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PreMaster CD version 3.0 — User Manual

1. The next SRP The previous SRP The End of Track the last Fade Out of the Project The Start of Track the first Fade In of the Project 6 6 20 Edit Point to Next Peak This command examines the amplitude of all audio samples in the selected region or seg ments and moves the Edit Point to the location of the maximum sample within the selection If there are more than one equal amplitude maximum samples then the command moves the Edit Point to the location of the first then next maximum samples in turn 6 6 21 Select Start to Edit Point This command selects a region from the first Fade In of the Project to the location of the Edit Point Page 94 6 6 22 Select Edit Point to End This command selects a region from location of the Edit Point to the last Fade Out of the Proj ect 6 6 23 Selection from Selected Segments This command selects a region from the first Fade In of the first selected segment to the last Fade Out of the last selected segment 6 6 24 Select Segment to End This command selects all segments from the Edit Point to the last segment in the Project including the segment in which the Edit Point is located If the Edit Point has not been placed the command selects all segments from the first selected segment to the last segment in the Project Note that to quickly determine if the Edit Point is placed somewhere in the Project regard less of zoom level simply check the left DUR or durat
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4. Above and below the stereo editing mode selector are the two mono editing mode selectors for each channel Click on any of the three editing mode selectors to change mode Page 56 7 A N wM Conzolidated aif db s A Select Mono Editing Mode NWN Consolidated aif dbfs 75 fps CD Frames 4 E Figure 4 15 Mono editing mode Simply click on either mono selector to make changes to one channel or the other exclusively 4 7 Project Sample Rate To the left of a Project s time line a drop down menu is located for selection of the Project default sample rate This menu has a simple function to set the sample rate when making ad dress calculations on the time line Since under the hood PreMaster CD uses samples per second as the counting method for all time code time line and address calculations sample rate becomes the basis on which all the above calculations are made PreMaster CD converts all thirteen of the alternate non samples time standard choices discussed in section 3 7 1 to samples when constructing a Project Note that the Project default sample rate has nothing to do with the sample rate of any audio interface used nor does it impact the clocking of your system It is only for locating segments on a Project s time line 4 8 Advanced PQ Section 3 9 above covers the basics of PO creation and manipulation This section delves into some arcana of the P through W metadata functionality in PreMas
5. Figure 4 17 The PQ Delivery tab of the Mark Info window 4 8 5 1 Destination Device Selection amp Status The Device field provides details about your CD R mechanism When multiple CD R mecha nisms are connected there is a selector represented as a white disclosure triangle to the right of the Device label This selector allows you to toggle between the available target mecha nisms PreMaster CD can only address one mechanism at a time The Status field below the Page 63 device field provides an indication of the status of your delivery media and progress of the delivery Note that PreMaster CD is designed to address Apple supplied built in CD R and DVD R mechanisms as well as most third party FireWire attached drives supported by the operating system USB attached products as well as some third party drives do not function with Apple s optical disc frameworks so always test new mechanisms prior to use 4 8 5 2 Delivery Options In this section of the PO Delivery tab there are three buttons a speed menu and three check boxes that control various aspects of your delivery First there is a Speed menu that lets you select the burn or writing speed Though most commodity media is optimized for high speed writing this is not optimal for audio disc creation High write speeds usually produce lowers detectable error rates but jitter performance is degraded Since in a player detectable errors are corrected they are not an
6. You can make changes to a group of Gain Nodes simultaneously To do so select a region that includes the Node on which you want to work Then select the EDL gt Select Gain Nodes com mand All selected Gain Nodes will fill with yellow to indicate their state You can also shift click to gather a collection of grouped Nodes When grouped only the gain can be modified When changing the gain of grouped Nodes the Gain call out shows both the current value and gain delta or difference from the original value Also when grouped holding the option key for fine gain adjustment is disabled Figure 4 11 The Gain call out for grouped Nodes Once your Gain Overlay is configured according to taste all or some Gain Nodes can be locked against unwanted changes To do so first click drag to select a region containing the Gain Nodes you want to lock Then move the mouse over one of the selected Gain Nodes and control click to invoke a contextual menu zr He B Lock Gain Node x Unlock Gain Node Delete Nodes from Selection Lock Nodes from Selection Unlock Nodes from Selection Lock All Nodes in Track Unlock All Nodes In Track Figure 4 12 The Gain Node contextual menu By default the Unlock Gain Node option will be checked To lock the selected Gain Nodes click on the GainOverlayNode Locked option The selected Gain Nodes will now turn red to indicate their locked status Unlocking the Gain Nodes simply requires selecting the GainOver
7. then that region defined by the edit points will be deleted and downstream audio will be moved left 6 2 8 Clear Selection Clear Selection works similarly to the Delete Selection command The Clear Selection com mand clears the selected segment region or area defined by Edit Points but does not move any other audio on the time line 6 2 9 Delete Selection This command deletes the current selection or selected segments The outer edges of the se lection are joined with a default crossfade and all subsequent audio is shifted relatively 6 2 10 Clear Selection This command clears the current selection or selected segments leaving all audio in place and replacing the audio to be cleared with digital silence The edges of the cleared area are faded out and in with default crossfades 6 2 11 Create Crossfade Create Segment This command is context sensitive and it s appearance in the menu will change according to the current Panel s state It either creates a new crossfade from the current Cursor s position when no selection is made or it creates a new segment at the place of the selection when a selection is made This command uses crossfade defaults when creating crossfades 6 2 12 Create Crossfade from In Point Create Segment from In amp Out Point s As with the previous commands this command is context sensitive and it s appearance in the menu will change according to the current Panel s state It either creates a new crossfa
8. 1 of 1 Processes 1 1 File 30 Progress Files Processes NA File cc Current File 09 Northem Sky aif Figure 7 2 The Queue Manager tab In the top half of the window all processing jobs in the Queue are listed In the bottom half the active jobs are listed The progress bars below this area show which file is being processes and which process of the total number of processes to be applied is cur rently being applied To suspend currently running processes click the Pause Resume button The current process is halted and queued processes are held in the queue To resume processing click the Pause Resume button again Page 124 To abort the current process click the Abort button and the current process will be aborted initiating the next process in the Queue 7 3 PreMaster CD supports an optional DSD conversion utility DSD Conversion The DSD to PCM conversion background process has several choices of target sample rate The DSD to PCM will create a 24 bit BWF file The PCM to DSD will convert to 1 2M DSD The Target Sample Rate menu includes the following choices in kiloHertz 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 352 8 384 Page 125 Page 126 Appendix 1 Best Practices amp Maintenance A1 1 Introduction Although versatile in many ways not every function that PreMaster CD offers is the best way of structuring your CD creation and replication workflow S
