User manual NERO WAVE EDITOR QUICKSTART GUIDE

[. . . ] Quickstart Wave Editor ahead Contents 1 Instructions in brief 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How this information is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes for the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Important terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 About Wave Editor 2. 1 2. 2 3 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Structure of the program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 2. 1 Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Settings 3. 1 3. 2 6 Selecting the input and output devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Setting the editor options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. 2. 1 Changing the language used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. 2. 2 Setting the display features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. 2. 3 Specifying the directories used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. 2. 4 Audio output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 View 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 10 Specifying the view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How the audio files can be represented. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. 3. 1 Vertical zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. 3. 2 Horizontal zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 Audio files 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 5. 4 5. 5 5. 6 14 Loading and playing back audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Selecting sections of audio files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5. 2. 1 Saving the selection as a new audio file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Inserting an audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Recording a new audio file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Converting an audio file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Editing audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5. 6. 1 Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5. 6. 2 Normalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5. 6. 3 Changing volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5. 6. 4 Fading in and out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6 Recording gramophone records 6. 1 6. 2 23 Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Quickstart - Wave Editor Contents · i 7 Effects 7. 1 26 7. 2 7. 3 7. 4 7. 5 7. 6 7. 7 7. 8 7. 9 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7. 1. 1 Saving the effect settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7. 1. 2 Loading the effect settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7. 1. 3 Deleting the effect settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Transposing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Time correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Reverberation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8 Enhancement 8. 1 8. 2 8. 3 8. 4 8. 5 33 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 High frequency rebirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 DC Offset Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Noise Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 9 Index 38 Quickstart - Wave Editor Contents · ii 1 Instructions in brief 1. 1 Introduction These brief instructions are aimed at putting you in the position where you can quickly create your own audio files or to edit existing ones. Because this is a sizeable and powerful program, only the main points are dealt with here and some parts of the program are not explained in detail (or at all). You can find more detailed information on Wave Editor in the online help feature that you can call up at any time (press the F1 key). You can also find the latest information on Wave Editor at the www. nero. com Internet site. 1. 2 How this information is organized These instructions contain practical examples of how to create and edit audio files as well as details for reference. [. . . ] A so-called 'frequency corrector preamplifier' between the sampling system and the soundcard is needed in order to correct the frequency response. cables to connect the individual components Sometimes leakage pickups (humming) can arise when the soundcard is linked to the amplifier. The humming is caused when two devices that have already been grounded (earthed) are connected with one audio cable. Sometimes it is simply enough if the devices are connected to different power sources. Clean the record. Quickstart - Wave Editor Recording gramophone records · 23 6. 2 Recording 1. Start Wave Editor: Start > programs > ahead Nero > Nero Wave Editor. In the 'Audio' menu, select the 'Record' command and determine the desired sampling rate and sampling resolution. To so this, click on the dropdown button and highlight the desired list box. For a recording that is to be written on a CD, a sampling rate of 44100 Hz and a sampling resolution of 16 bit are recommended. The recording console will appear. button to start recording, then place the stylus on the record. Click on the You will see the recording time and the level control display in the recording console while you are recording. Open the volume control and move the slider of the 'line' section in the desired direction. At the end of a track, click on the 'OK' button to stop recording. The audio file recorded will appear in the display area. Quickstart - Wave Editor Recording gramophone records · 24 7. Click on the button check the recording. You can best monitor the recording if you wear headphones. 8. Adjust the audio file as you wish, using a filter or optimize the sound. Repeat the corresponding steps to record more tracks. Quickstart - Wave Editor Recording gramophone records · 25 7 Effects 7. 1 Introduction One particular feature of Wave Editor is its ability to nondestructively edit audio files. as a result of using special effects or sound enhancement) can be checked immediately without having to perform a time-consuming recalculation of the audio data. The edited audio file is only computed during saving. button to play back the audio file with the changes stated. This Click on the allows you to check straightaway that you are happy with the results. 7. 1. 1 Saving the effect settings It is very easy to save the effect settings. Use the mouse to click in the text window of the appropriate dialog and enter a name. 2. Click on the 'Add' button to save the settings. 7. 1. 2 Loading the effect settings You can load your own effect settings and those supplied with Wave Editor as easily as you can save them. In the dialog concerned, click on the dropdown button and, in the list box field, highlight the name of the desired setting. Quickstart - Wave Editor Effects · 26 2. [. . . ] Click on the 'OK' button to take over the changes. 8. 3 DC Offset Correction DC offset correction improves recordings from poorly calibrated equipment (not centered around the zero point). The subsonic frequencies are removed and with them the DC errors. Quickstart - Wave Editor Enhancement · 33 1. Select the 'DC Offset Correction' command in the 'Enhancement' menu. With this command, you do not have any selection choices and it is not possible to check the result of optimization in advance. 8. 4 Noise Reduction Noise reduction improves recordings where noise disturbs the sound of the audio file by removing undesired noises (background noise, buzzing, etc. ) in a particular bandwidth. [. . . ]