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WAVELAB
6 – 118 Editing in the Wave window
3. If you wish to change other attributes of the file (e.g. mono/stereo status,
bit resolution or sample rate), click the button at the bottom of the dialog.
This opens the Audio File Format dialog where you can specify the desired properties of the
converted file.
The Audio File Format dialog
4. After making the desired settings, close the Audio File Format dialog and
click Save.
A new file is created. The original file is not affected by the operation. For detailed descriptions
of the settings in the Audio File Format dialog, click the question mark icon in the dialog.
If you change the sample rate, bit resolution and number of channels, the
following operations are performed:
• If you only wish to change the bit resolution you can do this directly in the
“Audio Properties” dialog (see “Editing audio properties” on page 127)
instead and perform a standard save.
Property Action
Sample Rate If a new sample rate is specified, a sample rate conversion will be performed
(see “Convert sample rate” on page 210).
Bit Resolution If a different bit resolution is specified, the file is either “truncated” down to
8 bits, or “padded” up to 16 bits. If you convert to 8 bits, the audio is auto-
matically normalized.
If you are converting to a lower bit resolution, you should consider adding
dithering – see “The Dithering pane” on page 231.
Mono/Stereo If the file is converted from mono to stereo, the same material will appear in
both channels. If the conversion is from stereo to mono, a mix of the two
channels will be created (clipping is prevented in the mixing process).