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Playback and recording
3. Move the pointer to the lower part of the Wave win-
dow.
The pointer takes on the shape of a speaker.
4. Click and hold the mouse button to the left or right of
the vertical line.
Clicking to the left of the line will play the audio backwards and clicking
to the right will play the audio forwards. The playback speed is deter-
mined by the distance from the line to the pointer, so that the further
away from the line you move the pointer, the faster the playback.
5. Release the mouse button to stop playback.
6. Deactivate the Jog/Shuttle button on the Transport bar
by executing any stop command when finished.
Using ShuttlePro
WaveLab Studio features support for Contour Design’s
ShuttlePro Multimedia Controller. You can use the but-
tons on the ShuttlePro to perform the above described
Jog and Shuttle functions, as well as several other func-
tions such as zoom in/out, undo/redo, start/stop playback,
play selection, toggle loop mode, toggle jog & shuttle
mode, open file and save as. The WaveLab Studio func-
tions that can be performed with a ShuttlePro are defined
in a ShuttlePro preferences file called “WaveLab Shuttle
Pro.pref”, located in the WaveLab Studio/Tools folder.
If you want to use a ShuttlePro with WaveLab Studio, pro-
ceed as follows:
1.
Copy the preferences file from the WaveLab Studio/Tools
folder to the Shuttle
Pro Settings folder.
By default, this is C:\Program Files\Contour ShuttlePro\Settings.
2. Open the ShuttlePro control panel in your ShuttlePro
folder.
3. In the control panel, select “File – Import Settings” and
select the “WaveLab Shuttle Pro.pref” file.
4. Exit the ShuttlePro control panel.
You can now use the ShuttlePro with WaveLab Studio.
Scrolling during playback
The “Scrolling during playback” submenu on the Options
menu contains several options for how the view should be
scrolled in Play mode:
Ö Note: the two last options require a fast computer and
graphics card.
If you get dropouts during playback, please select another Scrolling
mode.
These options do not apply to playback using the Play
tool.
Recording
About automatic gain controls
Some audio cards may have a feature which automatically
sets the recording level for the microphone input. This fea-
ture is often called AGC (Automatic Gain Control). For
“professional” results we recommend that you deactivate
this feature using the software that came with the card.
Please note that if you leave this feature activated, the Mi-
crophone input gain control in the Mixer (see later in this
text) will have less effect on the recording level.
Option Description
Immobile view This disables scrolling completely.
View follows cursor In this mode, the waveform view will automati-
cally change when the Wave cursor reaches the
right side of the window during playback.
Scroll wave (partial) In this mode, the waveform view is scrolled con-
tinuously, attempting to keep the Wave cursor in
the middle of the view. However, if loop mode is
activated and the loop range fits on the screen,
no unnecessary scrolling takes place, allowing
for a more stable view of the loop. The program
will also “sense” the end of a file and stop scroll-
ing when it is “in view”, rather than when the end
is reached.
Scroll wave (always) In this mode, the waveform view is scrolled con-
tinuously, attempting to keep the Wave cursor in
the middle of the screen.
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For details on connections, recording levels, etc.
please refer to the documentation that came with
your audio card.