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WAVELAB
12 – 274 Batch processing
Introduction
Batch processing is an extension of the Master Section Render function
(see “Rendering” on page 239). The big difference is that the Batch Pro-
cessor can work on any number of files, and process different files with
different settings. However, it also allows you to do a few other things that
are not available with the Render function:
• Have any number of processors applied.
• Use plug-ins not available in the Master Section, see “About the off-line proces-
sors” on page 287.
• Batch process Montages and wave files simultaneously.
• Work on files that aren’t open, and save the processed files directly to disk.
• Change the file format and name of files.
Furthermore, the Batch Processor is much more effective than rendering
multiple files simultaneously, especially when a large number of files are
processed. This is because it is more efficient for the computer to pro-
cess the files one after the other, rather than sharing the processing
power between a number of files, all processed “simultaneously”. The
truth is that the Batch Processor in WaveLab is really fast.
However, there are a few things that you can achieve with Render in the
Master Section that aren’t available from the Batch Processor. The “Ren-
der Region” feature (and the “No tail” and “Skip Mute sections” options)
are only available in the Render dialog. The “Render Region” feature is of
course an ideal way to render multiple files which in turn can be pro-
cessed in the Batch processor.
• Note that WaveLab also has a specific batch file encoding function, for
batch converting files from one format to another.
See “Basic procedure” on page 304.
• WaveLab also features powerful Batch renaming functions.
This is described in the chapter “Batch renaming” on page 307.
An example of the advantages of the WaveLab Batch Processor
Great care has been taken to make the WaveLab Batch Processor as ef-
fective as possible. We would like to give you an example to prove this. If
you are not yet familiar with the Batch Processor, you might not under-
stand all the details. Still, this text should give you an insight to the inner
workings of this extremely useful and effective part of the program.
Let’s say you set things up so that a three minute file should be processed
through the following chain of effects: