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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
New Features
WaveLab Elements Introduction
- Platform-Independent Documentation
- Help System
- Typographical Conventions
  - Structural Elements
  - Markup
- Key Commands
Setting Up Your System
- Connecting the Equipment
- Audio Cards and Background Playback
- Latency
- ASIO-Guard
  - Setting up ASIO-Guard
- Defining Audio Connections
  - Selecting an Audio Driver
    - ASIO Driver
    - Selecting the Generic Low Latency Driver ASIO Driver (Windows only)
  - Audio Connections Tab
    - Specifying Custom Names for Audio Ports
    - Sending Mono File Audio Streams to a Dedicated Speaker
- CD/DVD Recorders
- Remote Devices
  - Remote Devices Tab
  - CC121 Advanced Integration Controller
WaveLab Elements Concepts
- General Editing Rules
- Startup Dialog
- Basic Window Handling
- Selecting Audio
- Sliders
- Renaming Items in Tables
- Tab Groups
- Peak Files
  - Rebuilding Peak Displays
- Companion Files
  - Storing Companion Files in Another Location
- Processing Precision
- EBU Loudness Standard R-128
- Resetting Default Answers
Workspace Window
- Audio Editor
- Audio Montage
- RSS Feed Editor
- File Tab
- Info Tab
- Tool Windows
  - Opening and Closing Tool Windows
- Slide-Out Windows
- Docking and Undocking Tool Windows and Meter Windows
  - Hiding the Caption Bar in Floating Meter Windows
- Command Bar
- Status Bar
- Context Menus
- Time Ruler and Level Ruler
- Managing Tabs
- Activating Full Screen Mode
- Resetting the Default Workspace Layout
File Handling
- Opening Files
  - Opening Files from the Clipboard
  - Automatically Opening Files in a Dedicated Tab Group
- Closing Files
- Saving Files
- Deleting Files
- File Renaming
  - Renaming Files
- File Browser
  - File Browser Window
  - Adding Folders to the Favorite Folders List
- Switching Between Files
- Recently Used Files
- Temporary Files
- Undoing and Redoing
  - Version History
    - History Window for Audio Montages
    - History Window for Audio Files
  - Navigating Backwards and Forwards
- Value Editing
- Drag Operations
- Zooming in the Workspace Window
- Presets
- Templates
- Work Folders vs. Document Folders
  - Specifying Folders for Opening and Saving Files
  - Folders Tab (Preferences)
- Copying Audio Information to the Clipboard
- Setting the Focus on the Current File
Playback
- Transport Bar
- Starting Playback From the Time Ruler
- Playing Back Focused Audio Channels
- Playing Back Multichannel Files
- Playback Scrubbing
- Timecode Window
- Scroll During Playback
- Playback in the Audio Montage Window
Audio File Editing
- Wave Window
- Audio Editor Tabs
- File Handling in the Audio Editor
- Mixing Down – Audio Files Rendering
  - Rendering Audio Files
- Changing the Audio Properties
- Metadata
- Silence Generator Dialog
- Replacing Audio with Tone
  - Bleep Censor Dialog
- Waveform Restoration with the Pen Tool
Audio Analysis
- Global Analysis
- 3D Frequency Analysis
  - Creating a Graph for 3D Frequency Analysis
  - 3D Frequency Analysis Options Dialog
Offline Processing
- Process Tab
- Applying Processing
- Gain Dialog
- Level Normalizer Dialog
- Loudness Normalizer
  - Loudness Normalizer Dialog
- Envelope Dialog
  - Basic Envelope Operations
- Fades in Audio Files
  - Creating a Fade In and Fade Out
  - Applying Easy Fades
- Crossfades
  - Creating Crossfades
  - Paste and Crossfade Options
- Phase Inverting
  - Inverting the Audio Phase
- Reversing Audio
- DC Offset
  - Removing DC Offset
- Time Stretching
  - Time Stretching Dialog
  - Time Stretching Limitations
- Pitch Shift
  - Pitch Shifting Dialog
- Pitch Bend
  - Pitch Bend Dialog
- Resample
  - Converting a Sample Rate
Audio Montage
- Montage Window
  - Track Control Area
- Audio Montage Tabs
  - View Tab (Audio Montage)
  - Edit Tab (Audio Montage)
  - Insert Tab (Audio Montage)
  - Fade Tab (Audio Montage)
  - Envelope Tab (Audio Montage)
  - Render Tab (Audio Montage)
- Signal Path in the Audio Montage
- Creating Audio Montages
  - Creating Audio Montages from an Audio File
    - Create Audio Montage from Audio File Dialog
  - Alternative Ways of Creating New Audio Montages
- Audio Montage Duplicates
  - Duplicating Audio Montages
- Audio Montage Properties
  - Changing the Sample Rate of Audio Montages
- Import Options for Audio Montages
- Broken Audio File References
  - Fixing Broken Audio File References
  - Missing Files Dialog
- Assembling the Audio Montage
  - Tracks
  - Clips
  - Inserting Audio Files into Audio Montages
  - Mismatched Sample Rates When Inserting Audio Files
    - Mismatched Sample Rates Dialog
- Multichannel Operations in the Audio Montage
  - Multichannel Configuration
  - Surround Mode in Audio Montages
  - Assigning Track Channels to Output Channels
    - Track Routing Dialog
  - Multichannel Configurations in the Master Section
    - Monitoring a Stereo Mixdown of Multichannel Configurations
    - Master Effects and Multichannel Audio Montages
- Clip Editing
  - Selecting Clips
  - Rearranging Clips
  - Moving and Crossfading Clips
    - Moving Clips
