With each audio file goes an image, a picture of the waveform for display in various places in Cubase. The wave images are very useful, especially in the Audio editor when you are editing your files. A wave image is stored in a separate file with the same name as the audio file, but with the extension “OVW”.
Wave images are created after you have completed recording, in a process that may take a few seconds. If you don’t want to wait for this to happen when you stop recording, this function can be turned off, by deactivating the “Use Waveforms” item on the Audio Setup submenu on the Options menu. The states of the wave image are indicated like this:
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The image is OK.
The file has no image.Updating the Wave Image
To update the wave image for one file, click on its icon.