9. 143 Fades 30 edit events 45 47 92 shape changing 46 gain laws 47 Fade Tool 30 45 changing parameters 45 changing the shape 46 changing the type 47 File menu 69 file systems 114 Find amp Set Points 92 freezing 36 Gain 51 Absolute 52 changing multiple segments 52 Normalize 52 Relative 52 Segment Gain 79 Gain Adjustment 51 Gain Nodes creating 81 locking 8 unlocking 54 selecting 81 Gain Overlay 52 Bypass Activate 81 Show Hide 81 Gain Overlay Mode 52 HH MM SS FF 26 Hide Playhead When Stopped 86 host saturation 36 hot spots 67 IMAGE DAT 70 Import 102 importing Page 144 sound file types 19 71 importing SD2 files 102 Import 5 4 EDL 74 Index Mark 87 inserting PO Marks automatically 38 manually 37 installation 15 Interpolation Algorithms 108 IN field 25 32 34 91 ISRC 58 60 Mark Info 60 the IFPI 60 jitter 64 K Keep DDP Image 104 LEFT field 25 28 linear Fades 47 Listings 62 PO List 65 Lock Unlock All SRPs inTrack 56 Lock All Marks 87 Lock Gain Node 54 Lock Marks from Selection 87 Lock SRP 55 M Mac OS 114 maintenance DiskWarrior 114 file systems 114 permissions 115 storage systems 114 Manual DeClick 108 111 Marks Analog Black to Marks 88 Page 145 Delete Mark 87 Edited Black to Marks 88 Edited Black to Start Marks 88 End of Track 59 62 87 88 Index 62 87 locking Marks 87 Marks Button 21 39 Mark Info 87 Start of Track 37 39 48 59 60 62 88 unlocki
10. 21 70 opening 21 Panel 12 20 25 Page 149 sample rate 57 redithering 105 113 Redo 77 Red Book 40 42 62 105 Refresh 81 Relative 52 Remove Waveforms on Close 103 removing PO Marks 37 Repeat Play 83 Resequence 39 48 62 Reveal Sound In Finder 71 reversed sound 72 Reverse Polarity 52 79 RIGHT field 25 28 root cosine Fades 47 root linear Fades 47 Save Project 71 Save Project As 71 Save Reversed 72 SCMS 41 61 Scrolling 26 Move View mode 26 SD2 19 22 71 SD file 70 Segments Auto space 22 36 changing order 34 deleting 32 Drag Bar 35 Move Segments 79 moving segments 80 Nudge Segment 79 nudging segments 80 Reverse Polarity 79 Segment Gain 51 segment gain 79 segment names 80 snapping 50 Page 150 snap zone 49 Title Bar 29 51 Segment Gain 79 Absolute 52 Normalize 52 relative 52 Reverse Polarity 52 Select Deselect 77 Clear Selection 78 Delete Selection 77 selecting a Region 27 selecting Segments 29 95 select Regions 95 Selections 27 zooming to selections 98 Selection from Selected Segments 95 Selection menu 89 Selection Reference Points 55 Select Edit Pointto End 95 Select Gain Nodes 81 Select Nudge Size 92 Select Segments from Selection 95 Select Segmentto End 95 Select Segment to Start 95 Select Start to Edit Point 94 Sending a Crash Report 75 Serial Copy Management Scheme 41 61 Series 300 DSP I O Processors 15 Set In amp Out Points 91 Set In Point 91 S
11. 6 Clear In amp Out Points Clear In amp Out Points will if either is present remove both the In Point and the Out Point from the Project 6 6 7 Nudge Right Left These commands makes it easy to slightly move or nudge an In and or Out Point to the right or left When you select this command a submenu comes up allowing you to advance or re tard an In Point an Out Point or both simultaneously Nudge Right Nudge Left b Move In Point cT Move Qut Point w Nudge In Point Right El Nudge Out Point Right 3 Nudge In amp Out Points Right Figure 6 13 The Nudge Right command and submenu Page 91 The nudge amount is set in the Time Display tab of the Windows gt Preferences window See section 6 9 5 for more information on the Time Display preferences 6 6 8 Move In Point Out Point When you select either of these commands this brings up the Edit In Out Point modal dialog Edit In Point 00 03 19 51 Figure 6 14 The Edit In Point dialog When you enter a new time code address in the Edit In Out Point dialog and click Move the appropriate Edit Point will move to the new location Besides manually entering a new loca tion you can also use the Where button to load the address of the Playhead or other Edit Point if present The SRP button loads the locations of any existing SRP while clicking the Cancel but ton leaves the Edit Point at its original location 6 6 9 Move In Point to Out
12. CD R deliveries See section A1 5 for information on using the DDP file set for replication Emulation Mode The Emulation Mode check box causes PreMaster CD to emulate a CD R burn allowing you to validate your Project s settings without writing to a disc While disabling writes to your optical mechanism in this mode PreMaster CD does write a CD s worth of data approximately 650 MB to your hard disk Write CD Text This check box causes PreMaster CD to write CD Text specific CD G metadata to a delivered CD R CD Text metadata will be included in DDP file sets See sections 3 10 1 and A1 5 for specifics about CD Text CD Write Speed The speed selector calls out the speeds that the target mecha nism and host are capable of providing for your delivery When choosing CD R de livery speed remember that the speed is inversely proportional to pit jitter That is higher speeds will induce more jitter in the CD s physical pit structures while lower speeds will result in less jittery pit structures Lower jitter is generally better in terms of subjective audio quality because it requires less vigorous clock regeneration in the digital to analog converter or DAC to attain a reasonable amount of jitter in the final analog output 6 9 7 2 Offsets e Start Offset It takes a typical CD player about two to twenty frames to fill its buffer and start producing valid audio data after it has located the correct Track Start loca tion The Start Of
13. Move Out Point X Move In Point to Out Point X Find amp Set Points d Select Nudge Size gt Set SRP db Set SRP with Text F12 Lock SRPs from Selection Unlock SRPs from Selection Clear Selected SRPs cu Drop Edit Point at Play Head Edit Point to Playhead A 38A Move Edit Point to Edit Point to Next Peak Select Start to Edit Point elect Edit Point to End ad Poke ie Selection from Selected Segments Select Segments To End C 36 Select Segments To Start rate Select Segments from Selection Figure 6 12 The Selection menu Page 90 6 6 1 Set In Point The Set In Point command drops an In Point at the location of the Edit Point There can only be one In Point in a Panel at any time Note that the IN OUT and DUR time fields at the top right of the Project window are always active and fully editable These fields allow you to precisely set the location of and duration between the In and Out Points 6 6 2 Set Out Point This command places an Out Point at the location of the Edit Point There can only be one In Point in an EDL at any time 6 6 3 Set In amp Out Points If there is a selected region in the Panel then Set In amp Out Points will create an In Point at the start of the selected region and an Out Point at the end 6 6 4 Clear In Point Clear In Point will if present remove the In Point 6 6 5 Clear Out Point Clear Out Point will if present remove the Out Point 6 6
14. Playhead 85 Playing AutoTools 104 Play Around In Out Point 102 Play Between In and Out Points 85 Play From In Point 85 Play From Out Point 85 Play From Playhead 83 Play From Selection 82 Play menu 82 Play Selection 83 Play to End of Selection 84 Play to In Point 85 Play to Out Point 85 plug ins 36 PO 23 39 103 command dragging sounds 39 command option dragging sounds 39 Copy Enabled 61 emphasis 61 87 89 Listings 62 offsets 61 PO Delivery Tab 63 PO Info tab 57 PO Marks 38 Analog BlackTo Marks 38 Edited BlackTo Marks 38 inserting automatically 38 manually 37 moving 37 removing 37 P through W metadata 57 UPC EAN Codes 59 validating 62 PO DeliveryTab 63 PO Info tab 57 Page 148 PO List 65 116 PO Listing Listing 62 PreMaster CD PO Log 116 PO Marks 59 creating PO Marks when dropping files 101 PO Validator 62 Preferences Default Fade 101 Delivery 104 Display Auto Tools 103 Dither 105 Editing Auto Tools 100 Edit with Audio 101 Import 102 Nudge A B C 102 Offsets 104 Playing Auto Tools 104 Play Around In Out Point 102 Show Subframes 103 Time Display 102 View 103 Zoom to In Out 102 Zoom to Sel ection Start End 102 Preferences Window 99 PreMaster CD PO Log 116 Print EDL Sound File Paths 73 Segment Info 73 SRP Info 74 printing effects 36 Project combo Text Waveform 50 52 Projects combo Text Waveform 52 default 52 71 layout 20 new 70 adding the 1st sound file 22 open
15. Point This command forces the In Point to replace the Out Point 6 6 10 Find amp Set Points This command places an In Point at the beginning and an Out Point at the end of a selected segment More specifically this command places Edit Points at the edit events for the black fades defining the boundaries of the segment s If multiple segments are selected the In Point is placed at the beginning of the first selected segment and the Out Point is placed at the end of the last selected segment Note that this command does not operate on selected regions Also note that edit event loca tions can affect mark placement See section 4 1 4 above for more information on edit events inside fades 6 6 11 Select Nudge Size This command allows you to select one of the three nudge presets used by the Selection Nudge Right Left and Edit gt Nudge Segment commands The presets are defined in the Time Display tab of the Windows Preferences window See section 6 9 5 for more information on theTime Display preferences Page 92 6 6 12 Set SRP This command places an SRP or Selection Reference Point in the selected Panel at the location of the Playhead or Edit Point if play is stopped 6 6 13 Set SRP with Text When this alternate command is selected the SRP is placed as in section 6 6 12 above except the text field that accompanies all SRPs is activated and the text insertion point is set ready for typing in a label 6 6 14 Loc