      - Options for Moving and Crossfading Clips
    - Overlapping Clips
  - Duplicating Clips
  - Clip Resizing
  - Splitting Clips
    - Split Clip at Silences Dialog
  - Deleting Parts of Clips Inside Selection Ranges
  - Deleting Clips
  - Clips and Cue Points
    - Adding Cue Points
- Managing Source Files of Clips
  - Editing Source Files of Clips
- Envelopes for Clips
  - Level Envelopes
  - Selecting Envelopes
  - Hiding Envelope Curves
  - Clip Envelope Editing
  - Changing Overall Level Envelopes of Clips
  - Pan Laws
- Track Ducking
  - Applying Ducking for Tracks
  - Ducker Settings for Track Ducking
- Fades and Crossfades in Audio Montages
  - Creating Fades in Clips
  - Fade In and Fade Out Menus
  - Applying Default Fades to New Clips
  - Crossfade Editing
- Effects for Tracks, Clips, and the Montage Output
  - Montage Output Effects
  - Inspector Window
    - Showing/Hiding Panes in the Inspector Window
  - Adding Effects to Tracks, Clips, or to the Montage Output
    - Adding Effects via the Inspector Window
    - Additional Ways of Adding Effects
  - Removing Effects from Tracks, Clips, or the Montage Output
  - Rearranging the Order of Effects
  - 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 Windows for Audio Montages
- CD Window
  - Creating Audio CD Tracks From Clips
- Mixing Down – The Render Function
  - Rendering Audio Montages to Audio Files
- Loudness Meta Normalizer
  - Loudness Meta Normalizer Dialog
- Notes Window
- Importing Audio CDs
Recording
- Recording in the Audio Editor
  - Recording Dialog
    - Level Meter and Spectrometer for Recordings
    - Disk Capacity Indicator
- Recording in the Audio Montage Window
- Input Monitoring
  - Monitoring the Input Signal
  - Direct Monitoring
- Dropping Markers During Recording
Master Section
- Master Section Window
- Bypassing the Master Section
- Rendering in the Master Section
- Master Section Presets
- Monitoring Background Tasks
  - Canceling Background Tasks
- Dropouts
Markers
- Marker Types
- Markers Window
- Creating Markers
- Deleting Markers
  - Deleting Markers in the Wave/Montage Window
  - Deleting Markers in the Markers Window
- Moving Markers
- Navigating to Markers
- Hiding Markers of a Specific Type
- Converting the Type of a Single Marker
- Renaming Markers
  - Default Marker Names Dialog
- Selecting Markers
- Selecting the Audio Between Markers
- Binding Markers to Clips in the Audio Montage
- How Marker Information is Saved
Metering
- Meter Windows
  - Opening and Closing Meter Windows
- Meter Settings
- Resetting the Meters
- Level Meter
  - Level Meter Settings Dialog
- Phasescope
  - Phasescope Settings
- Spectroscope
- Spectrometer
- Bit Meter
  - Bit Meter Settings
- Oscilloscope
  - Oscilloscope Settings
- Wavescope
  - Wavescope Settings
Writing Operations
- Write Audio CD Dialog
- Erase Optical Media Dialog
- Write Audio Montages
  - Writing an Audio Montage to an Audio CD
  - CD-Text
    - CD-Text Editor Dialog
- Data CD/DVD Projects
- Audio CD Formats
Loops
- Creating Loops
- Loop Refinement
- Looping Audio Which Is Not Very Well Suited for Looping
  - Loop Tone Uniformizer Dialog
  - Looping Seemingly Unloopable Audio
- Sample Attributes
  - Editing Sample Attributes
  - Sample Attributes Window
Audio CD Import
- Import Audio CD Dialog
- Importing Audio CD Tracks
- Searching Track Names on the Internet
- Submitting Track Names to the Internet
- Ultra-Safe Mode
- Converting Audio CD Tracks to an Audio Montage
Video
- Video Track
- Video Clip Editing
  - Video Follows Edit Mode
- Video Window
  - Activating/Deactivating the Video Track Timecode
- Video File Compatibility
  - Video Container Formats
  - Video Codecs
- Video Frame Rates
WaveLab Exchange
- WaveLab Elements as External Editor for Cubase/Nuendo
  - Editing Cubase/Nuendo Audio Events in WaveLab Elements
- Cubase/Nuendo as External Editor for WaveLab Elements
  - Preparing the Cubase/Nuendo Project for WaveLab Exchange
  - Editing the Audio File in Cubase/Nuendo
Batch Conversion
- Batch Conversion Dialog
- Batch Converting Files
Podcast
- Podcast Host Services
- File Encoding before Uploading to Host Services
- Uploading a Podcast Episode
- Publish Tab
RSS Feed
- RSS Feed Editor
- Global RSS Feed Options
- Creating an RSS Feed
- Setting Up an FTP for RSS Feed Publishing
  - FTP Settings Dialog
- Publishing RSS Feeds
- Checking If Publishing the RSS Feed Was Successful
Customizing
- Customizing the Wave Window and the Montage Window
- Customizing Shortcuts
- Customizing Command Bars
- Plug-in Organization
- Touch Bar (macOS only)
  - Customizing the Touch Bar (macOS only)
Configuring WaveLab Elements
- Global Preferences
- Audio Files Preferences
- Audio Montages Preferences
  - Style Tab (Audio Montages Preferences)
    - Color Elements in the Audio Montage
- Synchronizing WaveLab Elements Settings on Several Computers
- Multi-User Settings
  - Setting Up a Multi-User Setup
- Alternative External File Browser
  - Setting up Alternative External File Browsers
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Move Cursor to Start of File/Move Cursor to End of File

