| WaveLab is the leading application for digital audio. | | | | other waveforms. |
| The Audio Montage is the most powerful feature | | | | The Frequency tab is where you specify the |
| in Wavelab, wich is the multitrack playback facility | | | | frequency envelope and vibrato for each layer. |
| that enables you to quickly create complex files | | | | The Level tab is where you specify the level |
| and output the results to a variety of formats | | | | (amplitude) for each layer. Apart from the overall |
| including mixed WAV and CD audio. You can | | | | level adjustment, you can set up an amplitude |
| import basic wave files into WaveLab from many | | | | envelope curve and add tremolo. With WaveLab |
| software and hardware sources, but if you prefer | | | | 4.0 it is not possible to generate notes as C, E |
| to synthesize sounds from scratch, take a closer | | | | or A values, but rather as a hertz numbers. In |
| look at the Audio Signal Generator. | | | | example your middle A note might be 220.000 hz, |
| The Signal Generator is based on a waveform | | | | but you have to know all other frequencies as |
| generator which can generate a large number of | | | | well. Wavelab has frequency increment of 0.001 |
| basic waveforms such as sine, saw, pulse and | | | | hz and this, exept for non-audible notes below 20 |
| various types of noise. The Signal Generator has | | | | hz, is much lower than 1 cent. One cent, for |
| a multitude of settings for character (Source tab), | | | | example, is the difference between 220 hz and |
| frequency (Frequency tab) and amplitude (Level | | | | 220.127 hz, so here we have generous 127 |
| tab). As if that wasn't enough, you can combine | | | | steps instead of 1 cent increment found in |
| up to 64 such signal generators into "layers" and | | | | commercial software. |
| even make separate settings for the left and | | | | In higher octaves Wavelab's Audio Signal |
| right channel for each. Once all settings have been | | | | Generator is at least 250 times more precise |
| made, the program calculates an audio file | | | | thanother utilities and doubles in each subsequent |
| according to the specifications. | | | | octave. |
| The resulting document can then be used for a | | | | To find those figures not only on paper, I |
| number of purposes: For testing the specifications | | | | generated two -6.2 dB waves of 220.000 hzand |
| of audio equipment. For measurements of various | | | | 220.001 hz and mixed them together. The result |
| kinds, including calibrating tape recorders. For | | | | was tested with the level/panmeter. At the start |
| testing signal processing methods. For educational | | | | of the file, volume level was -0.18 dB, after 15 |
| purposes. The Audio Signal Generator is not | | | | seconds -0.19 dB, after 25 seconds -0.20 dB and |
| intended for synthesizing musical sounds, but has | | | | after 29 seconds -0.21 dB. This clearly indicates |
| all necessaryfeatures to do it. Raw sounds are | | | | that WaveLab can recognisetwo frequencies |
| very dry and clean and can be made warmer | | | | detuned by 0.001hz as different to each other. It |
| with Source, Frequency, and Level tabs. At | | | | took 15 seconds for the level meter to spot the |
| the Source you have the choice of sine, tiangle, | | | | difference, but our hearing is much faster. |
| square, pulse as %, pulse as samples,positive | | | | Wavelab's elevated frequency resolution can be |
| pulse as %, positive pulse as samples, sawtooth | | | | applied in music therapy when it is vital to hit |
| up, sawtooth down, sine rectified, sine halfed, sine | | | | precisely body's resonant frequency or brain |
| sqared, sine with square root, white noise, pink | | | | wave sequence to achieve relaxation and pain |
| noise and brown noise. You can select width for | | | | relieving results. |
| pulses, and specify phase angle for them and all | | | | |