16. Selection locks all nodes within the current selection Unlock Nodes from Selection unlocks all nodes within the current selection Lock All Nodes in Track locks all nodes in the Panel Unlock All Nodes in Track unlocks all nodes in the Panel Page 135 In the Track Bar Hovering over a PO Start End or Index Mark PO Mark Locked locks the selected PQ Mark PO Mark Unlocked unlocks the selected PO Mark Lock marks From Selection locks all PO Marks in a selected region or segment s Unlock marks From Selection unlocks all PO Marks in a selected region or segment s Lock All Marks locks all PO marks in a track Unlock All Marks unlocks all PO marks in a track Set Emphasis sets emphasis flag for the selected PO Mark Reset Emphasis flag resets emphasis flag for the selected PO mark Delete Mark deletes selected PO mark In the vvaveform display Hovering over a fade in fade out or crossfade with FadeTool enabled Linear set the fade curve to be 6dB down in the center of the fade Root linear set the fade curve to be 6dB down in the center of the fade Cosine default 3 dB down in the center Root Cosine default 6 dB down in the center Exponential provides very rapid reduction in gain across the fade Set Fade to Fade In Out Crossfade change the fade type to one of the default fade types Set FadeTo Selection Sets the fade duration to match the current selection S
17. Sonic Studio products show an S type Note that though the default name of the file created with this command has a srp suffix you should manually remove that suffix and replace it with a txt file extension 6 1 13 8 Import 5 4 EDL For backwards compatibility with legacy Sonic Solutions 5 4 DAWs PreMaster CD can import EDLs created with version 5 4 of that software To import a 5 4 EDL first a new Project has to be created by choosing File New Project from the main menu Then select Import 5 4 EDI and a standard Mac OS browser will appear Navigate to the location where the 5 4 EDL is stored select it and open it by clicking Open in the browser window 6 1 13 9 Export EDL As 5 4 For compatibility with legacy Sonic Solutions 5 4 DAWs PreMaster CD can export Projects in 5 4 EDL format To import the current Project to a 5 4 EDL select this option and a standard Mac OS file save window will appear Browse to the location where the 5 4 EDL must be stored and enter the desired name for the 5 4 EDL Select Save to save the Project as a 5 4 EDL Note that as Sonic System 5 4 will only run on original Mac OS 9 based hard and software you must observe OS 9 file naming conventions Page 74 6 1 13 10 Send Crash Report This command is designed to help Sonic Studio to diagnose problem you may be experienc ing with your installation It collects the most recent crash report for PreMaster CD and sends it via
18. a segment is selected choosing the Edit Segment Name command allows the user to edit the name of the segment as it appears in theTitle Bar and in Text Mode view As with all actions in a Project changing the Segment name has no effect on the underlying referenced sound file This command is equivalent to double clicking on theTitle Bar to change a seg ment s name 6 2 19 Editing Auto Tool Override This commands toggles the Editing AutoTools state either enabled or disabled See section 6 9 6 for more information on the EDL preferences 6 2 20 Auto Space All Segments Tracks The AutoSpace function offers a simple but effective tool to change all pauses between tracks to a pre defined value Simply select Edit gt AutoSpace all Segments and all segments will be moved on the time line with equal space between according to the Preference gt Editing Tools gt AutoSpacing Duration setting If you have PO marks already placed in the Project the command name changes contextually from Auto Space All Segments to Auto Space All Tracks See sections 3 8 6 and 4 2 1 above for practical discussions about the autospacing function 6 3 The EDL Menu Show Text View KT Hide Gain Overlay XG Bypass Gain Overlay Create Gain Nodes Select Gain Nodes Refresh R Standard Track Size X5 Large Track Size X5 Figure 6 4 The EDL menu 6 3 1 Show Hide Text View The Show Hide Text View command toggles the display of the selected Panel between T
19. also hold down the command and option keys before dropping sound files and PreMaster CD will create both Start and End of Track marks instead of the Start of Track mark only version that occurs with only the command key The presence of End of Track marks makes it a bit less predictable when using the Track Bar for resequencing but the presence of End of Track marks means that there will be a countdown on the player s display when the resulting CD is played back The Windows gt Mark Info window is another way to moveTracks As with the Track Bar click hold aTrack entry and drag it up or down on a new position and drop it to resequence 3 9 6 The Marks Button In theTransport Controls the Marks Button can be seen Clicking on it reveals a list of all PO marks in the Project along with their timings Selecting one of the entries in the drop down list moves the Edit Point to the selected PO marks without changing the zoom level This allows for a quick and accurate check of the position of all PO marks Page 39 3 10 Delivery After completing the necessary editing of sound and PO marks the next and final step in your production workflow is to start a Delivery This process creates a new DPP image file set first incorporating all edits and changes ready to be sent to a replication service for glass master ing The DDP file set is then used by PreMaster CD to generate your CD in the background DDP or Disc Description Proto
20. an Out Point has the triangle pointing left Figure 3 20 In Point and Out Point with highlighted area in between There can be only one In Point and one Out Point in a Panel at any time If both an In Point and Out Point are present and if the In Point is to the left of the Out Point in the waveform display then the area between the In and Out Point will be highlighted in yellow The Selection gt Set In Point command drops an In Point at the location of the Edit Point Note that the IN OUT and DUR time fields at the top right of the main Project window are always active and fully editable These fields allow you to precisely alter the location of and Page 32 duration between the In and Out Points a functionality which comes out handy when the ex act points are well known by their time value Once the region is defined it can be modified in two different ways The region can be either deleted or cleared To clear the defined region leaving an empty area select the Edit gt Clear Selection command Lovely EI1 1 Figure 3 21 A cleared selection the circled material has not moved The selected region now is cleared of its contents leaving the audio before and after the se lected region in the same place The In and Out Points also stay in place Effectively you have now created two new segments that can be further edited and or moved independently Alternatively the selection can be deleted To do so select E
21. audio portion of a DDP file set which is useful for quality control Page 70 Note that if you enter CDText metadata in the Mark Info window PreMaster CD creates an additional file theAfile in the DDP file set This file is not used by replicators for the addition of CDText on glass masters for replication It is only used by PreMaster CD to add CDText to CD Rs created by PreMaster CD The CDText bin is created for the DDP Image file set For more information on delivering CDText to replication see section A1 5 below 6 1 5 Open Sound File This command opens a Mac OS file browser allowing you to select any sound file recognized by PreMaster CD This includes AIFF WAV and BWF files along with SD2 or Sound Designer II files with region definitions See section 6 9 4 4 for more information on importing SD2 files PreMaster CD is also able to open audio files by dragging and dropping the files into the top Panel of a Project 6 1 6 Close Window This command closes the currently active window This can be a Project the Mark Info window or the Preferences window Upon closing a Project that contains unsaved changes PreMaster CD will open a dialog asking for changes to be saved discarded or offering to cancel the close window operation 6 1 7 Save Project This will save the current state of the active Project It is saved with its current name and path This command will overwrite any previously saved Project file with that n
