User Manual

104 Audio File editing

Mix down a complete Audio Montage to an Audio File.

"Apply" all settings in the Master Section to a ﬁle in a Wave window.

When you render a ﬁle you can choose the format of the new Audio File and whether you

wish to create a new ﬁle or render the ﬁle in place. When the ﬁle is rendering you will

see a progress bar in the status bar.In WaveLab you can also view this Progress bar in the

Background tasks window (a shared tool window that can be set to ﬂoat independently).This

allows you to monitor the progress of rendering, pause and if necessary cancel the rendering

process.

Rendering tips

When you are new to the rendering process in WaveLab there are a few things to note:

when rendering a ﬁle with the default option "Bypass Master Section on resulting Audio

File" selected in the Render dialog, the Master Section will be bypassed completely

when the new ﬁle has ﬁnished rendering. If this option is not selected you will hear the

Master Section effects being played back on top of the newly rendered effects. You can

check if the Master Section has been bypassed by checking the status of the "Play

through Master Section" button, which is located at the bottom right hand corner of the

status bar.

the Master Section's "Bypass" switch affects playback only. So even if you can't

hear effects when you are playing back your audio, any applied effects are still rendered.

the "Effect on/off" switch for each individual plug-in affects both playback and

Rendering.

if you are working with an Audio File/montage that contains lots of effects and/or tracks

and you experience playback problems, it can be useful to mix down a copy of your

montage/audio ﬁle to free up some processing power. You can then continue editing

the resultant ﬁle with the effects rendered. Remember to save a copy of your session

before doing this so you can go back and edit any levels or effects if you need to.

For more information about choosing settings when rendering see the Render Wave window

and Render Montage window. For more information on applying effects see the Master

Section.