User Manual

WAVELAB
6 – 116 Editing in the Wave window
• If you ever plan to export your files, or create high resolution DVD-A discs, in 24-
bit or 32-bit format, use this format or a better one (higher number) for your tem-
porary files as well.
• Use 32-bit if you want to create files with levels exceeding 0dB.
• Even if you only work with 16-bit files, selecting 24-bit for your temporary files can
improve audio quality slightly.
• For less critical applications where speed and disk space are crucial factors, use
16-bit temporary files.
About the “Erase Peak files…” option
This item allows you to erase all peak files from a selected folder.
A peak file is a small file with the extension “.gpk” automatically created by
WaveLab each time a file is modified or opened in WaveLab (if it hasn’t
been previously). The peak file contains information about the waveform,
and determines how it is drawn in the wave window.
For example, if you have stored your peak files (this is set in the Prefer-
ences dialog) in the same folder as your audio files, you may wish to erase
the peak files so that the folder only contains audio files. Erasing peak files
is safe, they will be recreated when needed.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select Erase peak files from the Tools menu.
A dialog opens.
2. In the upper field specify the folder with peak files to erase.
Check the “Also scan sub-folders” option if this is applicable.
• If you check the “Also erase files with these extensions” option, you can
specify other file types to erase in the set folder by typing in extensions
separated by a comma.
This option lets you erase peak or other temp files created by other applications for example.
Please note that the files will be permanently erased (not moved to the Recy-
cle bin)! It is possible to erase important files if you specify wrong extensions
or if you aren’t 100% sure of what you are doing. Therefore use this option
with caution!