22. inside of the waveform display This section covers scrolling and zooming in general and on selections 3 6 1 Scrolling If you are zoomed all the way out the entire waveform will be displayed If you are not zoomed out entirely some of the waveform will be invisible off the edges of the Panel You can move the window view left or right by moving the scroll bar at the bottom of the waveform dis play You can also move the window view left and right by using the Left and Right Arrow key respectively Finally you can drag the view left or right by simultaneously holding the control option and command keys When you click hold the cursor changes to a hand to indicate you are in Move View mode 3 6 2 Zooming You can zoom in using the Down Arrow key and zoom out using the Up Arrow key To zoom all the way out hit the E key to see your entire program Page 26 3 6 2 1 Zoom around Edit Point As you zoom in and out it is likely that you will want to keep the Edit Point in view To do this hold down the Apple or command key as you use the Up Arrow or Down arrow keys This will keep the Edit Point centered in the middle of the display 3 6 2 2 Zoom to Selection Clicking and dragging on the waveform itself selects a region highlighted in yellow orange Typing command G or selecting View Zoom to Selection will zoom around that selected region See section 3 7 for more information on region selection You can also
23. issue However jitter performance affect the subjective quality of disc playback Lower write speeds produces less jitter so always write at the lowest speed available for your mechanism and use blank media optimzed for low speed audio disc creation To the right of the Speed menu are three check boxes for miscellaneous options The CDText check box enables that option for CD R delivery only CDText will not be included in DDP file sets or Jam images The Close Session check box controls whether is the CD R is aTAO Track at Once or a DAO Disc at Once disc It is possible to create multi session Track At Once discs in PreMaster CD but this is not recommended asTAO disc are not universally interoperable That is they will not play in all CD players Again unless you have a very good reason you should leave Close Session check box selected With a Track At Once disc the disc s TOC orTable of Contents is left open and a temporary TOC stand in the Program Memory Area is used until theTOC is closed and the disc is no longer writable The Emulation Mode check box allows you to test a CD R delivery without actually writing a disc This reduces the number of coasters you generate 4 8 5 3 The Execute Button Once the above options are to your liking this button starts a new delivery writing to the loca tion shown in the Device field When you click the Execute button a standard Mac OS file browser opens where appropriate allowi
24. its Drag Bar as you move its head close to another segment s tail You will see either a vertical red or blue bar appear visually indicating you are in the snap zone Title Bar Drag Ba Figure 4 5 TheTitle Bar and Drag Bar ION uy Figure 4 6 The red auto spaced snap indicator Page 49 Figure 4 7 The blue flush snap indicator The bold blue bar indicates a flush snap where if you drop at that location the two seg ments will be tightly butted with no space no Edited Black in between The bold red bar indi cates an auto spaced snap where if you drop at that location the two segments will have a precise preset space between The duration of the inter segment spacing is determined by the AutoSpacing Duration selector in the Editing Tools tab of the Windows gt Preferences window Drag and drop with autospacing is useful in conjunction with the Edit gt Clear Delete Selection commands to start with one long continuous segment such as a consolidated complete mix and quickly segment space and resequence the individual songs Note that when using this fully manual method sequencing should be performed prior to mark placement This will prevent erroneous repositioning of marks as your segments are shuffled 4 2 2 Drag Overlay When you drag and drop one segment on top of another with no modifier keys employed one segment will overlay another when you drop it on top The two segments coexist in the same
25. location on the time line and sum together during playback This feature is useful when used in conjunction with Text Mode discussed in the next section so you can individually control the overlapping segments Also see section 4 3 2 below for creating a combo Project a combination waveform plus text Project layout 4 2 3 Drag Insert Ripple Shift dragging segments is another useful editing feature With the shift key held down the dragged segment is inserted when you drop it on top In addition downstream segments those later on the time line are pushed or rippled to the right making room for the inserted segment 4 2 3 Drag Replace When you command drag and drop one segment on top of another then the dragged seg ment replaces the existing audio where it s dropped As with all editing in Sonic Studio s prod ucts this move is non destructive Page 50 4 3 Text Mode Text Mode provides a playlist view of the Panel s contents with editable segment names along with editable start and end times An editable Gain value see section below along with a non editable Duration value are also shown To viewText Mode select the EDL gt Show Text View command To switch back to Waveform mode select the EDL gt Hide Text View command 4 3 1 Gain Adjustment Compiling audio from different sources usually makes it necessary to alter the amplitude of some of your source material The last column in Text Mode displays t
26. location or gain law This is the preferred handle to use when changing duration Page 45 Next is the 2 cursor shape displayed when the cursor is set to change the overall location of the fade Placing the cursor in that location and click dragging will re locate the fade sliding it earlier or later on the time line without changing the duration edit event or gain law Re member that you cannot move a fade past the head or tail of the underlying audio In position 3 the cursor is set for a duration change toward the outside of the Fade Placing the cursor in that location and click dragging will increase or decrease the duration of the fade without changing the overall location or gain law These outboard handles do effect the loca tion of the edit event so it s recommended that you not use the outboard handle employing the inboard handle instead as mentioned above Section 4 1 4 below discusses edit events as they relate to controlling fade parameters 4 1 2 Changing the shape of the Fade By clicking the Control Point bead shown in Figure 4 1 and dragging it up or down you can adjust the rate of change setting for the fade Specifically for all fade types except exponential moving the Control Point adjusts the dB down while for an exponential fade the Control Point adjusts the Alpha or shape In either case as you make this change the fade curve will dynamically change in response and the underlying au
27. location that will be used A new or empty folder should be specified to contain the newly created or modi fied DDP file set Once the destination is specified PreMaster CD begins the delivery process with progress shown in the validation field at the bottom of the PO Delivery window During delivery to a CD R when no media is present in the selected drive PreMaster CD will prompt you to insert media and wait for a blank disc to be inserted Note that once a delivery has started the Execute button changes to an Abort button allow ing you to halt the delivery process If a delivery is aborted the resulting CD R or DDP image file set is not reliably usable for either duplication or playback purposes 3 10 2 7 The Eject Button The Eject button will cause the host to eject an inserted disc from the selected CD writer 3 10 2 8 The PO List Button This button generates a Sonic Studio standard PO List the industry s standard text represen tation of a compact disc s table of content This file is typically printed and a hard copy sent along with the DDP data set to your replicator Page 42 000 3 NWN Sampler PQ Log rtf Spacing iv Lists iv De 0 aok Sonic Studio ook ok PreMasterCD 2 0 aokk Client IC Digit Music GmbH Project New World Nomad Sampler Title New World Nomad Artist Terry Marshall Date 01 28 07 WO 078128 3 UPC EAN n a Date Generated Wednesday January 31 2007 Page Number 1