Moves the edit cursor to the start/end of the le.

Move Playback Position Backwards/Move Playback Position Forwards

Moves the edit cursor position to the left/right. If you click during playback, playback

jumps to the new edit cursor position.

To move the edit cursor to the start/end of the le, press Ctrl/Cmd , and click the Move

Playback Position Backwards/Move Playback Position Forwards buttons.

Navigation anchors allow you to move the edit cursor to specic positions in the audio

le or audio montage. Right-click theMove Playback Position Backwards/Move

Playback Position Forwards buttons to open the Navigation Anchors pop-up menu.

Here, you can set the type of navigation anchor. If you click during playback, playback

continues from the anchor position.

Loop

Activates loop mode. Right-click the loop button to select whether to loop continuously

or only a few times.

Stop Playback

Stops playback. If playback is already stopped, the edit cursor is moved to the previous

start position. Right-click the button to open the

Move Cursor Back to Start Position

pop-up menu.

● If After Standard Playback is activated, the edit cursor jumps back to the start

position when regular playback stops.

● If After Automated Playback is activated, the edit cursor jumps back to the start

position when playback stops after

Play from Anchor, Play until Anchor, or Play

Audio Range.

Start Playback from Edit Cursor

Starts playing back the active audio le or audio montage from the edit cursor position.

If the audio being played back is not the active audio le, the Play button has a

different color. This happens if you switch to another le window during playback, for

example.

The playback button when playing back in the active window (left) and when playing in another

window (right)

You can also start playback from the last stop position. Right-click the button to open

the Lead Sequence pop-up menu.

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If you select Start, playback starts from the cursor position.

●

If you select Resume from Last Interruption, playback starts from the last stop

position.

Record

Opens the Recording dialog.

Time Display

Displays the edit cursor or playback position. Click to select another time unit.

Playback

Transport Bar

WaveLab Elements 11.2.0