10.0
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- New Features
- WaveLab Elements Introduction
- Setting Up Your System
- WaveLab Elements Concepts
- General Editing Rules
- Startup Dialog
- Basic Window Handling
- Selecting Audio
- Sliders
- Renaming Items in Tables
- File Browser
- Tab Groups
- Peak Files
- Companion Files
- Processing Precision
- Workspace Window
- Project Handling
- File Operations
- Playback
- Transport Bar
- Play Button
- Stop Playback Button
- Playing Back Audio Ranges
- Playing Back from an Anchor or until an Anchor
- Using the Auto Selection Mode
- Skipping Sections During Playback
- Loop Playback
- Pre-Roll and Post-Roll
- Playback Shortcuts
- Save Transport Bar Preset Dialog
- Changing the Position of the Transport Bar
- Hiding the Transport Bar
- Audio-Processing Load
- Starting Playback From the Ruler
- Playback Scrubbing
- Scroll During Playback
- Playback in the Audio Montage Window
- Transport Bar
- Audio File Editing
- Wave Window
- Audio Editor Tabs
- File Handling in the Audio Editor
- Mono/Stereo Handling
- Supported File Formats
- Creating New Audio Files
- Saving an Audio File
- Saving in Another Format
- Encoding Audio Files
- Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
- Inserting Audio Files into Another Audio File
- Turning Selections Into New Files
- Special File Format Dialog
- Converting From Stereo to Mono and From Mono to Stereo
- Swapping Channels in a Stereo File
- Special Paste Options
- Moving Audio
- Copying Audio
- Changing the Audio Properties
- Metadata
- Mixing Down – Audio Files Rendering
- Silence Generator Dialog
- Bleep Censor
- Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool
- Audio Analysis
- Global Analysis
- 3D Frequency Analysis
- Offline Processing
- Audio Montage
- Montage Window
- Audio Montage Tabs
- Signal Path in the Audio Montage
- Creating New Audio Montages
- Audio Montage Duplicates
- Creating an Audio Montage from an Audio File
- Import Options for Audio Montages
- Missing Files Dialog
- Assembling the Audio Montage
- Tracks
- Clips
- Adding Audio Clips to the Audio Montage
- Dragging Audio from the Wave Window
- Inserting Audio from Open Wave Windows Using the Insert Menu
- Inserting Audio Using Copy and Paste
- Inserting Audio from the File Explorer/macOS Finder Using Copy and Paste
- Dragging Audio Files From the File Browser Tool Window
- Dragging Regions From the File Browser Tool Window
- Importing Audio Files
- Copying Clips From Another Audio Montage
- Mismatched Sample Rates When Inserting Audio Files
- Rearranging Clips
- Clip Editing
- Track Activity Indicator
- Envelopes for Clips
- Fades and Crossfades in Audio Montages
- Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Montage Output
- Montage Output Effects
- Inspector Window
- Adding Effects to a Track, a Clip, or to the Montage Output
- Removing Effects from Tracks, Clips, or the Montage Output
- Copying Effect Settings to Tracks, Clips, or the Montage Output
- Undoing Effect Changes
- Setting Pan and Gain for Effects
- Setting the Global Gain for Effects
- Plug-in Window
- CD Window
- Mixing Down – The Render Function
- Loudness Meta Normalizer
- Notes Window
- Importing a Basic Audio CDs
- Recording
- Master Section
- Markers
- Metering
- Writing Operations
- Loops
- Importing Audio CD Tracks
- Video
- WaveLab Exchange
- Podcasts
- Customizing
- Configuring WaveLab Elements
- Index
Dithering
Dithering is the technique of adding small quantities of noise to a signal to reduce the audibility
of low level distortion in a digital recording. A small amount of random noise is added to the
analog signal before the sampling stage, reducing the effect of quantization errors.
By adding a special kind of noise at an extremely low level, the quantization errors are
minimized. The added noise can be perceived as a very low-level quiescent hiss added to the
recording. However, this is hardly noticeable and preferred to the distortion that occurs
otherwise. The
Noise Shaping options allow you to lter this noise to a frequency area less
sensitive to the human ear.
In WaveLab Elements, dithering is applied when reducing the number of bits in a recording, for
example, when moving from 24 to 16 bits, and when applying processing.
NOTE
Dithering should always be applied after the output bus fader stage, and after any kind of audio
process.
Dithering Plug-ins
WaveLab Elements comes with an internal dithering plug-in. However, you can also add other
dithering plug-ins.
● To select and activate a dithering plug-in in the Master Section, click the plug-in slot in the
Final Effect/Dithering pane, and select one of the options from the pop-up menu.
● To deactivate the dithering plug-in, open the Final Effect/Dithering pop-up menu, and
select Remove Plug-in.
Adding Other Plug-ins to the Final Effect/Dithering Pane
If you want to use another dithering plug-in than the internal dithering, you can add it to the
Final Effect/Dithering pane.
NOTE
The meters in the Master Section monitor the signal before the Final Effect/Dithering pane. To
avoid clipping, check the level/pan meter and adjust the output level of the plug-in, if available.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File > Preferences > Plug-ins.
2. Select the Organize tab.
3. Locate the plug-in that you want to add to the Final Effect/Dithering pane in the list, and
activate the checkbox in the Final column for the plug-in.
RESULT
The plug-in is available via the pop-up menu in the Final Effect/Dithering pane, and can be
inserted after the Master Level faders. The plug-in is still available for selection as a regular pre-
master effect if the corresponding entry in the Effect column in the Plug-ins Preferences is
activated.
Master Section
Master Section Window
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