28. on any Apple Macintosh with 10 4 3 or newer including laptops it is highly portable so you can take it with you whenever and wherever needed Page 13 Page 14 Chapter 2 esses QUICK Start 2 1 Before You Begin 2 1 1 Requirements At a minimum PreMaster CD requires the following Apple Macintosh G4 1 GHz minimum Intel Mac or G5 1 GHz or faster preferred e 1024 x 768 pixel or larger display 1 GB RAM minimum 2 GB or more preferred OS 10 4 3 or newer OS 10 5 1 or newer spare USB port for iLok Smart Key optional Series 300 DSP I O Processor or FireWire Core Audio interface For delivery of the final DPP files for replication a data storage device such as a DVD R or data tape drive is required as well Since PreMaster CD uses OS X s Core Audio the quality of audio playback will be entirely dependent on the hardware and driver s used Note that though PreMaster CD is not tested with prior versions of Macintosh hardware operation with older hardware should be usable as long as the CPU supports the required OS version Slower hardware especially older hard disks may have difficulties keeping up with the application however resulting in drop outs during playback and possible interruption or artifacts during deliveries 2 1 2 Installation To install PreMaster CD please refer to the PDF copy of the Install Guide provided with your copy Once you have PreMaster
29. or subtracted from the previous value Positive values will be added to the previous state while negative values will be subtracted from the previous gain state A third Normalize radio button is available Choosing this option will cause the segment s ab solute sample amplitude to be evaluated after which the amount of headroom or surplus level below 0 dBFS will be entered in the central gain field In other words this function shows how much gain can be added before digital clipping will occur The value given is relative to the cur rent gain state so the normalize function is a subset of a relative gain adjustment Though not a gain function a Reverse Polarity check box is available This check box inverts the polarity of the selected segments Segment gain can be applied to multiple segments at once Simply command click on the de sired segments in the Text View list then open the Segment Gain window to make a change Changes in Segment Gain will be applied to all selected segments equally as described above This implies that in relative mode the gain changes will retain any relative loudness differenc es between selected segments In normal use Segemnt Gain is used on individual segments to make them play seamlessly or as desired Once the entire show has been gain adjusted then all segments can be selected and normalized thus maximizing the amplitude for the whole program 4 3 2 Combo Project Configuration Note that if y
30. selected region If there is not a selected region playback ends at the Edit Point This command also offers a submenu with a number of choices for the duration of the playback Play from Selection MO Play to End of Selection Play 0 5 Sec Play 1 0 To In Point F5 Play 2 0 From In Point F6 Play 5 0 To Out Point F7 Play 10 0 From Out Point FS Play 30 0 Play between In amp Out Points 3 FS A Figure 6 8 Play to End of Selection submenu Page 84 6 4 9 To In Point This command plays a section of sound up to the In Point The duration of playback is preset by the Play Around In Point preference See section 6 9 5 below for more information on the Time Display preferences 6 4 10 From In Point This command plays a section of sound starting at the In Point The duration of playback is preset by the Play Around In Point preference See section 6 9 5 below for more information on theTime Display preferences 6 4 11 To Out Point This command plays a section of sound up to the Out Point The duration of playback is preset by the Play Around Out Point preference See section 6 9 5 below for more information on the Time Display preferences 6 4 12 From Out Point This command plays a section of sound starting at the Out Point The duration of playback is preset by the Play Around Out Point preference See section 6 9 5 below for more information on theTime Display preferences 6 4 13 Play Between In and Out Points T
31. selected region that encloses the fade When a region is selected this option stretches or shrinks the length of the Fade to match the position and length of the selected re gion The contextual menu changes to reflect the currently selected Fade Type The Fade Tool functions also apply to a Crossfade Figure 4 3 below shows the Fade Tool in Crossfade Mode Notice that the cursor assumes a double horizontal arrow shape and both fades are highlighted both green and red MAPAS RS SEM te Figure 4 3 The Fade Tool in Crossfade Mode By click dragging left or right the overall Crossfade location can be altered By shift click dragging notice the cursor shape changes to a vertical arrow the Crossfade duration can be symmetrically altered Holding the command key allows you to override symmetrical mode and alter duration with the left edge achored while holding the option key provides the same override mode for the right edge 4 1 4 Changing the Fade Type The Fade Tool contextual menu also offers two choices for fade type These choices accessed by hold the control key while using the Fade Tool allow you to change the context in which the fade will be used For the purpose of CD preparation Fade Ins and Fade Outs are fundamental ly different from Crossfades The difference is where the actual edit event occurs in the underly ing audio and this subtly but profoundly effects the accuracy of your PO marks and resulting Page 47 m
32. so you can see what you re doing and have reasonable control of the fade Then click hold and drag on the upper inside edge of the fade to the desired location Note that with the cursor on the upper inside edge the cursor changes into a cross with left right and up arrows indicating you can change the duration Lu Figure 3 17 Fade tool symbol while moving top inside edge of the Fade Of course the length of a fade can also be changed by moving the lower or outside edge of a fade leaving the inside edge in place To do so move the cursor over the fade near the bottom of the display until the cursor changes into the Fade Tool again This time the cursor changes into a cross with left right and down arrows Figure 3 18 Fade tool symbol indicating you are changing the outside edge of the fade Click hold and drag the bottom end of the fade to the desired position Release the button to confirm the change Remember that modifying the outside edge is only possible within the limits of the actual samples of audio data represented by the segment If the cursor is moved over the middle portion of a fade the FadeTool cursor also appears but this time as a horizontal arrow with a vertical center line In this trim mode you are able to move the entire fade left or right changing its location without changing its duration This allows you to hide or reveal portions of the underlying segment by shortening or length ening the s
33. the ideal choice Also if you material consists of one long consolidated file with few or no edits then you may want to automatically place PO marks with the Analog Black to Marks function instead This function measures the amplitude of your audio and places PO marks at the edges of long duration quiet passages Both amplitude and duration are user adjustable To use first click drag to select a region on which to work Then select the mark Analog BlackTo marks command In the resulting modal dialog specify the amplitude and duration of the selected region you want to mark The results of the Analog BlackTo marks function are not as accurate as Digital Black to marks but will provide quite usable PO mark placement even with un edited material The placement accuracy is dependent on the settings used as well as the assumption that tracks always start and end with an increase then decrease in amplitude and quiet in between However it is very likely that those same criteria also apply to other moments in the course of a musical piece so the results of the Analog BlackTo marks function should always be checked for acceptable accuracy You may also try the command check the result and adjust the parameters prior to undoing or deleting marks and using the function again See section 3 9 6 below for useful information on checking mark accuracy Page 38 3 9 5 Tracks PreMaster CD allows you to display and manipulate CD Tracks T
34. to PO creation PreMaster CD will also auto populate the Track Artist metadata as well Track Start and Track End are generated by your mark placement Though editable you should assume that they are correct Likewise the Copy and Emphasis buttons generate the SCMS Serial Copy Management Scheme Copy flag and AES EBU Emphasis flag in the PO stream and should in general be left turned off Section 4 10 below discussing PO parameters in more detail 3 10 2 3 Track Listing The next section in the Mark Info dialog provides a list of details about each defined track Name start and end times as well as duration are shown Double clicking on an entry in the list will start playback at that location in the Project This gives you a quick method for double checking mark placement See section 4 10 4 for details about the Track Listing Total Tracks and extended listing Note that if you have placed your text insertion point in the TRACKTITLE ARTIST and ISRC fields the up down arrow keys on the keyboard will move you up and down through each en try in the list of PO details Page 41 3 10 2 4 PO Status amp Validation Below the Track Details section is a single field with an indicator to its left This is the PO Valida tion field a non editable status field that indicates whether your metadata as defined is valid and meets the Red Book specification for Compact Discs A green indicator means everything is valid while a re
