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WAVELAB
12 – 294 Batch processing
The available variables have the following functions:
There is one exception to the statements above, and this is drive names. If
you explicitly specify a drive name, this will always be used, regardless of
where the source is located and what type of variables are used.
For example, if you have a source file in “c:\MyFolder\” and specify
“e:\<SourcePath>\”, the new file will be stored in “e:\MyFolder\”.
We will also give two more examples of variables, to show you what
advanced specifications you can make:
Let’s say you have a file with the following path:
“c:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Sound.wav”. It is part of a batch titled
“Orange” with a “Banana” path specified for it.
Variable Function Example
Batch Name Creates a folder with the
name of the batch, as
specified on the Input tab
(see “Setting up file locations
and names” on page 292).
If you have a group called MyAudioFiles,
and the Destination file reads “c:\<Batch-
Name>\” the files will be stored in a folder
called “MyAudioFiles”, located in the root of
the C drive.
Batch Path Same as above, but instead
uses the path that can
optionally be specified for
each batch, see “Renaming
and setting attributes for a
batch” on page 279.
If the path “c:\MyFolder\” has been speci-
fied for a batch, the files in that batch will be
stored in a folder called “MyFolder” on the
root of the C drive.
Source file path This specifies the same path
as that in which the source
file(s) are stored.
Using this without any additional tags, will
put the outputs files in the same folder as
the source file. If you combine this with no
pre/suffix for file names (see below), the
output files will overwrite the original files.
Source file
path – down 1
Same as above, but specifies
a folder one level down in the
hierarchy.
If the source file is located in
“c:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\”, this speci-
fies the file location “c:\Folder2\Folder3\”.
Source file
path – down 2
Same as above, but specifies
a folder two levels down in
the hierarchy.
If the source file is located in
“c:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\”, this speci-
fies the file location “c:\Folder3\”.
No file output No output file is created at
all.
This is not a “variable” but a “constant”. If
you use this, nothing else should be entered
on the line. It is only useful for processors
that analyse the file (not producing any out-
put audio file at all) rather than process it.