I am in Wavelab Pro 11. I needed to remaster some performance versions and so they are labeled PV Fix. Ever since creating a new audio montage and trying to export out after mastering I keep getting this error message and I have tried literally everything I can think of. I need help.
Things I’ve tried:
renaming my files
renaming my markers
deleting my markers and creating new ones
starting a new audio montage session
changing the destination folder to multiple different location
removing special characters in the name
It seems no matter what I do, it will just update the name in my error message and not export. At this point I am going to stop using Wavelab for mastering but I would like to know WTF is the issue. It is very frustrating and wasting my time and clients time.
The picture shows that you want to render all Album titles. This message indicates that two of your titles have the same name. Check the Album Tool window to check this. Apparently, you did not, according to your list.
Hi,
I have indeed changed the names in my Album tab as well so that they are not duplicated names. Here is a screenshot of my issue. As you can see the names are different. The similar attribute is the “PV_Fix” in the title to indicate my fix but now this is the other common message I get after renaming.
Hi Justin,
So I have exported many times out of Wavelab Pro within the last few days with my C drive name the same as (1 A.M. Music) so its not that. I am open to change it to try but I have no idea how to do that on a windows 11 pc. The name was established when I setup the computer and I have had no issue exporting or bouncing since last night.
Here is a screenshot of me even changing the destination folder.
I was recently doing an EP with E.P. in the release title and pathname and WaveLab did not like that, at least when saving the montage file. I never got as far as rendering it but I did have to change E.P. to EP to get things working correctly.
I have removed the contextual folder based on this you sent me. I still get this message. If I try to remove the markers, the program says I have to make makers. So I am not sure.
Hi,
I removed now all the “_” in the names from the clips tab, markers, and album.
However, the program keeps telling me there is a duplicate name, which there is not. I have no other audio montages open.
And what file format are you using? I see MP3 in the file format, while the message shows the file has a .wav extension. While this is possible, this is very uncommon choice almost not used today?
And why don’t you use the Render Ribbon tab, which has a simplified UI ?
Obviously I am not an advanced user. But the reason I am using multi is because I want all these tracks rendered out separately not as a single wav but multiple wavs.
Also my files are wavs, and the preset I chose is to render out WAV and MP3 files.
I have done this the day before yesterday to export out the regular masters. Yesterday I tried the same method for the performance masters, which is the screenshots.
Here is me using the render tab for us simple non-advanced folk which does not work even when choosing “Whole Montage”.
My goal is to render out all my tracks in the montage, with my clip effects (inserts), all as separate WAV files with MP3s as an option for the artist.
The last time I chose this preset, which is the wave plus MP3, The program just created two separate folders for me with no issues, I’m not really sure why it’s not doing that or exporting out at all.
No worries, I appreciate any help.
I’m not really sure why the program keeps telling me that the file name is used twice.
I’m wondering if it has to do with me trying to export using the wave lab preset “WAV + MP3”?
This preset worked for me just fine when I exported the actual masters of this project. The one you see that I’m having the issue with is for the performance version. But this is a completely new audio, montage, and all separate file folders and destination paths from the original.
Are you trying to render both 16-bit and 24-bit WAV files to the same folder at the same time? Your Format Preset Name seems to suggest that as it has both 16 and 24 in the name.
If so, that may be the issue because despite being two different bit-depths, the WAV file will have the same exact name for the 16 and 24-bit versions and would not be allowed.
Typically you’d want to add a suffix to each version so they don’t end up with the same file name. You can do one WAV format and mp3 at the same time because they would have different file extensions, but not two WAV formats with the same name to the same folder.
You know what Justin I think you might be on something, Let me check on that preset real quick and see if that is the case.
I just noticed that right now when you mentioned it.
There’s a way to have WaveLab create sub-folders for each format so you can render various WAV formats at one time without the risk of creating a duplicate name issue, but with the way dithering works within WaveLab, I can’t understand a logical way to render both 16 and 24-bit WAVs at the same time and apply the correct dither but that’s another conversation.
For the sake of this issue, be sure you’re only rendering one WAV format if you’re asking them to go to the same folder. This will avoid duplicate file names being generated.
One WAV format and one mp3 format won’t be a conflict due to the unique file extension name.
I persoanlly create a folder for each format and render them one at a time so I can manage the details better, but that’s also another conversation.
I figured out the issue. Because you pointed out the issue of the preset which is trying to render out two different bits of the WAV. I opened the preset and was able to create sub folders in the preset. Once I did this, I was able to render out my masters.
That’ll do it. Unless I’m missing something, there is no way to manage with dither setting gets used for the different 16 and 24-bit versions so I never do this, but again, maybe there is a way that I’m not aware of.
Either way, it sounds like the main issue is now solved.
