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Table Of Contents

Introduction
- Welcome!
- What’s new in WaveLab 6.0?
- How you can reach us
Requirements
- This is what you need…
- Computer requirements
- Sampler requirements
- About audio cards
- About the System Information feature
Installing and setting up
- Setting up the computer
- Installation procedure
- Register your software!
- Launching WaveLab
- Program settings
- Installing a CD/DVD recorder
- Installing samplers
- Installation done! Where do I go next?
- About the Tracer application
Overview
- Get to know WaveLab
- The windows and what you can do with them
- Find your way around in WaveLab
Basic methods
- Why you should read this chapter
- Getting help
- Undo and Redo
- Working with windows
- Dockable control bars
- The status bar
- Speed menus
- Units of time and level
- Setting values
- Presets
- About non-modal dialogs
- Using the computer keyboard
Editing in the Wave window
- About this chapter
- Creating new empty documents
- Opening Waves
- Window overview and adjustments
- Setting the zoom factor
- Navigating through the file
- Snapshots
- Setting the ruler start position
- Working with a meter based display
- Setting the wave cursor position
- Selecting
- Basic editing commands
- File handling in Wave windows
- Editing attributes and getting information
- About the Loudness envelope display mode
Playback and recording
- Playing back
- Recording
Metering
- Introduction
- Selecting what to monitor
- Multi-channel metering
- The meters
Off-line processing
- Introduction
- Applying processing
- Level Normalizer
- Gain Change
- Loudness Normalizer
- Pan Normalizer
- Dynamics
- Level envelope
- Fade-in and fade-out
- Crossfade
- Invert Phase
- Reverse
- Eliminate DC Offset
- Waveform Restorer
- Time Stretch
- Pitch Correction
- Pitch Quantize
- Pitch Bend
- Harmonization
- Hi-fi Chorus
- EQ
- Convert sample rate
- Effect Morphing
- Support for reNOVAtor™
Master Section
- Introduction
- The Master Section window
- About the signal path
- The Master level pane
- The Effects pane
- The Dithering pane
- Master Section presets
- Rendering
- Smart bypass
- The Monitor window
- Audio Input
- Using External effects
Spectrum Editor
- Introduction
- Basics
- Defining a region
- Surgical processing
- Master Section processing
Batch processing
- Introduction
- Opening the Batch Processor
- Overview of the Window
- The Input tab – Assembling a list of files
- Setting up the processing tasks to be performed
- The Output tab – Settings for created files
- Scheduling
- Running and stopping the batch(es)
- Using presets for batch processing
Batch file encoding
- Basic procedure
Batch renaming
- Introduction
- Setting up which files/clips/markers to rename
- Renaming operations
- About regular expressions
Markers
- Introduction
- Creating markers
- About the marker list
- Marker appearance and visibility
- Editing, converting and naming markers
- Moving and duplicating markers
- Deleting markers
- Operations involving markers
Using Auto Split
- Introduction
- The Auto Split dialog
Preparing a Basic Audio CD
- Creating, opening and saving Basic Audio CDs
- About the Basic Audio CD window
- Adding files to a Basic Audio CD
- Setting the order of the tracks on the CD
- Deleting files from Basic Audio CDs
- Managing list columns
- “Unfolding” a track
- Opening CD tracks for wave editing
- About the relation between the track list and CD markers
- Working with CD markers
- Adjusting pauses
- Naming tracks
- Other settings
- Checking the total length of the CD
- Playing files in the track list
- Creating a disc image
- Exporting audio files from a track list
- Preparations done!
About the DVD-Audio format
- Background information
The Audio Montage
- Introduction
- The Audio Montage window
- Assembling the Montage
- Zooming and navigating
- Playing back
- Recording
- Rearranging clips
- The Zoom view
- Editing in the Clips view
- Managing clips and source files
- The volume envelope
- Using fades and crossfades in the Montage
- The pan envelope
- Transforming clips
- Adding effects to tracks and clips
- Managing effects in the Plug-ins view
- The Meta Normalizer
- Groups
- Using markers in the Montage
- Undo/Redo and History
- File handling in the Audio Montage
- Using video tracks
- Multichannel operation in the Montage
- Mixing down – The Render function
- Preparing the Audio Montage for CD/DVD- Audio burning
- Creating an Audio CD report
- Using DVD-A picture and text tracks
- Exporting and importing AES-31 files
- XML Export/Import of Audio Montages
DVD-Audio projects
- Creating and opening a DVD-Audio project
- Adding Montages to a DVD-Audio project
- The DVD-Audio project window
- The Main settings dialog
- Generating DVD menus
- DVD-Audio text
- Final preparations
Burning an audio CD
- Introduction
- Selecting a CD-R unit
- Testing a basic audio CD before burning
- Writing a CD
- Validating an audio CD after burning
- The audio CD format – Background information
Data CD/DVD Projects
- Introduction
- Creating a new Data CD/DVD Project
- Source window settings
- Destination window settings
- The Write dialog for the Data CD/DVD
Importing audio CD/DVD tracks
- Importing audio CD tracks into WaveLab
- Importing DVD-Audio tracks into WaveLab
Creating labels
- Introduction
- Using the Label Editor
- Defining user variables
- Printing labels
Analysis
- Global analysis
- Audio error detection and correction
- Audio file comparer
- 3D Frequency Analysis
- Loudness distribution tool
Generating signals
- Audio Signal Generator
- DTMF Generator
Synchronizing WaveLab to external devices
- Introduction
- MTC sync
- Sync to ASIO Positioning Protocol (APP)
Using samplers and creating loops
- Introduction
- Background information
- Setting up your sampler(s)
- Transmitting samples
- Receiving samples
- Deleting and getting information about samples
- The Transmit Back feature
- In case of problems
- Using WaveLab with Steinberg HALion
- Editing sample attributes
- Basic looping
- Using the Crossfade Looper
- Using the Loop Tone Equalizer
Audio Databases
- What is an Audio Database and why do I need it?
- Creating and opening Audio Databases
- How Audio Databases are saved
- Window overview and adjustments
- Adding files to the Audio Database
- Customizing the File List
- Selecting in the File List
- Finding out where files are located
- Opening a file for editing
- Playing a file
- Other file operations
- Working with categories
- Location operations
- Filtering the list
- Finding files
- Changing the default categories and keywords
Workspaces
- What are Workspaces?
- Creating and opening Workspaces
- How Workspaces are saved
- Creating, renaming and deleting groups
- File operations
Using WaveLab for backup
- Background
- Creating a Backup Plan
- Performing the backup
- Opening an archive
- Other functions
Customizing
- What is customizing?
- Preferences
- Folder editing
- Saving the window layout
- Styling WaveLab – Wave windows
- Styling WaveLab – Audio Montage windows
- Working with window layouts
- Setting default size and position for windows
- Creating a Favorites menu
- Customizable key/MIDI commands
- Organizing plug-in processors
Plug-in Processor Reference
- About WaveLab plug-ins
- VST Plug-ins
Sampler Details
- SDS - Generic Sample Dump Standard
- SMDI (Standard SCSI transfer)
- Akai S1000/1100 including PB models
- Akai S2000/S2800/S3000/S3200, including all “i”, CD, and “XL” derivatives etc.
- Ensoniq, EPS, EPS16+, ASR-10, ASR-88
- E-mu Esi-32
- E-mu EIV, e64 and other samplers running the EOS operating system
- Kurzweil K2000 and K2500
- Roland S-760
Troubleshooting
- General problems
- Problems with opening files
- Problems with saving files
- Recording problems
- Playback problems
- Editing problems
- Audio database and workspace problems
- Troubleshooting and precautions
- Sampler communication problems
- Problems and solutions
- Questions and Answers
- Day to day precautions for trouble free CD writing
- Hardware and setup issues
Key commands
- File handling
- Wave display mode
- Zooming
- View
- Playback and cursor position
- Selecting
- Editing and Recording
- Processing
- Markers
- Database
- Miscellaneous
Index

