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User Manual: Steinberg Wavelab - 8.5 - Operating Instructions Free User Guide for Steinberg Wavelab Software, Manual

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Table of Contents
Introduction
- The Help System
- About the Program Versions
- Typographical Conventions
- How You Can Reach Us
Setting Up Your System
- Connecting Audio
- About Audio Cards and Background Playback
- About Latency
- Defining VST Audio Connections
- CD/DVD Recorders
- Remote Devices
WaveLab Concepts
- General Editing Rules
- Startup Screen
- Basic Window Handling
- Selecting Audio
- Sliders
- Renaming Items in Tables
- File Browser
- Tab Groups
- Peak Files
- Companion Files
- EBU Loudness Standard R-128
Program Overview
- Command Bars
- Status Bar
- Context Menus
- Time Ruler and Level Ruler
- Value Editing
- Drag Operations
- Undoing and Redoing
- Zooming
- Managing Tabs
- Presets
- Saving a Picture of the Active Window
- Log Window
File Operations
- List of All Open Files Throughout the Application Dialog
- Recently Used Files
- Favorite Files
- Save and Save As
- Templates
- File Renaming
- Deleting Files
- Special Menu
- Temporary Files
- Work Folders vs. Document Folders
- Uploading to SoundCloud
- Copying Audio Information to the Clipboard
- Setting the Focus on the Current File
About Workspaces
- Audio Files Workspace
- Audio Montage Workspace
- Batch Processors Workspace
- Podcast Workspace
- Control Window
- Creating an Empty Workspace
- New Workspace Dialog
- Opening Files in a Workspace
- Organizing Workspace Windows
- Saving a Workspace Layout
- About Tool Windows
Playback
- Transport Bar
- Playing Back Only One Channel
- Starting Playback From the Ruler
- Using the Play Tool
- Playback Scrubbing
- Timecode Window
- Jog/Shuttle Function
- Scroll During Playback
- About Playback in the Audio Montage Workspace
- Speaker Configuration
Audio File Editing
- Wave Window
- File Handling in the Audio Files Workspace
- Changing the Audio Properties
- Meta-Data
- Silence Generator Dialog
- Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool
Audio Analysis
- Error Detection and Correction
- Global Analysis
- Audio File Comparator
- 3D Frequency Analysis
Offline Processing
- Applying Processing
- Gain Dialog
- Normalize Level Dialog
- Loudness Normalizer
- Pan Normalizer Dialog
- Envelope Dialog
- Fades in Audio Files
- Crossfades
- Inverting the Audio Phase
- Reversing Audio
- DC Offset
- Time Stretching
- Pitch Shift
- Pitch Quantize Dialog
- Pitch Bend
- Resample
- Effect Morphing
Audio Montage
- Montage Window
- Signal Flow in the Audio Montage
- Creating a New Audio Montage
- Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
- Import Options for Audio Montages
- Missing Files in Audio Montage Dialog
- Assembling the Audio Montage
- Rearranging Clips
- Clip Editing
- Audio Montages Within Audio Montages
- Managing Source Files of Clips
- Track Activity Indicator
- Envelopes for Clips
- Fades and Crossfades in the Audio Montage
- Clip Time Stretching
- Clip Pitch Shifting
- Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Master Output
- About the CD Window
- About Cloning Audio Montages
- Snapshots
- Mixing Down - The Render Function
- Loudness Meta Normalizer
- Navigator Window
- Notes Window
- About Groups
- Backing Up Audio Montages
- Multichannel Operations in the Audio Montage
- XML Export and Import of Audio Montages
- AES-31 Files Export and Import
Recording
- Setting Up the Recording Dialog
- Dropping Markers During Recording
- Recording Dialog
- Recording in the Audio Montage Workspace
Master Section
- Master Section Window
- Rendering
- Record From an ASIO Input
- Smart Bypass