35. will begin and continue as long as the mouse button is held down 3 5 5 Time Displays The large central time code display in the center top of the Project window is live and editable as are the LEFT RIGHT IN OUT and DUR fields where applicable As mentioned above you can click on any subdivision or click drag on the entire central time code display to select and modify the current address of the Playhead Page 25 For all editable time code addresses a single click in any HH MM SS FF subdivision will high light that subdivision allowing you to type in a value By click holding and dragging up or down the cursor will change to an arrow and the numeric value displayed will increase or decrease respectively Click hold for more than two seconds and the rate of change increases The arrow keys also let you move to a particular subdivision and increment or decrement the current value Option dragging a time code address allows you to quickly clone that value into another editable field 00 20 55 29 00 23 22 14 00 25 36 30 11581 JBE 00 23 24 07 00 04 41 01 L 00 00 01 68 uu Figure 3 10 Click dragging down to edit a time code address All modifiable time code fields in PreMaster CD support cut copy and paste Double clicking on any time field will select the entire field allowing you to enter a complete time code ad dress 3 6 Navigating the Waveform Display There are many tools for quickly moving around
36. your internet connection to Sonic Studio 6 1 13 11 Print Desk Info This command outputs all Desk and Output Desk settings to the Console Log 6 1 14 Audio MIDI Setup This command opens the Audio MIDI Setup utility from within PreMaster CD allowing you to configure your clock source and sample rate 6 1 15 Rescan IO PreMaster CD s sample rate reflects the settings in Audio MIDI Setup at the instant you open the application However the sample rate may not dynamically update if anything in Audio MIDI Setup is changed To make sure the sample rate accurately reflects the current setting of Audio MIDI Setup select the Re Scan I O command This updates the PreMaster CD s I O set tings re loading the current settings from Audio MIDI Setup 6 1 16 Quit Selecting Quit from the File menu begins the process of closing the application Any open Projects that have been modified will produce a modal dialog asking you to determine open Project s fate See section 6 1 6 above for more information on this dialog Page 75 6 2 The Edit Menu Undo Select 1 Segment dt Z Redo Edit uae Cut d X Copy aC Paste Replace dbV Paste Insert XV Paste Overlay rv Select All HA Deselect All AD Delete Selection El Clear Selection X x Create Segment eU Create Crossfade from In Point XG Delete Crossfade Move Segments Fil Segment Gain o Reverse Polarity Nudge Segment Edit Segment Name Editing Auto Tool Ov
37. 105 Dither On Output 105 Drag Insert amp Ripple 50 Drag Overlay 50 Drag Replace 50 drag amp drop 48 creating PO Marks when dropping files 101 ReSequence 48 Drag Bar 35 49 Drop Edit Point at Playhead 93 Dual EDL Mode 57 DUR field 25 28 32 95 DType 109 Edited Black to Marks 88 Edited Black to Start Marks 88 editing 78 Auto Space All Segments 80 Auto Tool Override 80 Clear Selection 78 Create Crossfade 78 Create Segment 78 Create Segment from In amp Out Points 78 Crossfades 33 Delete Selection 78 deleting 32 Drag Insert amp Ripple 50 Drag Overlay 50 Drag heplace 50 drag amp drop 48 Page 142 DUR field 95 Edit Groups 56 Edit Point 95 placing amp moving 93 Fade Tool 30 ReSequence 48 selecting Regions 27 selecting Segments 29 SHPs 55 Editing Auto Tools 100 Editing Auto Tool Override 80 Editing Tools preferences 100 edit event 45 47 92 Edit Groups 56 Edit menu 76 Edit Points 53 95 Move Edit Point to submenu 94 moving 93 placing 93 Edit Point to Next Peak 94 Edit Point to Playhead 93 Edit Segment Name 80 Edit with Audio 101 EDL backwards compatibility 74 dual EDL mode 57 EDL menu 80 EDL preferences 103 Eject 43 65 Emphasis flag 41 61 Emulation Mode 104 Emulation Mode check box 64 End Offset 105 Execute 42 64 exponential Fades 47 Exporting Audio Selections amp Segments 36 Export EDL As 5 4 74 Export List button 65 extended Track listing 42 62 EType 110 Page
38. CD installed you should set the System Preferences gt CDs amp DVDs gt When you insert a blank CD to Ignore That way the operating system does not take control of a blank CD inserted into any drives 2 2 Creating CDs With PreMaster CD PreMaster CD makes it easy to quickly create professional quality Red Book formatted CD Rs In four steps you can make an audio CD Here is an overview Page 15 First Assemble your audio Start by creating a new Project and adding audio files to the Project When you command drag an audio file into the Project it is imported as a segment and automatically added as a CD track You can arrange and edit your audio in the Waveform View A track is created for each new segment and you can edit the track order with the Track Bar or the list in the Mark Info window Second Edit and process segments and tracks You can edit segments and tracks in a variety of ways working either graphically in the Wave form View with the Track Bar or numerically in the Text View and Mark Info window You can copy reorder trim split adjust gain invert polarity and normalize segments It s also possible to combine several segments into one track or create several tracks with only one segment As you work you can play all or any part of the Project to immediately hear the result of your work Third Adjust crossfades When you add a segment PreMaster CD creates a CD track and adds track marks to
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40. D ROMs of your DDP file set Second the entire DDP folder or directory must be sent to the replicator We suggest you ZIP the whole thing and generate a check sum for the resulting ZIP file We know of one replicator who expects the unZIP d contents of the DDP file set to be placed at the root level of the vol ume without an exclosing directory so always check with your replicator before deliverying the master For more information on check sum see the Checksums for DDP section of our Knowledgebase page http www sonicstudio com support Page 129 We recommend that you always create a new empty folder to contain each DDP file set On the Desktop is a reasonable location for that new folder making it easier to archive and helping to prevent common problems A1 6 Delivering CD Rs When delivering a CD DA formatted CD R consider these recommendations e Do set the System Preferences gt CDs amp DVDs gt When you insert a blank CD to Ignore e Always use a high quality burner running the latest official firmware e Always use a high quality blank media specifically designed for audio CDs e Always record at low speed for lowest jitter Never write on or mark up the CD blank with a hard stylus such a ball point pen e Always use a manufacturer approved label and marker A1 7 Delivering CD Text To insure a smooth replication process we recommend that you generate a PO List and in clude a printed copy with you
41. DDP friendly replication facilities worldwide 3 10 1 A Check List for Delivery First when burning CD R check discs always put the unwritten blank disc in the drive before starting the delivery process Second when delivering a DDP file set use DVD R blanks rather than CD R blanks to deliver your DDP file set That way the replicator cannot confuse a CD R with DDP files as a CD ROM job and replicate 1000 CD ROMs of your DDP file set Third when delivering a DDP file set the entire DDP folder or directory must be sent to the replicator We suggest you ZIP the whole thing and generate a check sum for the resulting ZIP file For more information see the Checksums for DDP section of our Knowledgebase page http www sonicstudio com support Fourth check your Mark Info window for metacharacters such as amp and as well as ex tended ASCII characters like a 6 fi et cetera Mac OS which PreMaster CD uses to write CD Rs does not handle extended ASCII and metacharacters properly Finally when delivering a DDP file set we recommend that you always create a new empty folder to contain each DDP file set On the Desktop is a reasonable place for that That makes it easier to archive and seems to prevent common problems Page 4O 3 10 2 The Mark Info Window To begin the PO Delivery process select the Windows gt Mark Info command This opens the Mark Info window which displays all the P through W s
