Steinberg Wavelab Elements 7 Manual
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Chapter 9 Interface Elements This section contains links to all of the various types of windows and dialogs within WaveLab Elements. Related topics Dialogs Shared tool windows Specific tool windows 9.1 Dialogs There are many dialog windows within WaveLab Elements that allow you to access all its features and processing power. You can get help on a particular dialog by using the Help button from within the dialog. Using the "What's this?" tool will help you to access detailed information on a dialog's parameters. See Getting Help for more information on. The following is a list of all the dialogs within WaveLab Elements that have help entries available: Insert link Audio File Format Dialog Audio Montage properties Audio properties dialog Audio Streaming Settings Batch Conversion CD Text Editor CD-Text Browser Customize Commands Data CD/DVD Document list dialog
104 Interface Elements Folder Preferences dialog Frequency range FTP site Change Level File attributes (OGG/WMA) Global analysis Import Audio CD Insert Audio Files Level envelope Loop Tone Uniformizer Global Preferences Save Master Section Preset Audio Montage Clone Audio Montage Preferences MP2 encoding MP3 attributes MP3 encoding Normalize Level OGG encoding Mix dialog Pitch correction Podcast options Repeat Clip Recording Dialog Rename File dialog CD Text Editor Render Montage window Render Wave window Sample attributes Modified files dialog Save Audio File dialog Save Batch Processor Save File As Save Preset As Save picture of active window Definition of shortcut(s) WaveLab Elements 7
9.1 Dialogs 105 Silence Generator Special File Format Time Format dialog Time stretching File attributes Audio File editing preferences Write Audio CD WMA encoding Write Data CD/DVD Loop Tweaker Zoom factor 9.1.1 Insert link This dialog allows you to insert a hyperlink to a web page in your podcast episode description. In "Title" enter the text that will form the active link. In "URL" enter the Uniform Resource Locator (i.e. web address) you wish it to open when clicked. Remember to include the full URL, for example: http://www.personalwebsite.com/index.html You can access this dialog from the Podcast Workspace via Episodein the list of Items, then click on above the "Description" field. The description of the feed content is a mandatory field. For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Podcasts 9.1.2 Audio File Format Dialog This dialog allows you to set the type of Audio File to be saved. Some file types will make some options unavailable. Clicking in Attributes (meta-data) produces the File Attributes dialog for adding non- audio information associated with a file. This option is only available for Wave, MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3), Windows WMA and Ogg Vorbis file types, and for each of these, the Edit command leads to a different dialog box. You can also save and restore settings. See Presets . You can access this dialog via File>Save as... >Output Format . The dialog is also available from other locations where Audio Files are saved, for example, via the Master Section's render dialog. WaveLab Elements 7
106 Interface Elements For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Presets 9.1.3 Audio Montage properties This dialog allows you to set/change the audio properties and number of channels of the active montage file. It appears when you first create an audio montage file and can also be edited later. It allows you to select an output mode for your project, choose how many channels you wish to work with and set the sample rate of the montage. Changing the values in this dialog will not process the audio in your montage in any way. However if you change the sample rate, the file will play back at the wrong pitch. You can access this dialog from the Audio Montage Workspace by choosing Edit>Audio Montage properties... . It is also displayed when you create a new audio montage by clicking on the "Create an empty document" icon or via File>New... . For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Workspaces 9.1.4 Audio properties dialog This dialog reports the audio properties of the active Audio File. It allows you to change the number of audio samples per second (the sample rate) and the accuracy of samples in the audio stream (the bit-rate). Changing the values in this dialog does not process the file in any way (in contrast to using Save as). However, the following rules apply: ˆ If you change the sample rate, the file will play back at the wrong pitch. ˆ If you change the bit resolution the file will be converted to the new resolution the next time you save it. Note that there is no Undo for this operation. If you save with a lower bit resolution, the file is permanently converted. You can access this dialog in the Audio File Workspace by choosing Edit>Audio prop- erties... . It is also displayed when you create a new Audio File using Edit>New... . For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help WaveLab Elements 7
9.1 Dialogs 107 Related topics 9.1.5 Audio Streaming Settings This dialog allows you to specify how WaveLab's internal input and output channels are connected to your sound card and which device you intend to use for audio playback and recording. You can define the buffer settings for your device as well as setting up connections to external gear such as external effects units. You should select at least two channels for stereo playback and recording. ˆ Control Panel - clicking this will launch your sound card settings application (usually installed with the audio card). In most cases this will provide settings for buffer size, digital formats, additional I/O connections, etc. depending on your sound card and driver. ˆ Playback tab - this allows you to select and name audio ports used for playback. ˆ Recording tab - this allows you to select and name your audio ports used for recording and input monitoring. The inputs you define here will then be available in the recording window. ˆ External gear tab - this allows you to select inputs and outputs to external audio processing equipment. For example, you can use this to buss audio out to an outboard effects unit and back into /app. ˆ Options tab - use this tab to specify the number of buffers and control driver function- ality (e.g. release the driver when the application is in the background, so that it can be used by other applications). You can also specify pre-roll and post-roll times. Windows MME/Built-In Audio If you do not have a third-party audio card you can select the Windows MME or Built-in Audio (Mac) options. You can also use MME with most third party audio cards, with the advantage that you can record and play at different sample rates. However, Windows MME drivers don't allow Audio Monitoring in the record dialog, and other drivers generally offer better sound quality and performance. You can access this dialog from Workspaces that support the playback of Audio Files by choosing Options>Audio Streaming Settings... . For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Recording Dialog 9.1.6 Batch Conversion This dialog allows you to convert the file format of a group of Audio Files. This could be useful for example, if you have a large number of Audio Files that you wish to encode as MP3 files, or a group of stereo files that you need to downsample and convert WaveLab Elements 7
108 Interface Elements to mono. You can also take maximum advantage of your computer's architecture if you have a multiple processor cores , by spreading the processing load across them. These settings are selected in the Multitasking tab. To use the Batch Converter tool: 1. Click on the plus sign icon to add files, (or just drag the files directly into the pane) 2. Define an output file location and file format 3. Choose any options or performance settings from the Options and Multi-tasking tabs 4. Click Start to begin (you can also choose an option to start the process automatically when dragging the file in). You can access this dialog by choosing Utilities>Batch conversion of Audio Files... For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Audio File Format Dialog 9.1.7 CD Text Editor This dialog allows you to add CD-Text data to an audio CD. CD-Text is an extension of the Red Book Compact Disc standard and allows you to store text information on an audio CD. Information such as the disk title, songwriter, composer and disc ID, can be added for example. The text data you enter is displayed by CD players that support the CD-Text format. In WaveLab Elements you can add information about the disk itself and each individual track. This information is entered in a series of text fields that scroll together horizontally. There is one pane of fields for the disk itself and a pane for each track. You can scroll between these with a slider bar. Buttons allow you to copy between fields to make entering information easier. Tip: Make sure the "Enable CD-Text Burning" checkbox is ticked before burning an audio CD if you wish to write CD-Text data. For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics CD Authoring CDs and DVDs Write Audio CD 9.1.8 CD-Text Browser This dialog allows you to view CD text information about the selected disk when importing an audio CD using the Import Audio CD dialog. WaveLab Elements 7
9.1 Dialogs 109 You can access this dialog from the Import Audio CD dialog viaFunctions >Examine CD-Text... . You can also access it via its icon in the Import Audio CD window. For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Import Audio CD 9.1.9 Customize Commands This dialog allows you to customize your own shortcuts for WaveLab Elements. It shows a list of already assigned shortcuts for WaveLab Elements commands and menu options. Each shortcut is restricted to a specific context, so you can re-use the same shortcut combination in different places. The exception is the Master Section where all shortcuts are global to the application. To edit shortcuts, double click on the shortcut text or its placeholder, or select a command and click Edit shortcut... See Definition of shortcut(s) for more information. Please note that some shortcuts cannot be edited, these are unavailable (grayed out). New keyboard shortcuts are displayed in blue. ˆ Display in command bar - For certain commands (those with icons displayed) you can also choose whether to display them in their corresponding command bar. To do this, select/deselect the option in the "Bar" column. You can define one key shortcut per command, each shortcut can be a sequence of up to four keystrokes. Note that for the Macintosh only, if a shortcut is made up of two or more keystrokes, the main menu only displays the first keystroke (this is a Mac OS X limitation). To reset some or all types of shortcuts to their factory defaults use the "Reset" button. To generate a reference of your customized shortcuts, use the "Summary" button to either view a webpage summary or to print out a list of all your command shortcuts. You can access this window from within various other dialogs in WaveLab Elements when you see the icon, or by choosing Options>Customize Commands... . For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Definition of shortcut(s) Command bars 9.1.10 Data CD/DVD This dialog allows you to arrange files and folders into a structure that you can later write as a "data" disk. WaveLab Elements 7
110 Interface Elements You can prepare a disk for a variety of media (CD-DA, DVD or Blu-ray Disk). The list of media devices displays the amount of data that will fit on each type of disk. As you add files, an indicator on the left (and a text display at the bottom) display how "full" your new disk is. You can enter a name for your disk and change the disk file structure before writing your data to an ISO image or writeable optical disk. Note: Although you can prepare a disk in any format, the types of physical disk you can burn will be limited by the optical drive connected to your computer. If you do not have a Blu-ray Disk writer connected, for example, you will not be able to write a Blu-ray Disk you may have prepared. However, you can still save it as an ISO Disk image and transfer it for remote burning. To prepare a data disk, follow these steps: Adding files Add files and folders to the disk by: ˆ dragging them directly from your computer's file browser. ˆ dragging a file from any Workspace by either dragging it by its title bar tab or using the document button . ˆ choosing File>Special >Add to Data CD/DVD from any of the editing Workspaces to add the currently focused file. Removing files To remove files from the file structure: ˆ select the files/folders you wish to remove and click on the red cross icon. To remove a group of files, hold down [Shift]while selecting the files/folders to remove. Please note that this does notdelete the files from the computer, only a reference to them. ˆ to remove all files/folders from the layout choose Reset. Editing the file structure To edit the arrangement of the files in your disk: ˆ drag files/folders to a different location in the file list pane. To move multiple files/folders hold down [Shift]while selecting the files/folders you wish to move. ˆ drag file/folders over a folder icon to move them into that directory. ˆ to add a new folder click on the folder icon. ˆ to edit the name of a file/folder, double click on its title. WaveLab Elements 7
9.1 Dialogs 111 Burning your disk Once you are happy with your disk layout you can write it to a disk or disk image: ˆ select a media type from the list of media devices. This will determine the maximum size and type of medium you will be writing to, whether it be CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disk or an ISO image of any of these. You can change the media type at any stage. ˆ enter the name that you want your disk to display when it is mounted as a data volume. ˆ to write your disk, click write CD/DVD icon. This opens the write CD/DVD dialog which enables you to burn your data disk to an ISO image or to an optical disk using a connected CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disk writer. For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Write Audio CD Blu-ray Disk ISO image 9.1.11 Document list dialog This dialog allows you to add a file to a document in a different Workspace. You can add the file to a new or existing Workspace document. Open documents are dis- played in the list box, or you can browse to find an existing document, or create a new one. For example, to add your Audio File to a Podcast, choose File>Special >Add to Pod- cast... . The Podcast can be a new or existing Podcast. Open Podcasts are displayed in the list box. You can access this dialog by choosing File>Special >Add to [Workspace]... . For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics Podcasts 9.1.12 Folder Preferences dialog This dialog allows you to set the folders where you prefer to save and open files, as well as options about how to automatically update them, or not, while using WaveLab Elements. Select a folder category from the list and then either type in the path to the directory or browse to select the folder via a standard file dialog. WaveLab Elements 7
112 Interface Elements Each Workspace has its own set of preferred folders, which are set from the Folder Prefer- ences dialog from that Workspace. To use this dialog, first select a folder category (from the left) and then define its path and options (on the right). A note on temporary files - this folder category specifies where WaveLab Elements should store its temporary files. These are used for operations such as Undo. If you have multiple drives, you should allocate each temporary folder to a unique physical drive. WaveLab El- ements then selects the source and destination folders on different physical drives, which speeds up file operations considerably. You can access this dialog by choosing Options>Folders... . For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help 9.1.13 Frequency range This dialog allows you to adjust the range of frequencies displayed in the 3D Frequency Analysis window. Use the spin controls to adjust the highest and lowest frequencies you wish to view. This can be useful for isolating a particular frequency range which you are trying to analyze. You can also choose to display frequencies using logarithmic or linear scaling, alter the color of the background and waveform, plus change the scale of the ruler. You can access this dialog via Analysis>3D Frequency Analysis >Edit frequency range (click on the frequency button). For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics 3D Frequency Analysis Value editing 9.1.14 FTP site This dialog allows you to enter information for uploading your Podcast and all related files to an online FTP server. You must specify all log-in details for your FTP site, the relative path to your podcast XML file and the web site address where the link to your Podcast is found, including the path to the feed. If in doubt about your FTP settings they can normally be supplied by your ISP. You can access this dialog via Publish>FTP Site... in the Podcast Workspace. For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?' question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help Related topics WaveLab Elements 7