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WAVELAB
27 – 654 Synchronizing WaveLab to external devices
Nudging sync offset
This is only possible when playing back an Audio Montage. For general in-
formation about nudging, see “Nudging on page 430.
For various reasons, you may find that there is a slight constant offset be-
tween the master and the slave during synchronized playback. This is ad-
justed with the time correction parameter in the Preferences–Sync tab.
However, trying to guess the correct time correction value in Stop mode
can be a time consuming process. Instead you can nudge the time correc-
tion value during playback and use your ears to find the optimum setting:
1. Pull down the Edit view Options menu and select “Synchro Offset
(SMPTE)” from the Nudge submenu.
You may also want to deactivate the “Auto Select” option on the Nudge submenu, to avoid
accidentally changing nudge target.
2. Activate synchronized playback as described above.
3. If WaveLab’s playback is “behind” the master, click the right Nudge icon
or press [F12].
This will skip samples, effectively “speeding up” WaveLab’s playback. This may cause
some clicks just after you nudge.
The timing adjustment will be audible after the playback latency time (displayed in the Pref-
erences–Audio device tab).
4. If WaveLab’s playback is “ahead of” the master, click the left Nudge icon
or press [F11].
This will add blank samples, effectively “slowing down” WaveLab’s playback. This may
cause some clicks just after you nudge. Furthermore, these blank samples will have to be
played back, resulting in a short silence, during which the Montage cursor will stay flickering
in one place.
As when nudging other Montage elements, you can use modifier keys to
determine the nudge “impulse”:
Modifier Impulse
No modifier (standard impulse) One frame
[Shift] (large impulse) One second
[Ctrl] (small impulse) 1/10 frame
[Ctrl]+[Shift] (micro impulse) 1/100 frame