching, delete the text in the

● search

eld.

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RELATED LINKS

Command Bar on page 54

Value Editing

At various places in the program, numerical values can be edited by using a combination of text elds and knobs.

Values are sometimes composed of several elements, for example, 12 mn 30 sec 120 ms. Each value can be edited by using any of the following methods:

●

To change a value, click in a value eld and type a new value, or click the small arrows in the value eld.

To change the value by one unit at a time, press Up Arrow or Down Arrow.

To change the value using the mouse wheel, position the mouse cursor over a value, and use the mouse wheel, or use the AI knob of your MIDI controller.

To change the value with the mouse, click a value and drag the mouse up or down.

To jump to the maximum and minimum values, press the Home or End key, respectively.

To move from one element of the value to another, press Left Arrow or Right Arrow.

Drag Operations

WaveLab Pro makes much use of drag-and-drop techniques to perform various operations, some of which can only be performed this way. These are referred to as drag operations in this documentation.

● To drag an object, click and hold with the mouse when positioned on the object and drag it. Drop the object by releasing the button.

Many types of objects can be dragged between different source and destination locations, for example, les, text, clips, items in a list, and markers.

NOTE

It is also possible to drag and drop les from WaveLab Pro to Steinberg’s Nuendo.

● To reorder a tab within its own tabbed group, drag horizontally. To move a tab to another window, drag vertically.

● To open a le, drag it from the File Browser window of WaveLab Pro, from the File Explorer/macOS Finder, or from another application to the tab bar.

● To create a copy of a le, drag its tab vertically to another position of the tab bar, then press Ctrl/Cmd, and release the mouse button.

● You can dock and undock tool windows and meter windows via dragging.

RELATED LINKS

Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and Meter Windows on page 52

Dragging in the Audio Editor and Audio Montage Window

You can perform different operations depending on where you drag in the Audio Editor or Montage window.

To insert an audio le in another audio le, drag the title bar of the le onto the waveform

● of another Explorer/macOS Finder, or from another application into the Audio Editor.

le. You can also drag an audio le from the File Browser window, the File

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● To move a marker, drag it to another position on the time ruler.

● To create a copy of a marker, press Shift, and drag it to another position on the time ruler.

● To delete a marker, drag it upwards outside the time ruler.

●

● To change the extent of a selection range, position the edit cursor at the start/end of the

●

To copy an audio selection, drag a selected region of audio onto the waveform area of the same le or another le.

selection range, and drag to the left or right.

To move the edit cursor without losing the current selection, and to snap it to an anchor, press Shift, and move the mouse near the audio le/montage cursor. The mouse cursor shape changes and you can drag the cursor left and right.

To move the edit cursor without changing or losing the current selection, press Shift, click the edit cursor, and drag it to another position.

To scroll the waveform horizontally, click the bar above the time ruler and drag left or right. You can also click anywhere on the waveform using the 3rd mouse button, and drag left or right.

To create a generic marker from a selected text, drop the text that you have selected in an external application onto the time ruler. The text becomes the marker name.

To create a stereo copy of a mono le, or a mixed copy of a stereo le, drag a tab to another position of the tab bar, press Ctrl-Alt (Windows) or Option-Ctrl (Mac), and release the mouse button.

Dragging in the Podcast Window

● To reorder episodes in the episodes list, drag them to another position.

Dragging in the Master Section

● To change the order of processing, drag effects between different effects slots.

Dragging in the Batch Processor Window

● To change the order in which plug-ins are processed, drag the plug-ins within the audio plug-in chain window.

● To add a le to a batch process, drag its le tab to the batch conversion tool or batch processor.

Undoing and Redoing

You can undo and redo as many operations as you like, even after saving the le. The only limitation is the available hard disk space.

By default, when undoing or redoing any operation in the Audio Editor or the Audio Montage window, the zoom factor, cursor position, scroll position, clip selection status, and time range are restored to the state before the operation.

To exclude the scroll and zoom settings when undoing/redoing, select File > Preferences >

● Global, select the Display tab, and deactivate Undo/Redo Does Not Scroll/Zoom Audio.

This is useful if you make an operation, zoom in on the changed area, and then undo the operation to see the change, for example. When you do this, you do not want snapshots to be restored and change your scroll and zoom settings.

To undo or redo an operation, click Undo or Redo in the title bar of the Audio Editor

● or Audio Montage window.

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Version History

The version history allows you to view a history of all versions and to revert to a previous version.

History window, you can see all versions of the audio montage or audio le that you are

In the working on.

In the WaveLab Pro history, each version consists of an audio le or audio montage that can be restored. Each edit to the audio

The Audio Montage window and the Audio Editor have independent History windows.

You can undo and redo operations, and restore previous versions, even after saving the le. The initial version is at the top of the list, the most recent version is at the bottom of the list.

The name of the operation that created the version is shown in the Version row in the History window.

Reverting to Previous Versions

You can revert to previous versions of your audio le or audio montage.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Audio Montage window or Audio Editor, select Tool Windows > History.

2. In the History window, do one of the following:

● Double-click the version to which you want to return.

● Right-click the version to which you want to return and select Restore Selected

Version.