- Saving a Master Section Preset
- About Monitoring Background Tasks
- About Dropouts
Markers
- Markers Window
- About Creating Markers
- Deleting Markers
- Moving Markers
- Moving Multiple Markers
- Navigating to Markers
- Hiding Markers of a Certain Type
- Converting Marker Types
- Renaming Markers
- About Selecting Markers
- Selecting the Audio Between Markers
- Binding Markers to Clips in the Audio Montage
- Exporting the Markers List as Text
- How Marker Information is Stored
Metering
- Metering Window
- Real Time vs. Non-Real Time
- Metering Monitor Modes
- About Meter Settings
- Multichannel Metering
- Resetting the Meters
- Using Presets in the Meter Windows
- Level Meter
- Loudness Meter
- Phasescope
- Spectroscope
- Spectrometer
- Bit Meter
- Oscilloscope
- Wavescope
Basic Audio CD
- Basic Audio CD Window
- About CD Markers
- Preparing a Basic Audio CD
- Opening CD Tracks for Editing
- About Playing Back Files in the Track List
- Saving Basic Audio CD Tracks as Separate Files
- Saving Basic Audio CD Tracks as One File
DVD-Audio
- Structure of a DVD-Audio Project
- DVD-Audio Formats
- DVD-Audio Format Considerations
- DVD-Audio Window
- Preparing a DVD-Audio
- Opening Audio Montages for Editing
- Checking the DVD-Audio Conformity
Writing Operations
- Write Audio CD or DDP Dialog
- Erase Optical Media Dialog
- About Writing Audio Files
- About Writing Audio Montages
- Write DVD-Audio Function
- Data CD/DVD Projects
- About Audio CD Formats
Spectrum Editing
- Spectrum Display
- Surgical Processing
- Master Section Processing
- Spectrum Editor Window
- Defining a Region for Spectrum Editing
- Processing Frequency Ranges via the Master Section
Auto Split
- Auto Split in Audio Files
- Auto Split in Audio Montages
Loops
- Basic Looping
- About Refining Loops
- About Looping Seemingly Unloopable Audio
- About Sample Attributes
Generating Signals
- Signal Generator
- DTMF Generator
Importing Audio CD Tracks
- Import Audio CD Dialog
- Importing Audio CD Tracks
- Searching Track Names on the Internet
- Submitting Track Names to the Internet
- About Ultra-Safe Mode
- Converting Audio CD Tracks to an Audio Montage
- Converting Audio CD Tracks to a Basic Audio CD
Batch Processing
- Overview of the Batch Processors Workspace
- About Off-Line Processors
- Working with the Batch Processors Workspace
- Watch Folders
- XML Files in Batch Processing
Batch Conversion
- Batch Conversion Dialog
- Batch Converting Files
Batch Renaming
- Batch Renaming Dialogs
- Batch Renaming Files
- Batch Renaming Markers
- Batch Renaming Clips
- Renaming Operation Categories and Types
- List of Renaming Operations
- Preview Section
- Range Parameters
- Previewing and Performing All Renaming Operations
- About Regular Expressions
Podcasts
- Podcast Workspace
- Global Podcast Options
- Creating a Podcast
- Setting Up a FTP for Podcast Publishing
- Publishing a Podcast
- FTP Site Dialog
- Checking the Podcast
Master Projects
- Setting Up a Master Project
- Saving a Master Project
- Writing Files of a Master Project to Data CD/DVD
- Master Project Window
Customizing
- Window Layout
- Customizing the Wave Window and the Montage Window
- About Customizing Shortcuts
- Plug-ins Organization
- Variables and Text Snippets
- About Scripting
Configuring the Software
- About Global Preferences
- Audio File Editing Preferences Dialog
- Audio Montage Preferences Dialog
- Settings Management
- Multi-User Settings
- About External Tools
Plug-in Reference
- Built-in Plug-ins
- Steinberg VST 3 Plug-ins
- Sonnox Restoration Toolkit
- Legacy Plug-ins
- Dithering Plug-ins
- ASIO Plug-ins
- Batch Processing Plug-ins
Index

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