User Manual

WAVELAB
10 – 224 Master Section
The Mono button
If you activate the Mono button, the two channels will be summed to
mono. Furthermore, the output level is automatically reduced by -6dB, to
avoid clipping. The Mono button is useful for checking mono compatibility
of stereo mixes, etc.
• If the Mono button is activated, the red indicator for the Master level pane
will be lit, even if the master level isn’t adjusted.
This helps you avoid accidentally leaving the Mono button activated.
The Dropout indicator
This indicator lights up whenever WaveLab fails to properly play back as
little as a single sample of the currently selected wave. A dropout is most
likely to occur when your computer does not have the processing power
to adequately handle all effect processors you have inserted.
To avoid dropouts, try the following:
• Use fewer effects.
You might be running out of processing power.
• Consider “Rendering” the processing rather than running it in real time.
Then master from the processed file without any processors plugged in.
See “Rendering” on page 239.
Dropouts never occur when “Rendering” to a file.
• Do not process any files in the background while mastering digitally to a
DAT for example. See “Working with multiple files” on page 243.
• If neither of the above helps, please check the audio card preference set-
tings, you might need to adjust the audio buffer settings.
If a dropout occurs during a real-time mastering process (and if your mas-
ter needs to be flawless) we recommend that you re-master. Stop play-
back, click on the dropout indicator to reset it, and try again.
• As mentioned above, this indicator lights up as soon as even a single sam-
ple is not played back correctly. This type of precision is not often required,
but it’s there if you need it.