● Right-click the version to which you want to return and select Open Selected

Version in New Tab.

le or audio montage creates a new version.

RELATED LINKS

History Window for Audio Montages on page 74 History Window for Audio Files on page 75

Replacing Audio with Samples from Previous Versions

In the Audio Editor, you can replace the selected audio range with the same audio range of any previous version. This allows you to restore a previous audio version while keeping the edits you have done to the rest of the audio.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Audio Editor, select the audio range that you want to replace with a previous version.

2. Select Tool Windows > History.

3. In the History window, right-click the version that you want to restore and select Replace Selected Audio with Samples from This Version.

RESULT

Replacing audio with samples from previous versions creates a new version in the history. If necessary, the restored audio is automatically cross-faded with the existing audio before and after the replaced audio range.

The Locate Edit in History option allows you to quickly nd the version of an edit in the History window.

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RELATED LINKS

Locating Edits in the History on page 78

History Window for Audio Montages

This window shows all versions of the audio montage that you are working on. You can undo and redo operations, and restore previous versions. The initial version is at the top of the list, the most recent version is at the bottom of the list.

● To open the History window, open the Audio Montage window and select Tool

Windows > History.

History List

In the history list, the following columns are available:

Version

Shows the type of operation that created the corresponding version.

Time

Shows the time of the operation.

Description

Allows you to add a description to a version.

Functions Menu

The following options are available via the Functions menu:

Undo/Redo

Undoes/Redoes the last operation. You can use undo/redo even after saving.

Restore Selected Version

Restores the selected version.

Open Selected Version in New Tab

Opens the selected version in a new tab.

Delete Selected Version

Deletes the selected version from the history.

Clear History

Clears the history. This frees up memory and hard disk space. If you clear the history, you cannot undo any previous operations.

Keep Undone Versions

By default, if you revert to a previous version, all versions that were created after the selected version are deleted. To keep all versions in the history even if you revert to previous versions, activate Keep Undone Versions.

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EXAMPLE

You have done edits A, B, C, and D. Now you undo edits C and D. Then you do edit E. In the default version history, the history now contains the edits A, B, and E. If Keep Undone Versions is activated, the history contains the edits A, B, C, D, and E. That is, even after undoing steps, you can still revert to the undone versions.

History Window for Audio Files

This window shows all versions of the audio le that you are working on. You can undo and redo operations, and restore previous versions. The initial version is at the top of the list, the most recent version is at the bottom of the list.

● To open the History window, open the Audio Editor, and select Tool Windows > History.

History List

In the history list, the following columns are available:

Version

Shows the type of operation that created the corresponding version.

Time

Shows the time of the operation.

Description

Allows you to add a description to a version.

Functions Menu

The following options are available via the Functions menu:

Undo/Redo

Undoes/Redoes the last operation. You can use undo/redo even after saving.

Restore Selected Version

Restores the selected version.

Open Selected Version in New Tab

Opens the selected version in a new tab.

Replace Selected Audio with Samples from This Version

Replaces the audio selection with the audio samples that are located at the same range inside this version of the history.

Delete Selected Version

Deletes the selected version from the history.

Clear History

Clears the history. This frees up memory, hard disk space, and any involved audio les. If you clear the history, you cannot undo any previous operations.

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Keep Undone Versions

Edit Indicators

Edit indicators allow you to see where audio parts have been edited. You can then recover previous versions of the edited parts without losing the changes you have made to the rest of the audio. Edit indicators are only available in the

Edit indicators are located at or around an edit position in the audio le. Each audio channel has its own edit indicators. The edit indicators are located at the bottom of each audio channel. You can show or hide edit indicators and make them snap to magnets with magnetic bounds. By default, edit indicators are only displayed in the main view of the activate edit indicators in the overview.

NOTE

By default, if you revert to a previous version, all versions that were created after the selected version are deleted. To keep all versions, activate Keep Undone Versions.

For example: You have done edits A, B, C, and D. Now you undo edits C and D. Then you do edit E. In the default version history, the history now contains the edits A, B, and E. If Keep Undone Versions is activated, the history contains the edits A, B, C, D, and E. That is, even after undoing steps, you can still revert to the undone versions.

Audio Editor.

Audio Editor. You can also

Edit indicators are generated automatically when you edit an audio le or use undo/redo. You cannot edit or name edit indicators. Edit indicators are temporary and are not saved with the audio

le.

You can change the color of edit indicators in the Audio Files Preferences on the Style tab.

Types of Edit Indicators

Modied audio between two edit indicators

These edit indicators surround an audio section that has been modied, while the audio to the left and to the right of this audio section remains unchanged. This allows you to use the Recover function to replace the audio part with a previous version of that audio part. This does not affect the changes that you have made to the audio located to the left and the right of the edit indicator pair.

Cut at the end of an audio le

These edit indicators show that the end of the audio le has been cut off. You can use the Recover function when you place the edit cursor at the edge of the edit indicator.

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Cut at the start of an audio le

These edit indicators show that the start of the audio le has been cut off. You can use the Recover function when you place the edit cursor at the start of the audio le.

