I’m very new to WaveLab, so apologies if I’m missing stuff
I’m doing spacebar and ctrl+p to compare the files… But instead of always having to re-render the preview,
I’d prefer batch previewing the files in a pop-up window where it renders the selected files once, and then I can do more continuous file comparison, compare waveforms, etc.
This would be a good way I think for preview to work for Meta plugins as well.
And then, the advance preview can act as an already completed process if everything is good the user could click a button “use as final render”.
Sort of, not playback all of them consecutively, but to load them into a “buffer” preview window which maybe has some dedicated comparison features, waveform preview/overlay comparison, etc,
I agree it would be good to have a separate audio file comparator as in the picture you posted, but I also think there are risks to your concept being a part of the batch processor (files being copied to clipboard, use case with a large number of files, etc.)
When working with one shot, it would be wise to batch 20 files into a temporary folder and compare in a montage, and later batch everything. This you must already be aware of.
A possible approach is to have an option to open the files (within a limit 100 files etc.) in an external tool
I’m just getting into WL and I mainly got it because I needed/wanted a good audio file batch processor. So I’m sort of working/learning backwards from the Batch Processor.
I’ve been sort of doing what you’re talking about using some of the other utilities to compare…
But so far with my limited knowledge, it’s not fast enough workflow, and there’s so many handy features that could be dedicated and immediately accessible with what I’m thinking.
It is nice to know you are starting with Batch Processor.
I think it would be nice to have option to open Explicit Path/Path on completion. This can help users to drag and drop batch processed files into WL or other software.
I just got to know - the option to drag and drop from Batch Processor output is already possible. It is just that there is no option to open folder (Show in File Explorer) on completion as in Montage. Drag and drop can also move files to a different folder.
Maybe you are aware of this too, but in case you missed…
Except for Normalizer, etc… In the Audio Editor, when Master Section is Docked, you can audition for example about 20 files - use the bypass master section shortcut and create a batch processor with plugins from Master Section.