WAVELAB

8 Table of Contents

664 Receiving samples

664 Deleting and getting informa-

tion about samples

665 The Transmit Back feature

665 In case of problems

666 Using WaveLab with

Steinberg HALion

667 Editing sample attributes

669 Basic looping

671 Using the Crossfade Looper

679 Using the Loop Tone

Equalizer

683 Audio Databases

684 What is an Audio Database

and why do I need it?

685 Creating and opening Audio

Databases

685 How Audio Databases are

saved

686 Window overview and

adjustments

687 Adding files to the Audio

Database

693 Customizing the File List

693 Selecting in the File List

694 Finding out where files are

located

694 Opening a file for editing

694 Playing a file

695 Other file operations

699 Working with categories

702 Location operations

703 Filtering the list

704 Finding files

705 Changing the default

categories and keywords

707 Workspaces

708 What are Workspaces?

709 Creating and opening

Workspaces

709 How Workspaces are saved

710 Creating, renaming and

deleting groups

710 File operations

713 Using WaveLab for

backup

714 Background

715 Creating a Backup Plan

723 Performing the backup

725 Opening an archive

728 Other functions

729 Customizing

730 What is customizing?

730 Preferences

731 Folder editing

733 Saving the window layout

734 Styling WaveLab –

Wave windows

739 Styling WaveLab –

Audio Montage windows

744 Working with window layouts

745 Setting default size and posi-

tion for windows

746 Creating a Favorites menu

746 Customizable key/MIDI

commands

753 Organizing plug-in processors

759 Plug-in Processor

Reference

760 About WaveLab plug-ins

768 VST Plug-ins