Cutoff audio

These edit indicators show that audio has been cut off. The audio to the left and to the right of the edit indicators belongs to the same audio le. You can use the

Recover function when you select the audio range around the edit indicators.

Spliced audio

These edit indicators show a spliced audio le where the audio to the left and to the right of the edit indicators belongs to different audio les. In this case, the Recover function has no effect. However, you can use Replace Selected Audio with Samples from This Version in the History window to replace the audio selection with audio samples that are located at the same range inside the selected version of the history.

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RELATED LINKS

Magnetic Bounds in Audio Files on page 125

Showing/Hiding Edit Indicators

You can use edit indicators in the main view and overview of the Audio Editor. You can show or hide edit indicators for each view and audio le individually or hide edit indicators globally.

PROCEDURE

● In the Audio Editor, at the bottom of the main view and overview, do one of the following:

● To show/hide edit indicators for each view and audio le individually, click Show/

Hide Edit Indicators.

● To show/hide edit indicators globally, right-click Show/Hide Edit Indicators and

click

Show Edit Indicators by Default.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Indicators on page 76

Locating Edits in the History

You can locate the position of edit indicators in the History window of the Audio Editor. This allows you to see when a certain edit was performed, to review the edit in context with other edits in the history, and to replace audio with samples from previous versions.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Audio Editor, place the edit cursor at an edit indicator or between a pair of edit indicators.

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2. Select the Edit tab.

3. In the History section, right-click Recover, and click Locate Edit in History.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Indicators on page 76 Replacing Audio with Samples from Previous Versions on page 73

Recovering Original Audio Samples

You can replace the selection range with the original audio samples. This allows you to undo all edits of an audio section without undoing edits that you made to the rest of the audio le.

Recovering original audio samples creates a new version in the History window.

NOTE

In order for the recover function to work, the audio to the left and to the right of an edited audio section must belong to the same audio le.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Audio Editor, place the edit cursor at an edit indicator or between a pair of edit indicators.

2. Select the Edit tab.

3. In the History section, click Recover.

RESULT

The edit is undone and the corresponding edit indicator is removed.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Indicators on page 76

Navigating Backwards and Forwards

In audio les and audio montages, you can navigate to the previous/next cursor position, zoom factor, and selection range without undoing/redoing the edit operation.

● To navigate backwards or forwards, click Navigate Backwards or Navigate Forwards

in the title bar of the Audio Editor or Audio Montage window.

Zooming in the Workspace Window

You can zoom in the Workspace window according to the standard zoom techniques.

Zooming Horizontally

● When you zoom out as far as possible, the entire le ts in the window.

● When you zoom in as far as possible, each sample occupies several pixels on the screen. This allows for sample-accurate editing of waveforms.

Zooming Vertically

● When you zoom out as far as possible, the height of the wave ts in the window.

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● As you progressively zoom in, the display only shows a part of the total height. The vertical scrollbar lets you adjust exactly which section is shown. Check the ruler to see which part of the waveform is shown in the display.

● To optimize the vertical zoom of the waveform, press Ctrl/Cmd, the time ruler, keep the mouse button pressed, and drag the mouse up or down.

High Zoom Level

● When the zooming level is very high, each sample is shown with a step and a bullet. The steps show the real digitized state, while the bullets make it easier to see the samples, especially for zeroed samples.

● The curve also represents an estimation of the analog reconstructed signal to give hints on true peaks.

Zooming in the Overview and Main View Sections (Audio Editor Only)

● You can have different zoom levels in the overview and in the main view section. In the overview, a range indicator on the time ruler indicates which section of the le is displayed in the main view.

The range indicator is only shown if Sync with Other View is deactivated.

● To adjust the zoom level, drag the edges of the range indicator.

● To scroll in the main view, drag the range indicator. The range indicator is located at the top of the overview display.

● To adjust the zoom level using the scrollbar, drag the edges of the scrollbar.

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Zooming Using the Zoom Controls

Both the main view and the overview have horizontal and vertical zoom controls.

To zoom horizontally, click the Horizontal Zoom control, and drag left or right, or use the

● mouse wheel.

●

To zoom vertically, click the Vertical Zoom control, and drag up or down, or use the mouse wheel.

●

To fully zoom-out, double-click the zoom controls.

Zooming Using the Zoom Tool

The Zoom tool is used to zoom in a specic section of the waveform so that it occupies the entire wave window. This is only available in the Audio Editor.

Using the Zoom Tool in the Main View

The selection that you make in the main view of the wave window is magnied and lls up the entire main view.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Audio Editor, select the View tab.

2. In the Zoom section, click Zoom.

3. In the main view of the wave window, click and drag left or right, and release the mouse

button.

The selected part of the wave now occupies the entire main view.

Using the Zoom Tool in the Overview

The selection that you make in the overview of the wave window is displayed in the main view.

PROCEDURE

● In the overview of the wave window, click and drag left or right, and release the mouse button.

RESULT

The selected range of the waveform is shown in the main view.

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Zooming Using the Mouse

With the mouse, you can change the zoom factor by clicking and dragging or by using the mouse wheel.

To zoom horizontally, in the wave window or the montage window, position the mouse

● cursor over the time ruler, click, and drag up or down.

