User Manual

WAVELAB
Master Section 10 – 223
About the Unlink mode
The Unlink button determines whether the faders should be individually
adjustable (indicated by a lit Unlink button) or “ganged”. Normally, you will
probably want Unlink deactivated, so that moving one fader also moves
the other by the same amount. Turning on Unlink allows you to correct im-
proper stereo balancing by adjusting the channels’ levels individually.
Note:
• If you offset the faders (with Unlink turned on) and then deactivate Unlink
again, you can adjust the overall level without changing the level offset be-
tween the channels.
In other words, moving one fader will move the other one by the same amount, relative to its
current setting. Note that the faders use an exponential scale – this means that when you
move one fader, the other does not follow in a linear fashion on the screen. However, the
audio result is what you expect.
• Fader offsets are not preserved at the end of the range of movement.
The Meters
The Master Section meters show the signal level of the signal before dith-
ering (or any other plug-in you have applied post-master fader – see
“Adding other plug-ins to the Dithering pane” on page 235). Use these to
get an overview of the signal levels.
• The numeric fields above the faders show the peak levels (the highest signal levels
reached) for each channel.
They will hold these values until you click on them to reset them.
• The red “LEDs” above the meters are clip indicators, which will light up whenever
the signal clips (exceeds the maximum available headroom).
If this happens, you should lower the faders, reset the clip indicators by clicking on one of
them, and play back the section again until no clipping occurs.
For critical level metering, we recommend using the level/pan meter (see
“The meters” on page 159). Not only is this more detailed, it’s also applied
after the whole Master Section (after dithering) and will thus show the ac-
tual signal level sent to the audio hardware.