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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
- Welcome!
- Key command conventions
- How you can reach us
Installing and setting up
- Setting up the computer
- Installation procedure
- Register your software!
- Launching WaveLab Studio
- Program settings
- Installing a CD/DVD recorder
- Installation done! Where do I go next?
- About the Tracer application
Overview
- Get to know WaveLab Studio
- The windows and what you can do with them
- Find your way around in WaveLab Studio
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 audio properties and file attributes
Playback and recording
- Playing back
- Recording
Metering
- Introduction
- The meters
Off-line processing
- Introduction
- Applying processing
- Level Normalizer
- Gain Change
- Loudness Normalizer
- Dynamics
- Level envelope
- Fade-in and fade-out
- Crossfade
- Invert Phase
- Reverse
- Eliminate DC Offset
- Waveform Restorer
- Time Stretch
- Pitch Correction
- Pitch Bend
- Harmonization
- Hi-fi Chorus
- EQ
- Convert sample rate
- 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
- The Monitor window
Spectrum Display
- Selecting Spectrum display mode
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
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
The Audio Montage
- Introduction
- The Audio Montage window
- Assembling the Montage
- Zooming and navigating
- Playing back
- Recording
- Rearranging clips
- 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
- Mixing down - The Render function
- Preparing the Audio Montage for CD burning
- Creating an Audio CD report
Burning an audio CD
- Introduction
- Selecting a CD-R unit
- Testing an audio CD before burning
- Writing a CD
- 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 tracks
- Importing audio CD tracks into WaveLab Studio
Creating labels
- Introduction
- Using the Label Editor
- Positioning objects
- Defining user variables
- Printing labels
Analysis
- Global analysis
- 3D Frequency Analysis
Generating signals
- Audio Signal Generator
- DTMF Generator
Synchronizing WaveLab Studio to external devices
- Introduction
- MTC sync
Sampling and creating loops
- Introduction
- Using WaveLab Studio with Steinberg HALion
- Editing sample attributes
- Basic looping
- Using the Crossfade Looper
- Using the Loop Tone Equalizer
Requirements
- This is what you need…
- Computer requirements
- About audio cards
- About the System Information feature
Customizing
- What is customizing?
- Preferences
- Folder editing
- Saving the window layout
- Styling WaveLab Studio - Wave windows
- Styling WaveLab Studio - Audio Montage windows
- Working with window layouts
- Setting default size and position for windows
- Creating a Favorites menu
- Customizable key commands
- Organizing plug-in processors
Plug-in processor reference
- About WaveLab Studio plug-ins
- VST Plug-ins
Troubleshooting
- General problems
- Problems with opening files
- Problems with saving files
- Recording problems
- Playback problems
- Editing problems
- Troubleshooting and precautions
- 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
- View
- Zooming
- Processing
- Playback and cursor position
- Selecting
- Editing and Recording
- Markers
- Miscellaneous
- Index
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Key commands

Editing and Recording

General

Cut and Paste

Delete and Silence

Recording

When Record dialog is open

Undo and Redo

Markers

Miscellaneous

Key Command Function

[Shift]-[A] Open Wave Attributes dialog

[Ctrl]-[U] Open Audio Properties dialog

Key Command Function

[Ctrl]-[X] Cut

[Ctrl]-[C] Copy

[Ctrl]-[V] Paste

[Ctrl]+[Shift]-[V] Paste Append

Key Command Function

[Backspace] or [Del] Delete current selection

[Ctrl]-[Space bar] Silence current selection

[Ctrl]+[Shift]-[Space] Insert silence

[Ctrl]-[Backspace] Trim (to selection)

[Ctrl]+[Del] Smooth delete

Key Command Function

[*] (Multiply on the nu-

meric keypad)

Open Record dialog

Key Command Function

[Ctrl]-[M] Drop generic marker

[Ctrl]-[L] Drop generic region start marker

[Ctrl]-[R] Drop generic region end marker

[Ctrl]-[P] Pause

[Ctrl]-[Enter] Record

[Ctrl]-[0]

(Numeric keypad)

Stop record

[Ctrl]-[Y] Reset meters

Key Command Function

[Ctrl]-[Z] Undo

[F3] Undo

[Ctrl]+[Shift]-[Z] Redo

[F4] Redo

Key Command Function

[Ctrl]-[M] Open marker list

[Insert] Drop new marker at cursor position (for example

during playback)

[Ctrl]-[Insert] Create Marker

Key Command Function

[F2] Open Rename dialog

[Alt]-[Ctrl]-[M] Maximize Wave or Montage window width

[W] View Window layouts

[Ctrl]-[F9] Show/hide Master Section

[Ctrl]-[F10] Show/hide Monitor window

[Ctrl]-[P] Open Preferences dialog

[M] Magnetize Bounds on/off

[Z] Zero crossing on/off

[7] (Numeric keypad) Undo zoom/view/position change in Montage

[8] (Numeric keypad) Redo zoom/view/position change in Montage

[Shift]+[F5] Open a dialog where you can save a picture of the

active window.