Hi all,
newby here. Dumb question, I am sure, but I can’t find the answer.
I used to be be familiar with Wavelab 6, many years ago, for authoring discs. I have just installed 12 Pro and want to render audio files into individual files.
I have added clip markers into my montage, but when I render the montage I just get one contiguous wav file. I expected that each clip would be rendered to a separate file. What am I missing?
Grateful for help!
Thanks,
When I want to render a WAV file of each album track, I use the attached settings.
Rendering each clip does not always mean the clip is the same exact length as the album track because you have to factor in the time for spacing between songs, potentially quantizing track markers to CD frames, and other variables.
Typically when mastering albums you want to refer a WAV of the full album track which in WaveLab 12, at least the way I work, is considered a “Title”.
If you’re getting a single file of the entire montage, I am guessing that you’re choosing the first option labeled as “Single Output” and “Whole Montage”.
Thanks both. That is helpful.
I’m still not quite there, When I try Justin’s suggestion I get the error: “Each region’s start marker must have a valid name (to build the region’s file name).”
All I have done so far is add the clip boundaries. Seems I need to give each clip a name. Is this really true?
Thanks again,
There are too many variables to give a concrete answer but one way to render a WAV file of each album track uses the Marker/Region name to name the files. A file needs some kind of name.
You don’t have to name the clips, you have to name the markers/regions as this is what the renders are based on. Not the clip.
With the right naming scheme setting, you can populate this info from the track number but you’ll just get files named 01, 02, 03, etc. which isn’t very clear.
You can also use some advanced features to populate the file names from existing CD-Text names.
This a good time to “read the manual”.
It’s super fast and easy to with the right workflow, and this area is a BIG reason as to why I use WaveLab for mastering albums, EPs, and single song projects.
No. Titles are represented by marker pairs. When you want to render all titles, each start marker must have a unique name.
The simplest way is to edit title names in the Album tool window.
That got it!!!
Thanks for all the help.