● To zoom horizontally while maintaining the cursor position, position the mouse cursor over the time ruler, press Shift, and drag up or down.

For this, you can also use the mouse wheel. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift, point at a waveform, and use the mouse wheel.

●

To zoom horizontally around the mouse cursor position using the mouse wheel, press

Ctrl/Cmd, point at a waveform, and use the mouse wheel.

●

To zoom horizontally around the edit cursor position, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift, point at a waveform, and use the mouse wheel.

●

To zoom vertically using the mouse wheel, press Shift, point at a waveform, and use the mouse wheel.

Audio Editor Only

● To zoom vertically, in the wave window, position the mouse cursor over the level ruler, click, and drag left or right.

● To reset the vertical zoom to 0 dB, double-click the level ruler.

● To set the vertical zoom to the best value, that is, the current minimum and maximum displayed samples, make sure that the level ruler is set to 0 dB, and double-click the level ruler.

Zooming Using the Keyboard

A quick way to zoom the active wave or montage window is to use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard.

● To zoom horizontally in the active wave window or montage window, press Up Arrow or

Down Arrow.

● To zoom vertically in the active wave/montage window, hold Shift, and press Up Arrow or

Down Arrow.

● To zoom vertically to t the available height, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Up Arrow.

● To zoom out fully, press Ctrl/Cmd-Down Arrow.

● To zoom in fully, press Ctrl/Cmd-Up Arrow.

NOTE

You can increase or decrease the zoom steps with the Interval for Zoom Key Command option. You can set this option in the Global Preferences on the Options tab.

RELATED LINKS

Global Preferences on page 603

Zoom Options

The zoom options allow you to quickly access various zoom settings.

The zoom options are available in the Audio Editor and the Audio Montage window on the View tab in the Zoom section.

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Time

Opens a pop-up menu that allows you to adjust the zoom to display the selected time range. Zoom in 1:1 zooms in so that one pixel on the screen represents one sample.

To edit the zoom factor, click Edit Zoom Factor. This opens the Zoom Factor dialog, where you can edit the following settings:

● Set Time Range allows you to specify the time range that you want to display.

● Samples per Screen Point allows you to specify how many audio samples are

summarized in each screen point.

● Screen Points per Sample allows you to specify how many screen points are

used to represent a single audio sample.

Zoom

Activates the Zoom tool that allows you to dene a time range that is zoomed in.

Zoom Selection

Zooms the window so that the current selection occupies the entire montage window.

Display Whole Clip (Audio Montage window only)

Adjusts the view to display the active clip.

View All

Displays the entire audio range.

Microscope

Zooms in as far as possible.

Zoom in Audio (10x)/Zoom out Audio (10x)

Zooms in/out in big steps.

Zoom in Audio/Zoom out Audio

Zooms in/out in small steps.

Level

Adjusts the zoom to only display samples below the selected dB value.

Optimize Vertical Zoom (Audio Editor only)

Changes the vertical zoom factor so that the peaks are clearly visible. This adjustment is done according to the section of the wave that is visible in the wave/ montage window.

Reset Zoom to 0 dB

Adjusts the zoom to display audio levels up to 0 dB.

Zoom in Vertically/Zoom out Vertically

Zooms in/out to show waveforms with a lower/higher level.

Zooming in Audio Montages

Zooming options in the Audio Montage window are almost similar to those in the Audio Editor. However, there are additional zooming options for tracks and the Wave Matching window for displaying a close-up view of the beginning of the selected track.

RELATED LINKS

Wave Matching Window on page 301

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Zoom Buttons in the Audio Montage

The zoom buttons in the Audio Montage window allow you to apply zoom presets.

To set the zoom setting to t the active clips in 25 %, 50 %, or 100 % of the available space,

● click the corresponding buttons.

●

To select a specic area, click Ctrl/Cmd, and drag the rectangle over the tracks and clips that you want to zoom in on.

Displaying More or Less Tracks

The number of tracks that are displayed in the Audio Montage window can be changed with the zoom controls in the lower right corner of the montage window.

●

To display more tracks, click the smaller magnifying glass icon.

● To display fewer tracks, click the larger magnifying glass icon.

● To make a single track t the whole montage window, click the numbered button in the track control area, and select

You can also right-click the lower area of a track, and select Display Whole Clip from the pop-up menu.

Presets

You can create presets to save commonly used settings. WaveLab Pro provides a selection of factory presets that can be used by most dialogs.

You can save customized presets. The next time that you load the program, the presets are available.

Presets are saved as single les and can be organized in subfolders. The root folder of the preset is different for each type of preset and cannot be changed.

Saving a Preset

PROCEDURE

1. Open the dialog that you want to use and modify the parameters.

2. Open the Presets pop-up menu and select Save As.

3. Optional: Click the folder icon and enter a name for the subfolder that you want to use as

the location for this preset.

4. Type in a name.

5. Click Save.

Zoom from the pop-up menu.

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Loading Presets

To apply a saved preset or a factory preset to a dialog or plug-in, you must load the preset.

