User Manual

WAVELAB
Introduction 1 – 13
• External gear plug-in allows you to process audio via external equipment.
• New Audio input plug-in replaces the Live input feature, with the option to record
the incoming signal.
• Option to save an audio selection as an Audio Montage clip.
• Redesigned graphic user interface in all menus and dialogs.
• Auto Split enhancements includes Split to specific file length and Split according
to a text file (XML support).
• Clip files can be created when using Auto Split.
• The Loudness Normalizer allows you specify the desired loudness of a file to a
given value. A high quality limiter coupled with multi-pass analysis ensures very
accurate results.
• The Pan Normalizer allows you to process the left/right audio channels in a stereo
file to the same loudness.
• The Level envelope processor can control the level of an audio file or selection
using an envelope curve.
• The Pitch Quantize processor can automatically detect and correct the pitch of
an audio file.
• Effect morphing - gradually blend two processed audio ranges with a custom en-
velope for sample accurate effect transitions.
• Global Bypass tool compensates for the loudness difference between pro-
cessed/unprocessed audio.
• New Edit folders dialog manages all default file folders used by WaveLab.
• Define up to 3 temporary file folders to further improve file performance.
• View settings files (extension “.mem”) can store/recall information relating to a spe-
cific audio file such as window/zoom/scroll positions, Master Section preset etc.
• Audio peak files (extension “.gpk”) can now be stored in a separate folder.
• Improved graphic speed for displaying large files. Peak files can also be created
in the background with graphical progress monitoring.
• Updated preference dialogs.
• Advanced “Insert silence” function allows you to insert user specified ambient
background noise instead of silence, with optional cross-faded insertion.
• K-System support for loudness metering.
• New Audio Montage tab can manage all plug-ins used in a Montage in a variety of
ways. Copy and paste plug-ins between clips or tracks, or load and save whole
plug-in chains.
• Batch processing of Audio Montages.
• WaveLab can now be slaved to the ASIO Positioning Protocol, for sample accu-
rate synchronization.
• You can now assign MIDI commands for WaveLab functions.
Best of all, WaveLab is continuously developed and refined, in collabora-
tion with our users – from professional audio engineers to hobbyists. Your
input has helped make this version of WaveLab the most complete, flexi-
ble and user-friendly ever!