User Manual

WAVELAB
7 – 148 Playback and recording
• Alternatively, if you have the “Support RF64 file format”option activated,
the standard Wave file format switches automatically to the RF64 file for-
mat as soon as the file size exceeds 2 GB, without any performance loss
or interruption. This is especially useful when recording very long ses-
sions as there is no need to worry about file size limit (apart from available
disk space). A RF64 file will still have the “.wav” extension but can only be
opened with an application that supports the RF64 standard.
3. If you have selected one of the “Named File” options in the step above,
type in the path to the desired destination for the file on the line below the
pop-up or click the folder button and specify a file location.
If you activate the Auto number checkbox, a three-digit number will be added to the file
name. Starting at the number you specify in the value field to the left of the checkbox, the
Auto number will be increased in increments with each new recording, to prevent existing
files from being overwritten.
4. Click the file format button at the top of the Record dialog, and decide on
a recording format. WaveLab lets you record directly into a number of dif-
ferent formats (see “Supported file formats” on page 113 for details).
In the Audio File Format dialog that appears, you can among other things choose the desired
format, sample rate, number of channels to record (see “Multichannel recording” on page
521) and bit resolution. Click the question mark icon in the respective dialog for details.
The Audio File Format dialog
If you choose a bit resolution not supported by your audio card, you will not
be able to record.
5. Click OK to close the Audio File Format dialog.
6. Select an appropriate Input mode, depending on whether you want to
record the audio card input or the Playback output: