Steinberg Wavelab Elements 8 Manual

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About Saving Audio Montages
The saving operations for audio montages are the same as for audio 
files. However, there are things to note when saving audio montages.
•Audio montage files only contain references to audio files. If you 
want to rename audio files referenced by audio montages, use the 
Rename dialog. All clip references are updated automatically.
• If the audio montage contains clips that refer to untitled audio files, 
save these audio files before saving the audio montage.
Templates
You can create a template from an active audio montage, audio file, 
Podcast, or batch processor document and use it as a basis for newly 
created files.
Creating a Template
Templates are useful when creating new audio files, audio montages, 
Podcasts, or batch processes.
PREREQUISITE 
Set up the audio file, audio montage, Podcast, or batch processor file 
properties.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File > Export > Template.
2. In the Save Template dialog, do one of the following.
• To create a new template, select New, enter a name, and click OK.
• To update an existing template, select Update.
3. When saving or updating an audio file template or an audio 
montage template, you can make additional settings.
• When saving an audio file template, the Audio File Template 
Parameters dialog opens. Here, select whether WaveLab 
Elements should propose a specific audio file configuration with 
optional meta-data when saving an audio file. 
						

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• When saving an audio montage template, the Audio Montage 
Template Parameters dialog opens. Here, select whether to 
include track plug-ins, clips, and/or markers. Also select whether 
WaveLab Elements should propose a specific audio file configuration 
with optional meta-data when rendering an audio montage.
4. Click OK.
Audio File Template Parameters Dialog
This dialog displays the audio properties of the audio file template that 
you are creating. You can also specify whether to always propose a 
specific audio file configuration with optional meta-data when creating 
an audio file template or not.
In the Audio Files workspace, select File > Export > Template.
When saving, always propose a specific audio file configuration 
(with optional meta-data)
If this option is activated, whenever you open the Render or Save 
as dialogs, the audio file configuration specified below is proposed 
by default.
Audio Montage Template Parameters Dialog
In this dialog, you can set various options when creating an audio 
montage template.
In the Audio Files workspace, select File > Export > Template. 
						

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Include track and master plug-ins
If this option is activated, track plug-ins and master plug-ins are 
saved in the template.
Include clips
If this option is activated, clips are saved in the template.
Include markers
If this option is activated, markers are saved in the template.
When saving, always propose a specific audio file configuration 
(with optional meta-data)
If this option is activated, whenever you open the Render dialog, 
the audio file configuration specified below is proposed by default.
Setting a Template as Default
You can set a template as default template.
PREREQUISITE 
Create a template with the settings that you want to use as default 
settings for a file.
PROCEDURE
1. In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > New 
from.
2. From the templates list, select the template that you want to use as 
the default template.
3. Click Set as default.
4. Click OK.
RESULT 
When you select New, a file based on the selected template is created. 
To remove the default template setting, click the Do not set as default 
button. 
						

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Creating a File From a Template
You can create a file from a template to use its settings.
PROCEDURE
1.In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > New 
from.
2. From the list of the available templates, select the template that you 
want to take as the basis of the new file.
3. Click Open.
Create From Template Dialog
This dialog shows all templates. Here, you can open and delete them, 
and set a default template.
In the any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > New 
from. If no template exists, the dialog will not open.
List of the available templates
Lists all saved templates.
Use template name as default document name
If this option is activated, the new file uses the name of the template. 
If this option is deactivated, the name of the new file is “untitled”.
Set as default
Saves the selected template as default template.
Open
Creates a new file from the selected template.
None
Creates a new file without any reference to a template. 
						

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File Renaming
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Explore
Opens the folder where the template files are located. Here, you 
can delete templates.
File Renaming
The Rename function allows you to rename a file and update all 
references automatically. For example, if you rename an audio file named 
“India” to “Sitar”, all currently open files that reference the file “India” are 
updated to reference the file as “Sitar”.
Audio files, peak, and marker files are also renamed accordingly.
Renaming a File
PROCEDURE
1.Select the file that you want to rename.
2. In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > 
Rename.
3. Enter the new name and/or a new file location.
4. Select a file suffix from the drop-down list.
5. Click OK.
Rename File Dialog
In this dialog, you can choose a new file name, file extension, and folder 
location for the active file.
In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > Rename. 
						

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Name
Type in the new name.
File extension drop-down list
Select a case for the file extension.
Change folder
If this option is activated, you can change the folder location of the 
file.
NOTE
This is only possible within the same drive partition.
Keep as default
If this option is activated, the same path is selected next time you 
open the dialog. This is useful if you need to move several files 
successively.
Deleting Files
You can delete the currently active file from within WaveLab Elements.
PREREQUISITE 
The file that you want to delete is not copied to the clipboard, is not 
pasted into another file that is open, and is not open in another 
application.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the file that you want to delete.
2. In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > 
Delete.
3. Click OK.
RESULT 
The file including its peak and marker files, is deleted. 
						

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Special Menu
From this menu you can select various file related options, for example, 
you can add the active file to a Data CD/DVD, or Podcast.
In any workspace, except the Control Window, select File > Special.
Depending on the workspace, not all options are available.
Information
Displays information about the active file.
Add to Data CD/DVD
Adds the active file and all the related files to a Data CD/DVD.
Add to Podcast
Adds the active file to a Podcast.
Reveal in Windows Explorer/Mac OS Finder
Opens the Windows Explorer/Mac OS Finder to show the location 
of the active file.
Copy to clipboard
Opens a menu, from which you can select which information about 
the active file you want to copy to the clipboard.
Create a file link on the desktop (Windows only)
Creates a file link on the desktop. The link opens the file with the 
default application associated with the file type.
Temporary Files
Temporary files are used for certain operations, such as the undo/redo 
functions. You can specify where WaveLab Elements saves its 
temporary files.
For example, if your source files are located on the C: drive, you could 
specify D:	emp and E:	emp as temporary folders. This improves the 
performance and reduces disc fragmentation.
RELATED LINKS:
“Specifying Folders” on page 68 
						

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Work Folders vs. Document Folders
WaveLab Elements distinguishes between two types of folders: work 
folders and document folders.
In work folders, temporary files are stored. Document folders contain 
WaveLab Elements-specific files, such as wave files, audio montages, 
etc.
Specifying Folders
You can specify which folder should open when you perform any open 
or save operation (document folder). You can also specify up to three 
folders for temporary files (work folder).
PROCEDURE
1.Open the workspace for which you want to specify document 
folders.
2. Select Options > Folders.
3. Click the type of folder for which you want to specify a location.
4. Specify a location in the Folder field.
5. Optional: Depending on the selected type of folder, you can make 
additional settings.
6. Click OK.
Folders Dialog
In this dialog, you can specify default document folders and work folders 
for each workspace.
In any workspace, select Options > Folders. 
						

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In the list to the left, you specify the folder type that you want to make 
settings for. The following options are available:
Folder for temporary files
Specify a folder for storing temporary files.
Companion files
Specify a folder for storing the companion files, that is Master 
Section presets and view settings for audio files.
Cache folder
Activating Use cache folder for decoded files allows you to 
specify a cache folder. The cache folder contains wave files that 
are created when you are working with files in compressed file 
formats, such as MP3 files. To prevent the cache folder to grow 
indefinitely, WaveLab Elements checks the date of each file in this 
folder and deletes files that were created before a certain number 
of days.
When Use cache folder for decoded files is deactivated, the 
compressed files are decoded each time they are opened.
Audio File - Open Folder/Save Folder
The default open and save folders for audio files.
Audio Montage - Open folder/Save folder
The default open and save folders for audio montage files.
Depending on the selected item, different settings are available on the 
right side of the dialog:
Current Folder
In this field, the folder that is currently used as default is displayed. 
You can click the folder button to the right to navigate to a folder, 
or to create a new folder.
Keep last used
Uses the last folder for saving or opening files of the selected type.
Change when save-folder/open-folder changes
Updates the default open folder when you change the default save 
folder, and vice versa. Activate this option for both the save folder 
and the open folder for a specific file type to use the same folder 
for saving and for opening this type of file.
On opening the application, revert to this folder
Activate this option to restore a specific folder each time you open 
WaveLab Elements. This way changes to save/open folders are 
only temporary and reset when you restart WaveLab Elements. 
						

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Setting the Focus on the Current File
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Setting the Focus on the Current File
If you are editing inside a floating window or a tool window and want to 
switch back the focus to a wave/montage window, you can use the Set 
focus on current file option.
PROCEDURE