PROCEDURE

1. In the dialog, open the Presets pop-up menu.

2. Select the preset that you want to apply.

Modifying a Preset

You can modify a preset and save the changes.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the dialog that you want to use.

2. Load the preset that you want to modify.

3. Modify the parameters of the dialog.

4. Open the Presets pop-up menu and select Save.

Deleting a Preset

PROCEDURE

1. Open the dialog that you want to use.

2. Select the preset that you want to delete.

3. Open the Presets pop-up menu and select Organize Presets.

4. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, select the preset le that you want to delete, and press

Delete.

Saving and Restoring Temporary Presets

Some dialogs allow you to save and load up to 5 temporary presets. This is useful if you want to quickly test and compare different settings.

Saving Presets Temporarily

PROCEDURE

1. Open the dialog that you want to use and make your settings.

2. Open the Presets pop-up menu.

3. From the Store Temporarily submenu, select a slot.

Restoring Temporary Presets

PROCEDURE

1. Open the dialog in which you have saved a preset.

2. Open the Presets pop-up menu.

3. From the Restore submenu, select a preset.

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Recently Used Files

All les that you have recently used in WaveLab Pro are saved in a list. This helps you to gain fast access to recent projects. You can open recently used les via the File menu or the Recent Files tab, which displays more les and offers additional options.

Opening Recently Used Files

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Open.

2. Select the le type that you want to open.

3. Click Recent Files.

4. Optional: Use the search eld to enter the name of the le that you are looking for.

5. Select the le that you want to open.

6. Click Open.

Recent Files Tab

This tab allows you to view and manage all the les that you have recently used in WaveLab Pro. You can search for les, open multiple les at once, and remove individual les or les that cannot be located.

● To open the Recent Files tab, select File > Open, select one of the le types, and click

Recent Files.

Only Show Files Created by WaveLab Pro

Only shows the les that have not been opened since they were created by WaveLab Pro. For example, a le that is rendered has this status until it is opened.

Search eld

Lets you search for text in the Name or Path column, depending on which column is selected.

Remove Non-Existing Files

Removes those les from the list that cannot be located on the medium.

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Remove Selected Files

Removes all selected les from the list.

Open

Opens the selected les.

Filtering Recently Used Files by Name

The search eld in the Recent Files tab allows you to lter the les list by name.

● To specify whether the Name or the Path column is used, click the Name or Path column header.

●

To search for a le, enter the text that you want to search for in the search eld.

●

To switch the focus from the search eld to the list of recently used les, press

Down Arrow.

●

To switch the focus from the list of recently used les to the search eld, press Ctrl/Cmd-F.

Setting the Number of Recently Used Files to Display

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Preferences > Global.

2. Select the Display tab.

3. In the History section, set the maximum number of items to be listed in the following

areas:

● Maximum Number of Items in Recent File Menus

● Maximum Number of Items in Recent Files Window

● Maximum Number of Items in the Recent Folders Menus

Favorite Files

You can add les that you are using regularly to the favorite les list.

● To open the favorite les list, select File > Open, select the le type, and click Favorites.

● To add the open le to the favorite les list, click Add Current File.

● To open a le from the favorite les list, select a le from the le list, and click Open.

● To remove les from the favorite les list, select the les that you want to remove, and click Remove Selected Files.

● To remove les from the list that are no longer present on the medium, click Remove Non-

Existing Files.

Favorite Files Tab

This tab allows you to display and edit the favorite les list.

● To open the Favorite Files tab, select File > Open, select the le type, and click Favorites.

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List of favorite les

Shows the favorite les.

Lets you lter the favorite les list by name.

Remove Non-Existing Files

Removes les from the list that are no longer present on the medium.

Remove Selected Files

Removes all selected les from the list.

Add Current File

Adds the open le to the favorites list.

Only Show Files Created by WaveLab Pro

If this option is activated, the list displays only les that were created by WaveLab Pro, but have not yet been opened.

This allows you to quickly access les that were created in WaveLab Pro via the Save

As or Render option, for example.

Open

Opens the selected les in WaveLab Pro.

Filtering Favorite Files

The search eld in the Favorite Files tab allows you to lter the favorite les list by name.

● In the Favorite Files tab, enter the text that you want to search for in the search eld.

● To switch the focus from the search eld to the favorite les list, press Down Arrow.

● To switch the focus from the favorite les list to the search eld, press Ctrl/Cmd-F.

RELATED LINKS

Favorite Files Tab on page 87

Save and Save As

You can save les under the same name and location or specify a new name, location, and le format when saving.

Once a le has been saved, select File > Save, or press Ctrl/Cmd-S to update the le and

● make the changes permanent.

If you want to specify a new name, location, and/or le format, select File > Save As.

●

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NOTE

In the Audio Editor, all save operations except Save Copy clear the undo history, which means that after saving you cannot undo or redo.

Tab Change Indicators

The colored tab corner gives information on whether a le is saved or not, and whether the le has been rendered in Cubase.

White

The le is not modied.

Green (Audio Editor only)

The le uses a decoded le format and is saved.

Red

The le has been modied and changes have not been saved yet.

Yellow

The le has been rendered in Cubase.

