User Manual

WAVELAB
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• Use system cache.
When this is deactivated (default), WaveLab reads files directly from the hard disk, bypass-
ing Windows’ file cache.
We recommend that you leave this option deactivated!
The option is available since it may remedy problems on certain systems with slow disk
drives. Note:
• If you activate this, avoid using large disk block buffer size values!
• After activating this option, you need to close and reopen all open files, for the
setting to take effect!
About latency
In the Playback section of the Audio device tab, you will find an indication
of the current latency (at 16bit/44.1kHz stereo). Latency is the delay be-
tween when audio is “sent” from the program and when you actually hear
it. The latency in an audio system depends on the audio hardware, its driv-
ers and their settings. It’s usually possible to reduce latency by lowering
the number and size of the playback/recording buffers. However, please
note:
While a very low latency can be crucial in a real-time DAW application such
as Steinberg Nuendo or Cubase, this is not strictly the case with WaveLab.
Here the important issues are optimum and stable playback and editing
precision. Therefore, you should not try to reach the lowest possible latency
figures when working with WaveLab. And again, should you get dropouts,
crackles or glitches during playback, raise the Buffer Number setting on the
Preferences–Audio device tab.