Subtle changes make me way less productive

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There are a few things I do in Wavelab 100 times a day, and I version 12, they suddenly don’t work like that have for the past 15 years or more.

I use a single key shortcut for Normalize- the letter “N”. My workflow was: select an area to normalize, N, ENTER. Then I’m done. If I need to normalize another area, I just press N and ENTER. Super fat and easy. In Wavelab 12, If I need to do it again, it doesn’t work until I move my mouse and make the Level Normalizer an active window again. If I press N again, it makes the window go away.
I have the same problem with the Envelope window.
Also the Create Named marker window has the same problem.

I’ve been on version 12 for a few months now and It’s driving me crazy. Can this be fixed?

Thanks,
~Jay

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I remember those good old times around 2000 where Wavelab was really good.
WL 12 is disappointing, because it is for professionals…

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Hi!
Mac or PC because on macOS it works the same in
WL 11 as in WL 12 with Normalize, I think PG will chime in

regards S-EH

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There is (and was) a faster workflow for what you are doing. If you assign a shortcut to your normalize preset, then the procedure is just two steps and not three:

select an area to normalize then trigger your shortcut.

This procedure does not open the Dialog.

To create a preset, do this:

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Thanks Phillipe, I love that!
But can you also change it back to the way it was?

~Jay

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I would need to add an option, because the current behaviour has also advantages.

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If you can make it an option, that would be great. I still can’t get used to the way Create Named Marker works. These are functions I use many times every day.
The “Define Shortcut Current Preset” is wonderful! What used to take 2 keystrokes is now only 1, and in those instances, there is no need to see the window.
But the Create Named Marker window really messes me up. I use the so often that I put it on one of my 5 macro keys on my keyboard.

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Maybe it would be sufficient to have the Return key trigger this button instead of the other one?

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There are a few processes (Gain, Normalize and Pitch) that users would want to be active on screen - and work using N + Enter, G + Enter, P + Enter, B + Enter etc.

Note - when working with N+Enter, there is no way to close process window using Esc when user click on Audio file and will have to wait till the last N+Enter to use Esc.

May be @PG1 can consider

  1. Revert to old way providing there is option to close process window without having two keystrokes. (N+Esc)
  2. Close all Open Process using one shortcut whether they are active or not.
  3. Process - Open with one shortcut - Close with another
  4. Mouse over process making process active (without having to click)
  5. PinPin Process Window
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Yes, that’s exactly how I’d like it to work. I’m pretty sure that is how it used to work. I type the name, press ENTER, and it would create and close.
~Jay

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Last week I reinstalled WL and copied KeyShortcuts.dat to preferences folder.

I mapped Z for Normalize to -1 previously. This shortcut is not working in the new install.
There is an option to replace Z and that works for the current session on WL and is not working for the next launch. WL says Z is already mapped to Normalize to -1 but I am unable to find Z in the shortcuts either.

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Is there any other file from previous preferences folder that I have to replace for this?

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There is also this file: “CustomActions2.dat”.

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Thank you, I deleted the dat file from Normalizer preset and copied old preset and WL was giving an option to assign Z without overwriting. It was working fine. Now I replaced CustomActions2.dat and it is also showing in search.

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Is it possible to bring back the export Key, MIDI and Window commands function? (.kmc)