Help System

You can access the help system in several ways. The documentation is available online, on steinberg.help.

Documentation

The documentation consists of several documents.

To visit steinberg.help, do one of the following:

  • Enter www.steinberg.help in the address bar of your web browser.

  • In WaveLab, select Help > steinberg.help.

  • To open the help for an active dialog on steinberg.help, click the question mark button at the bottom right, or press F1 (Windows)/Cmd-?(macOS).

Operation Manual

The main WaveLab Elements reference documentation, with detailed descriptions of operations, parameters, functions, and techniques.

Plug-in Reference

Describes the features and parameters of the included plug-ins.

DDP Player

Describes the features and functions of the included DDP Player.

Tooltips and Further Information

  • To display tooltips, hover over an interface item, such as a control in a dialog box, and briefly wait without moving the mouse any further.

    Tip

    You can customize the time it takes for the tooltip to appear via the Tooltip Display option on the Display panel of the Global Preferences.

    Note

    Many tooltips contain a Tell me more field, which you can click to view additional information.

  • To use the menu help, move the mouse over a menu item.

  • To see information on how to perform editing in the Audio Montage window via the mouse and the modifier keys, move the mouse over the Audio Montage window. The help text is displayed on the info line at the bottom of the window.

What’s This

The What’s This help feature provides extended tooltips about interface icons and functions. Some What’s This tooltips include a link to a dedicated help topic on steinberg.help.

To access the What’s This help feature, do one of the following:

  • In a window, press Shift-F1, and move the mouse over an interface item, or select Help > What’s This?.