Hi,
heard in a video somewhere that the project handling is new in Wavelab 12 and wondering a little bit.
I used it in Wavelab 11 but it does not work as i would manage files.
So…in Wavelab 12 something changed, and for the good, but a little bit for the ugly.
In short:
It would be great if it possible to open different projects in different tabs (perhaps with same sources)
It should be nice if the arrangement of the different Montages would be saved and on top of that the last zoom views
it would be great to save a project that I’m, working on. It is very confusing that there is no way to do that. The only way that I found is to close the current project
to make it clear let the tab name as the name of the project (no possibility to rename the tab, cause the project is named as is is)
the posibility to backup projects would be also great. I know it could be very hard, becauseWL must look up deep, but maybe not so much to do
I use the project tab (or where ever the project are contained in) to combine different montages. If i open the projekt i have access to the montages that I’m working on, for a specific project. A little bit my wavelab Matrjoschka. I think many people use it that way or should use is that way.
yeah, i know, my english is not the best. If you have questions feel free to ask. And by the way…nice job on WL12, no crash or something stupid until now
This won’t happen. Else that would make things more confusing. The current concept is that a single montage can be opened at a time, and file organized though file groups and file tabs.
What do you mean? Currently, the montage zoom settings are saved when you close the montage, and the file tab organization is saved as part of the project.
What do you mean, there is:
Are you really speaking of WaveLab 12? Because there is full backup support:
I’ve searched for save and backup under the normal file menu. Haven’t found it until then. Ok, thats great and will make my live easyier. Thank you very much.
Tryed again the thing with the zoom setting and this also works like a charm. Maybe I done yesterday something stupid…sorry for that.
Only thing left is the multi-project thing but I will handle it, if i know that it will not come.
I see this option does not exist. If this is brought back, it would be nice for people who do not want to create projects, while also having option to work with projects if they want to.
As a long time user of Project (since it surfaced in 9.5) I can vouch for the fact that it really does make organization of your sessions a breeze. WL 12 has enhanced those functions in a significant and practical way.
It’s up to you of course, but definitely worth taking a trial dive into Projects.
@Marker you can open recently used files automatically (if that is what you meant) by clicking on ‘Recently Used Files’ in the Wavelab startup window (under the recent tab at the top). If you then don’t want to see the startup window thereafter you can check ‘Use as Default (Do Not Show This Dialogue Again)’ found at lower right of the window.
Wavelab will now always start with the files which were present when you last closed, automatically opened with no startup window each time the program is launched.
Each to their own. Personally I prefer using the startup window and new Project system. Wavelab’s startup window caters for just about every eventuality, including for the case where you don’t actually wish to use / see the startup window!
I have 10 folders of 25 files that I have to remove noise through spectrum. I load 25 files of one folder to Wavelab and after 15 files I fall asleep. I close Wavelab and open the next day and continue from the 16th file I was working from. I do not want these to be saved as sessions unnecessarily as I am not going to come back and edit. This was how it used to be in Wavelab. Sound Forge still has this way of working. Or even if I had a podcast I was working, I closed WL and open the next day the software used to open with what was pending.
While on the other hand if I have a long file with 100 sounds recorded on one track, I may want to come back and edit to choose what I want. In this case, I would create a project or work with a DAW.
Working with project is a good initiative, but unnecessarily creating projects when it can be avoided is also a good thing. Having said that Wavelab is letting you work on any file without creating a project. I only wanted these open files to be persistent.
P.S. I was of course giving a basic answer to your post above. But my answer remains relevant - all open files will be persistent between launches of Wavelab if you follow the steps I outlined.
Please clarify.
