User Manual

WAVELAB
28 – 680 Using samplers and creating loops
To use the Loop Tone Equalizer, proceed as follows:
1. Set up a basic loop of the length you desire.
This will probably not be a very good loop. If it was you wouldn’t need to use the Loop Tone
Equalizer.
2. Select Loop Tone Equalizer from the Sampling menu and click on the
Loop Tone Equalizer tab.
3. Make sure that either slice mixing or chorus smoothing is activated and
make the desired settings.
For slice mixing, you need to determine the number of slices. Only experimentation can tell
how many slices are needed, but generally, the more slices, the more natural the sound (to
a certain extent). However, the program puts a restriction on the number of slices, so that
each one is never shorter than 20 milliseconds.
For chorus smoothing, you can make the following settings:
4. Switch to the Pre-Crossfade tab and set up a crossfade.
You will need to use this feature since the Loop Tone Equalizer itself changes the timbre in-
side the loop and only there. This will mean that the transition into the loop will not be as
smooth as expected, unless you apply crossfading. Generally, this is the same as the cross-
fade in the Crossfade Looper window. However, the difference is that this crossfade is
made before and up to the loop start. The processed material created by the Loop Tone
Equalizer is added to the original material before the loop.
5. Click Apply, and the sound gets processed.
If you have playback going, repeating the loop, you will hear the change take effect after a
short while.
• You can undo the crossfade by selecting Undo from the Edit menu.
• If you click OK, the dialog closes and processing is made permanent.
If you click Cancel instead, the dialog closes and the waveform is reverted back to the way
it was before processing.
Option Description
Timbre This governs the amount by which the timbral characteristics of the sample
should be evened out. The higher the value, the more pronounced the ef-
fect.
Chorusing The delay time of the chorus effect varies with the modulation, which
causes a sweeping effect. What this parameter does is determine the
width and speed of the chorus sweep.
Enhance Warmth Creates a smoother, warmer sounding effect.
Stereo Expansion This increases the width of the sample in the stereo sound image.