Unsaved changes indicator

When you have made changes to a le, an asterisk is displayed next to the le name until you save the

le.

Saving Multiple Files at Once

You can save some or all open les at once.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the File window and click Save All.

2. Select the les that you want to save.

3. Click Save.

Saving Copies of Files

You can save copies of les that you are working on.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Save As.

2. Specify a name and location.

3. Right-click Save and select Save Copy.

Reverting to Saved File

You can revert the le that you are working on back to its last saved state. This undoes all the changes made to the le since it was last saved.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Open.

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2. Select the le type that you want to open.

3. Click Revert to Saved File.

4. In the warning dialog, click Yes to revert to the last saved state.

RESULT

The last saved version of the le is loaded from disk.

Automatic Backups

You can automatically create backups of your les to prevent data loss.

For example, if you select Save As and specify a le name that is already used in that folder, you will be asked if you want to replace the existing old le. If you click Replace and Keep Old, the backup name of the audio le that is replaced will be the original name, with .bak added at the end.

Saving Audio Montages

The saving operations for audio montages are the same as for audio les. However, there are things to note when saving audio montages.

le or replace the existing le and rename the

● Audio montage les only contain references to audio les. If you want to rename audio

● If the audio montage contains clips that refer to untitled audio les, save these audio les

RELATED LINKS

Renaming Files on page 95 Save and Save As on page 88

Templates

You can save le settings that you regularly use as templates. Templates are useful when creating new audio les, audio montages, podcasts, projects, or batch processors.

Templates Tab

This tab shows all templates, and allows you to create and open templates.

● To open the Templates tab, select File > New, select a le type, and click Templates.

les that are referenced by audio montages, rename the audio les in the Info window of the Audio Editor. All clip references are updated automatically.

before saving the audio montage.

List of the available templates

Lists all saved templates.

Add Template

Allows you to add a new template or update an existing template.

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Explore

Opens the folder where the template les are located. Here, you can rename and delete templates.

Use Template Name as Default File Name

If this option is activated and you click Add Template, a new le is created and uses the name of the template. If this option is deactivated, the name of the new “untitled”.

Creating Templates

You can create a template from an active audio montage, audio le, podcast, project, or batch processor le and use it as a basis for newly created les.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select the le type for which you want to create a template.

3. Click Templates.

4. In the Templates tab, do one of the following:

●

To create a new template, click Add Template, make your settings, and click Create.

● To update an existing template, click Add Template, enter the name of the template

that you want to update, and click

5. Optional: If you want to use the template name as the default le name, activate Use Template Name as Default File Name.

6. When saving or updating an audio le template or an audio montage template, you can

make additional settings.

● When saving an audio le template, the Audio File Template dialog opens. Here,

you can select whether

● When saving an audio montage template, the Audio Montage Template dialog

opens. Here, you can select whether to include track plug-ins, clips, and/or markers. Also select whether WaveLab Pro should attach an audio le format.

le is

Create.

WaveLab Pro should attach an audio le format.

Audio File Template Dialog

The Audio File Template dialog displays the audio properties of the audio le template that you are creating. You can also specify whether to always associate a specic audio le conguration with optional metadata when creating an audio le template or not.

● To open the Audio File Template dialog, select File > New, click Audio File, and click Templates. In the Templates tab, click Add Template.

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Attach Audio File Format

If this option is activated, whenever you open the Render or Save As dialogs, the audio le conguration specied below is proposed by default.

Template Name

Allows you to enter a name for the template.

Audio Montage Template Dialog

In the Audio Montage Template dialog, you can set various options when creating an audio montage template.

● To open the Audio Montage Template dialog, select File > New, click Audio Montage, and click Templates. In the Templates tab, click Add Template.

Include Clips

If this option is activated, clips are saved in the template.

Include Track and Montage Plug-ins

If this option is activated, track plug-ins and montage plug-ins are saved in the template.

Include Markers

If this option is activated, markers are saved in the template.

Attach Audio File Format

If this option is activated, whenever you use the Render function in the Master Section, the audio le conguration specied below is proposed by default.

Template Name

Allows you to enter a name for the template.

File Group Template Dialog

The File Group Template dialog displays the le group name on which the template that you are creating is based on. You can also specify whether to include links to the les inside the le group in the template and specify the template name.

● To open the File Group Template dialog, select File > New, click File Group, and click Templates. In the Templates tab, click Add Template.

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Include Links to the Files Inside the File Group

If this option is activated, the links to the les that are included in the le group are included in the template.

Template Name

Allows you to enter a name for the template.

Project Template Dialog

In the Project Template dialog, you can set various options when creating a project template.

● To open the Project Template dialog, select File > New, click Project, and click

Templates. In the Templates tab, click Add Template.

Include Links to the Files Inside the Project

If this option is activated, the links to the les that are included in the project are included in the template.

Set as Default Project

If this option is activated, the template is used as the default project when you start WaveLab Pro.

Template Name

Allows you to enter a name for the template.

Creating Files From Templates

You can create a le from a template to use its settings.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select the le type that you want to create.

3. Click Templates.

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4. From the list of the available templates, select the template that you want to take as the basis of the new le.