42. I This command stops playback and or recording and is equivalent to tapping the Spacebar dur ing playback or clicking on the Stop button in theTransport Bar 6 4 6 Around Selection Center This command plays a section of sound centered around a selected region When you choose Play Around Selection Center a submenu appears allowing you to select the length of play back time LEN gt Play 0 5 Sec Play from Selection Play 1 0 Play to End of Selection p Play 2 0 Flay5 0 l pos FS Play Around 10 0 From In Point F6 Play 30 0 eee UU P Figure 6 6 Play Around Selection Center submenu Page 83 6 4 7 Play from Selection Like the Play Around Selection Center discussed in section 6 4 6 above this command requires that you first select a region Also this command offers a submenu with duration choices for playback Unlike Play Around Selection Center this command begins playback at the left edge of the selection and continues for the specified duration Around Selection Center nn Play from Selection gt Play 0 5 Sec Play to End of Selection lr Play 1 0 z Play 2 0 To In Point F5 Play 5 0 From In Point F6 Play 10 0 To Out Point F7 Play 30 0 From Out Point FS e Figure 6 7 Play from Selection 6 4 8 Play to End of Selection This command is the opposite of the Play from Selection command discussed in section 6 4 7 above except that playback ends at the trailing edge or right side of a
43. Manager AAO Background Manager i Target Folder Default is same folder as the file Soundfiles Add Sound File Name Channels Start End Sample Rate 44100 Bit Depth 16 Channels 2 Processes Add a Process i Queue 0 0 Process Delete intermediate files amp Clear Lists on Execute Figure 71 The Background Manager showing the Audio Client tab Page 120 8 1 The Audio Client tab To open the Background Manger select the Windows gt Background Manager command By default the Audio ClientTab is selected when the Background Manager opens It largely con sists of 2 areas the Soundfiles area and the Processes area topped by theTarget Folder field In the Target Folder field the target folder for newly created sound files is specified To select a target folder click on the Choose button at upper right A standard Mac OS browser opens al lowing you to navigate create and or choose the desired destination folder Option clicking on the Choose button forces soundBlade to use the input file s folder also as the target folder Note that upon initiating a process the Background Manager will ask to confirm the destina tion folder In the Soundfiles area sound files can be selected and added by the clicking Add Sound File button A standard Mac OS browser opens allowing you to navigate to the location of the desired sound file s Once a sound file is selected it is placed in the Soundfiles list When a soun
44. NOT APPLY TO YOU Notice of Rights 2007 2008 Sonic Studio LLC All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher Sonic Studio PreMaster CD Sonic Clarity SSE NoNOISE native Manual DeClick Il DeClick DeCrackle A Type B Type C Type D Type E Type and the Sonic Studio logo are trademarks of Sonic Studio LLC All other company or product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Page 12 Chapter 1 Introduction PreMaster CD is an easy to operate task specific tool for premastering on your desktop PreMaster CD is ideal for Reference auditioning the audio prior to sequencing amp restoration Restoring problem sections within your program material Sequencing your material and refining audible transitions Defining PO metadata for your replication master Creating a reliable replication master for your title PreMaster CD allows you to audition repair edit and mark up your finished mixes without the need to tie up an expensive DAW based production system Since premastering is predicated on the generation of metadata for the finished CD PO marks can be added deleted or moved in time while ISR codes and UPC EAN entries can be easily defined and edited Also since PreMaster CD runs
45. Once you have an existing DDP file set it s easy to deliver one or more identical CDs from that DDP file set Open a new empty Project before reusing an existing DDP file set Then click on Execute and in the resulting dialog click on the Use button after specifying delivery to a folder that already contains a DDP file set This will re use the existing file set burning another CD 4 8 5 5 The Eject Button The Eject button will cause the host to eject an inserted disc 4 8 5 6 The PO and Other List Buttons There are three buttons that generate textual list in PreMaster CD One is the Track List button which is generally not used though because of its simplified content can be used to deliver CDText metadata to replication in place of the more detailed PO List discussed below The Export List button is included for completeness It is usually used for cue spotting in mo tion picture work The third button generates a PO List the industry standard text representation of the current Project s content from a PO perspective Once TextEdit opens the file you should review the contents and add or edit the information to include any CDText information you want to appear on your replicated CD The completed file is typically printed the hard copy is sent along with the file and appropriate DDP data set saved to your blank medium of choice to the replicator Page 65 Page 66 A Meters 5 1 Meters Window
46. Open Sound File dO Close Window d W Save Project db Save Project As Save As Default Project Reveal Sound in Finder Build Waveform Export Sound File Save Reversed System Information Update Key File Audio Midi Setup Rescan IO Quit 0 Figure 6 1 The File menu Page 69 6 1 1 New Project Selecting New Project from the File menu will open a new empty Project Any currently ac tive Projects are unaffected but moved to the background PreMaster CD allows you to have as many open Projects but when the application runs out of RAM it will begin to use virtual memory significantly slowing down the application 6 1 2 Open Project A Project file lets you save your editing work in a set of files along with most of the editing metadata you added An additional feature of a Project is that you can save your edit deci sions without committing them back to a DDP file set The Project file saves all segment names SRPs marks and edits and they are all restored upon re opening that Project Selecting File Open Project brings up a standard Mac OS file browser Locate the requested Project file and select it to open the Project in a new window 6 1 3 Open Recent With this menu a list of recently opened Projects and sound files is shown Selecting one of those files will re open it If you hold down the option key prior to accessing this menu command it divides the result ing list into Proj
47. P Log Delivery Type DDP CD times are 75 fps Time Format 5fps CD Frames PO Track 1 Offset 00 00 25 PO Start Offset 00 00 25 PO Splice Offset 00 00 15 PO End Offset 00 00 05 PO Minindex amp Width 00 01 00 PO Track Index Information T X TITLE ISRC COPY EMPH NO OFFSET OFFSET OFFSET co TIME TIME DURATION TIME hhimmiss ff hhimmiss ff hhimmiss ff mmiss iff 6 Pause 6a Ba 00 02 00 66 00 00 1 New World Nomad aif Ba Ba 04 08 53 86 62 06 Total 04 10 53 2 6 Pause 04 03 13 04 03 18 80 02 21 04 10 53 1 Plain English aif 64 16 65 84 18 48 83 33 36 04 13 00 Total 83 35 57 3 B Pause 97 43 72 87 44 82 88 01 43 87 45 37 1 Soul Of The Citu aif 87 45 78 67 45 45 83 56 27 87 48 05 Total 83 57 78 4 B Pause 11 41 67 11 41 72 00 01 42 11 44 32 1 Tell Me WHY aif 11 43 65 11 43 40 84 15 38 11 46 00 Total 84 16 72 LeadOut 15 58 65 15 58 78 16 01 30 Total 16 01 30 Figure 3 26 A PO List open in TextEdit Page 43 Chapter 4 Advanced Editing 4 1 Fade Tool Options 4 1 1 Changing Fade Parameters PreMaster CD offers a simple and intuitive tool for changing a fade s gain characteristics the FadeTool In the previous chapter we have seen how to use this to perform simple operations The Fade Tool offers additional possibilities to alter fades according to your needs and prefer ences The Fade Tool is enabled by default By holding the control key and typing A you c
48. Running the DeNoiser 1 2 4 1 Overview Once you have the Estimate file written you can start the real time DeNoise process From the NoNOISE menu select the DeNoise command which brings up the DeNoiser window The window with its two controls discussed below also has buttons to take an Estimate open an Estimate file to open and save the controls and their parameters to bypass the process and to toggle between the processed signal and the suppressed or removed portion of the signal Page 117 Tracks 1 2 Figure 7 10 The Fixlt DeNoise window 1 3 3 2 Button Functions The Open Est button spawns a standard Mac browser that allows you to specify and open an Estimate file This will set the threshold and sensitivity of each Bin The Save Param buttons allow you save all the current settings in the window including the name and location of the currently selected Estimate file The Open Param button allows you to open an existing Parameters file These files are ASCII text and can be opened in TextEdit for inspection The operation of the Broadband DeNoiser is a subjective process In general though if too much program is present in the suppressed signal then you are probably using setting that are too aggressive or your Estimate requires adjustment Also it s fairly easy to misinterpret noise as high frequency content so critical listening with wideband reproducers are required for proper operation 7 3 4 Broadb
