User Manual

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Overview
Get to know WaveLab Studio
Welcome to WaveLab Studio!
This chapter is intended to get you acquainted with the
program. We will here briefly describe its fundamental
functions and main features, so as to point you in the right
direction on your road to mastering all of the possibilities
that WaveLab Studio offers.
The windows and what you can do
with them
Working with WaveLab Studio, you will encounter a num-
ber of different windows that let you do different things.
Editing audio files, compiling files for burning CDs or
DVDs, applying effects and much, much more. This is an
overview of the main windows in the program.
The Wave window
This is a Wave window, a graphical representation of an
audio file. It consists of two parts – the lower is the Main
view, and this is where you can perform various audio ed-
iting operations such as copying, cutting, pasting, moving,
deleting, etc.
The upper part is the Overview and serves to let you easily
navigate through long files.
You can read more about the Wave window and the oper-
ations you can perform in it in the chapter “Editing in the
Wave window” on page 30.
The Audio Montage window
This is an Audio Montage window. An Audio Montage lets
you compile and edit multiple clips (references to audio
files on disk) on one or several tracks.
As you can see, the window consists of two panes. The
lower one is called the Track View, and this is where you
assemble the clips. The appearance of the upper pane de-
pends on which of the 10 tabs at the very top of the win-
dow is selected. These tabs give you access to various
functions.
After you have imported audio files as clips into an Audio
Montage, you can arrange, edit and play back the clips.
You can also apply effects, fades or crossfades, and much
more, and last but not least, you can directly create CDs.
All in all, the Audio Montage is an excellent tool for ad-
vanced music CD creation.
Read more about the Audio Montage and its features in
the chapter “The Audio Montage” on page 136.