Deleting Templates

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select the le type for which you want to delete templates.

3. Click Templates.

4. Click Explore.

5. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, delete the templates.

Renaming Templates

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select the le type for which you want to rename templates.

3. Click Templates.

4. Click Explore.

5. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, rename the templates.

Setting Templates as Default

You can set a template as the default template that opens when you click New on the command bar.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select the le type that you want to open.

3. Select Templates.

4. Right-click a template and select Set as Default.

RELATED LINKS

Command Bar on page 54

Dening Shortcuts for Templates

You can dene key sequences and keywords for templates. This allows you to quickly open a template.

When you create templates from shortcuts, the option Use Template Name as Default File Name on the Templates tab is taken into account.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > New.

2. Select the le type that you want to open.

3. Select Templates.

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4. Right-click a template and select Dene Shortcut.

5. In the Shortcut Denitions dialog, edit the shortcut for the selected template.

6. Click OK.

RELATED LINKS

Templates Tab on page 90

File Renaming

You can rename a le and update all references automatically. For example, if you rename an audio le named India to Sitar, all open les that reference the le India are updated to reference the

Audio les, peak les, and marker les are also renamed accordingly.

The following les use audio le references:

●

Audio montages

●

DVD-Audio projects

le as Sitar.

Renaming Files

PREREQUISITE

If you want to rename a le that is referenced by other les, open the les that reference the le that you are about to rename in WaveLab Pro.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the le that you want to rename.

2. Select the File tab.

3. Click Info.

4. In the Name section, enter the new name and/or a new le location.

5. Select a le sux from the pop-up menu.

6. Click Apply Changes.

Naming Schemes

When rendering audio les or audio montages, you can create multiple les that are named according to a naming scheme.

Dening Naming Schemes

You can dene a naming scheme by combining name attributes that determine the structure of the le names for the rendered audio les or audio montages.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Naming Scheme dialog, click Add Attribute and select which attributes you want to add.

2. In the Settings section, make your settings.

3. Click OK.

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RELATED LINKS

Naming Scheme Dialog on page 96

Naming Scheme Dialog

The Naming Scheme dialog allows you to dene naming schemes for the audio les or audio montages that you want to render. You can save naming schemes as presets.

● To open the Naming Scheme dialog, select the Render tab in the Audio Editor or Audio Montage window, and activate Named File in the Result section. Then open the Scheme pop-up menu in the Output section, and select Edit.

Add Attribute

Allows you to add a naming scheme attribute. You can add free text, counters, and variables.

Used Attributes

Shows the naming scheme attributes. You can rearrange the attributes by dragging.

Separator

Allows you to select a separator.

Counter Start

Allows you to select the counter start.

Digit Number

Allows you to select the style of the digit number.

Ignore for Single File Rendering

If this option is activated, the naming scheme is only applied when rendering more than one le.

Convert to Lowercase

If this option is activated, all letters of the generated name are converted to lowercase.

Replace Spaces by Separator

If this option is activated, all spaces are replaced by the selected separator.

Preview

Displays a preview of your current settings.

Presets

Allows you to save and apply naming scheme presets.

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Deleting Files

You can delete the active le from within WaveLab Pro.

PREREQUISITE

The le that you want to delete is not copied to the clipboard, is not pasted into another le that is open, and is not open in another application.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the le that you want to delete.

2. Select the File tab.

3. Click Info.

4. Click Delete.

5. Click OK.

RESULT

The le, including its peak and marker les, is deleted.

Temporary Files

WaveLab Pro creates temporary les to store intermediary results of the audio le processing and for the undo/redo functions. You can specify where WaveLab Pro saves its temporary les and the processing precision of temporary les.

You can specify up to three different folders for saving temporary les. If you have access to more than one drive, saving your temporary les on a separate hard disk drive (not partitions) can speed up performance considerably.

For example, if your source les are located on the C: drive, you could specify D:\temp and E:\temp as temporary folders. This improves the performance and reduces disc fragmentation.

By default, WaveLab Pro creates temporary les in 32-bit oat. Use the 64 bit oat option if you want to create 64-bit oat audio les or 32-bit PCM les.

NOTE

Temporary les in 64-bit oat have double precision but take longer to read and write than 32-bit oat and their le size is twice as big.

You can change the processing precision of temporary les with the Temporary Files option. You can set this option in the Global Preferences on the Audio tab.

RELATED LINKS

Specifying Folders on page 98 Audio Tab on page 606

Work Folders vs. Document Folders

WaveLab Pro distinguishes between two types of folders: work folders and document folders.

In work folders, temporary les are saved.

●

Document folders contain WaveLab Pro-specic les, such as audio les, audio montages,

● etc.

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Specifying Folders

You can specify which document folder should open when you perform an open or save operation. You can also specify up to three work folders for temporary

PROCEDURE

1. Open the le for which you want to specify folders.

2. Select File > Preferences > Folders.

3. On the Folders tab, click the type of folder for which you want to specify a location.

4. Specify a location in the Folder eld.

5. Optional: Depending on the selected type of folder, you can make additional settings.

Folders Tab

On this tab, you can specify default document folders and work folders for each le type.

