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WAVELAB
11 – 270 Spectrum Editor
To apply Master Section processing, proceed as follows:
1. Select the Spectrum selection tool and define a region using the normal
methods.
The selected region should preferably be longer than one second. The frequency spectrum
of the region will be used to filter the sound. Note that if you intend to use the Render func-
tion, the selected region time range is what will be rendered – see “Rendering the Master
Section processing” on page 271.
2. Select “Master Section processing” in the Spectrum editor dialog.
This grays out all parameters in the dialog that are not applicable for this processing
method.
3. Select a Filter type (Pass-band/Low-pass/High-pass) from the pop-up in
the Filtering operations section in the dialog.
4. Specify a Filter steepness and Crossfade time (crossfading only applies
when Rendering).
Next step is to select how to route the selected (region) spectrum. The
options in the “Routing of selected spectrum” section in the dialog are as
follows:
• “Bypass” – this will mute the selected region spectrum.
• “Send to Master Section input” – this sends the selected region spectrum to the
Master Section input, allowing you to process the region separately using any
plug-ins.
• “Send to Master Section output (pre-master)” – this sends the selected region
spectrum to the Master Section output (no plug-in processing).
The same routing options are available for the non-selected spectrum (i.e.
for all frequencies outside the selected spectrum), but you can’t route
both the selected and non-selected spectrum to the same destination (as
that would be pointless).
• If you select to route the selected spectrum to the Master Section input
and bypass the non-selected spectrum, you can listen to the selected re-
gion spectrum separately (including plug-ins).
If you start playback, you will notice that the whole audio file is filtered according to the re-
gions spectrum – not just the region itself. You can move and resize the region during play-
back, and the filtering will change accordingly in real-time. This gives you a direct feedback
over how the region spectrum affects the sound.
• You should not use any plug-ins that change the number of samples, e.g.
Resampler in this mode.