● To open the Folders tab, select File > Preferences > Folders.

les.

In the list on the left, you specify the folder type that you want to make settings for.

Folder for Temporary Files #1/#2/#3

You can specify three folders for saving temporary les. If your system comprises multiple hard disks, specifying one folder for temporary les on each of these hard disks can speed up le operations.

Companion Files

Specify a folder for saving companion les, that is, Master Section presets and view settings for audio les.

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Cache Folder

Activate Use Cache Folder for Decoded Files to specify a cache folder. The cache folder contains wave les that are created when you are working with les in compressed indenitely, WaveLab Pro checks the date of each le in this folder and deletes les that were created before a specic number of days. You can specify the number of days with the

If Use Cache Folder for Decoded Files is deactivated, the compressed les are decoded each time they are opened.

Audio File – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for audio les.

Audio Montage – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for audio montage les.

Batch Processor – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for Batch Processor les.

DVD-Audio Project – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for DVD-Audio Project les.

le formats, such as MP3 les. To prevent the cache folder from growing

Delete Files Older Than option.

File Group – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for File Group les.

Podcast – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for podcast les.

Project – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for project les.

Script (Audio File/Audio Montage) – Open Folder/Save Folder

The default open and save folders for script les.

Depending on the selected item, different settings are available on the right side of the dialog.

Current Folder

In this eld, the folder that is used as default is displayed. You can click the folder button to the right to navigate to a folder, or to create a new folder.

Keep Last Used

Uses the last folder for saving or opening les of the selected type.

Change When Save Folder Changes/Change When Open Folder Changes

Updates the default open folder when you change the default save folder, and vice versa. Activate this option for both the save folder and the open folder if you want a specic le type to use the same folder for saving and for opening this type of le.

Use for File Browser

In the File Browser, the folder does not change when you switch between le types by default.

If you activate Use for File Browser and deactivate Keep Last Used, the folder location that you have selected in the Current Folder eld of each le type is displayed when you switch between

If you activate Use for File Browser and Keep Last Used, the folder that you have selected in the Current Folder eld of each le type is displayed when you select a

le type for the rst time. When you then browse to another folder in the File Browser, the Keep Last Used behavior is used. That is, the last used folder for this

le type is displayed when you select the le type.

le types in the File Browser.

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You can make these settings for each le type independently.

On Reopening the Application, Revert to This Folder

Activate this option to restore a specic folder each time you open WaveLab Pro. This way, any changes to save/open folders are only temporary and are reset when you restart WaveLab Pro.

Copying Audio Information to the Clipboard

You can copy information about the name and location of the selected audio le, including any selection information and cursor position. This information can be pasted into an external text application.

This is useful if you need accurate le path/selection information when writing a script, for example.

PROCEDURE

1. Click the File tab.

2. Click Info.

3. Click Copy to Clipboard and select the information that you want to copy to the clipboard.

Setting the Focus on the Current File

If you are editing inside a oating window or a tool window and you want to switch the focus back to a wave/montage window, you can use the Set Focus on Current File option.

PROCEDURE

● In any window, press Ctrl/Cmd-F12, to set the focus on the wave/montage window.

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Steinberg Wavelab Pro - 10.0 Operation Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

New Features

WaveLab Pro Introduction

Platform-Independent Documentation

Help System

Conventions

Typographical Elements

Markup

Key Commands

Setting Up Your System

Connecting the Equipment

Audio Cards and Background Playback

Latency

ASIO-Guard

Setting up ASIO-Guard

Selecting an ASIO Driver

Selecting the Generic Low Latency Driver

Audio Connections Tab

External Effects

Assigning External Effects

Setting up External Effects

CD/DVD Recorders

Remote Devices

Remote Devices Tab

Selecting a MIDI Remote Control Device

Assigning a MIDI Controller to a Parameter

Assigning Custom Parameters to Plug-ins

Editing Changes in the Remote Control Devices Settings

CC121 Advanced Integration Controller

WaveLab Pro Concepts

General Editing Rules

Startup Dialog

Basic Window Handling

Closing Windows

Switching Between Files

Selecting Audio

Selecting a Range by Dragging

Audio Range Selection in an Audio File

Audio Range Selection in an Audio Montage

Range Selection Dialog

Memorizing Selection Length and Cursor Position

Selecting in Stereo Files

Switching the Selection Between Channels

Selecting in the Overview of the Audio Editor

Moving a Selection Range

Extending and Reducing the Selection

Extending and Reducing the Selection Using the Arrow Keys

Deleting Selections

Sliders

Renaming Items in Tables

File Browser

File Browser Window

Tab Groups

Creating File Tab Groups

Creating File Tab Groups in Empty Tab Groups

Using Tab Groups

Peak Files

Setting the Peak File Behavior

Rebuilding Peak Displays

Companion Files

Storing Companion Files in Another Location

Processing Precision

EBU Loudness Standard R-128

Workspace Window

Audio Editor

Audio Montage

Batch Processor

Podcast Editor

DVD-Audio

Script Editor

Control Window

Docking Tool Windows and Meters in a Control Window

Docking Tab Groups in a Control Window

File Tab

Info Tab

Tool Windows