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50. The Meters window provides a Master section the final output control for your Project The Master section window can be opened by selecting the Windows Meters command Meters Haster Figure 5 1 The Master section The Master section resembles a master fader section of a typical mixing desk and features a number of elements Most important at right is a Master fader The Master Fader controls output amplitude across all four buses It has a amplitude scale at right with three triangular hot spots at left for rapid gain setting Clicking on a hot spots instantly moves the fader to the corresponding preset position Hot spot values are not adjust able Page 67 Below the fader is a gain call out field where the gain setting of the fader can be manually entered as a numerical value To alter the master fader s position a new value can be manually entered in this field and after confirming the new value with the Enter key the fader will move to the corresponding position Also at the bottom a dim button is found Clicking the dim button immediately moves the fader to the predefined position of 20 dB returning to it s original position when the dim but ton is disengaged When the dim button is engaged it s label color changes to red to indicate that dim mode is active To the left of the Master fader is a section from which the window gets its name the bus me ters Above each meter is a fiel
51. Unlike the Cut command the Copy command leaves the defined item intact instead of deleting it after copying the selection to the Clipboard 6 2 5 Paste Replace Insert Overlay The Paste command inserts the content of the Clipboard into the Project replacing in order of choice either A region within Edit Points 2 Selected regions or segments 3 From the Edit Point position for the duration of the audio currently of the Clipboard The inserted content is placed be tween Crossfades and the Edit Point is moved for visual reference to the end of the inserted material 6 2 6 Select Deselect All These commands select or deselect all segments or regions in the current Project 6 2 7 Delete Selection If a region or segment is selected this command will delete the defined item It will then slip or move left any audio after the deleted region or segment filling in the space formerly occu pied by the selected segment or region A Crossfade is placed to transition across the deletion Page 77 Note that as with all editing in PreMaster CD if both an In and Out Point are present and the Out point is after the In Point then they take precedents over both selected region and seg ments If only an In Point is present then the command will not work Finally if both an In and Out Point are present the Out point is after the In Point and the edit points are inside Edited Black the empty area between segments
52. User Manual Sonic Studio LLC www sonicstudio com Sonic Studio Page 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1 IntroductiON ooccccccnnnccncccncnonccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn non nnn nnn nnns 13 Chapter 2 Quick Start oooocccccnnnnccccccccncoccnncnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnn rr nn nnn anna anrea 15 2 1 Before YOU BEGIN rra 15 2 11 Requirements eet cu eC Ra RR ia 15 2 1 2 Installation 15 2 2 Creating CDs With PreMaster CD init 15 First Assemble your audio ococcooonnccccccnnccnnnnnnnnccnnn cn cnn ese e ness eme m nn nnn nnns 16 Second Edit and process segments and tracks ssssssssrrressrrrrerrrrrrrrrerrrrrrerrrrrns 16 Third Adjust crossfadies oc A AA A a 16 Fourth Burn the Project toa CD iile dicte A a 16 2 3 Step By Step Make A Quick CD ascii aaa 16 Step 1 OPM arado tito 16 Step 2 Dra aiii 16 Step 3 Gla Ie dT 17 Step 4 BUIN c EM 17 Chapter 3 Basic Operations eds 19 3 1 General Workflow amp Explanation of Terms Used rennen toners nuu 19 3 2 Project LAVO eeetaremeamsanseeesne 20 3 3 Starting a Project Opening Files susana 21 3 3 1 Opening Projects isis nda 21 33 2 Opening Sound FIIes etate ii ear 22 3 3 3 Adding Your First Sound Filet iecore hr erre pur sine tirantes Deda RR AR d Mag cers 22 3 4 Waveform c aba 23 3 5 Auditioning SOU nara uo Ron CI Hon Fels xa Ioa Esp Con RR RE EM c M ODE DERE Ev DEDE 24 3 5 1 Playback RO 24 3 5 2 Playback from th
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54. a pre defined value Simply select Edit gt AutoSpace All Segments and all segments will be moved on the time line with equal space between according to the Preference Editing Tools AutoSpacing Duration setting In Prefer ences the length of the AutoSpace can be set to 1 2 or 3 seconds Note that if a song is composed of more than one segment then the AutoSpace command should be used with care as the command will break apart the song autospacing its compo nent segments Also the AutoSpace command should be used before you place PO marks to prevent unwanted mark re location Also Note that if segments have had their fade durations lengthened from the default set ting the AutoSpace command will not necessarily result in a desirable spacing This is because the fade duration at the head and or tail of one or more segments may be longer that the mini mum 1 seconds spacing that is required between PO Marks on a CD If you use the fade tool to lengthen fades at the head or tail of a segment you should manually space your segments by using the Selection Select Edit Point to End command and the Drag Bar 3 8 7 Exporting Selections amp Segments Selections including both selected segments and selected regions can be exported as AIFF or BWF files with source resolution of up to 96 kHz sample rate and 16 or 24 bit word length To do this use the File Export Sound File command It exports the audio with amplitude changes fr
55. ack PO marks at the beginning and end of all Fade Ins and Fade Outs respectively To use the Edited Black to Marks command you must first select either segments or a region Because only Start of Track Marks are created it makes it very easy to resequence using the Track Bar On the other hand the absence of End ofTrack Marks means that there will be no countdown on the CD player s display when the resulting disc is played back 6 5 13 The Mark Contextual Menu By control clicking on a mark a contextual menu appears This menu provides choices similar to the Mark main menu and allows you to modify the bahavior of a mark Page 88 Help Move Edit Point To Mark Lock Mark Y UnLock Mark Lock Marks From Selection UnLock Marks From Selection Lock All Marks UnLock All Marks Set Emphasis Reset Emphasis Delete Mark Figure 6 11 The Mark contextual menu Move Edit PointTo Mark This command moves the Edit Point to the current Mark Lock UnLock Mark commands These commands are discussed above in this section Set Reset Emphasis Also available in the Mark Info window these commands flip the state of the AES EBU emphasis bit for the current mark Delete Mark This command deletes the current mark 6 6 The Selection Menu Page 89 Set In Point Set Qut Point Set In amp Out Points Seral Clear In Point esr Clear Out Point dd Clear In amp Out Points vt Nudge Right Nudge Left gt Move In Point xI
56. age 98 zoom to the length of the selected track This situation typically occurs if the two Panels contain dual mono material or a wildly stereo program created in mono editing mode 6 8 The NoNOISE Menu PreMaster CD offers an option that allows you to restore damaged audio with precision and speed See Chapter 7 below for more information on NoNOISE native s Manual DeClick II op tion 6 9 The Windovvs Menu The Windows menu provides quick access to all available windows within PreMaster CD and an active Project 6 9 1 Meters This command toggles the Meters window or Master section See section 5 1 for a detailed description of this window 6 9 2 Mark Info For more information on the Mark Info window see sections 4 8 and 3 10 2 Section 6 5 dis cusses the Mark Menu 6 9 3 The Preferences Window Some of the functions and commands within PreMaster CD can be changed to adhere to your preferred values or behavior All of these preferences can be adjusted in the Windows gt Prefer ence Window Page 99 AD Preferences Editing Tools Editing Auto Tools Ej Fade Tool Ej Snap to Edit Point EDL V Snap to Zone Time Display Delivery uto Spacing Duration 3 0 seconds o 2 seconds ME LE E E Analog Black Threshold 34 00 dB below 0 dBfs Edit with Audio Iv Selection Reference Points Gain Overlay Fade Shape Import Fade Linear Fs Crossfade Import EAL Segments E SDI Regions To Marks Fi
57. ame and path 6 1 8 Save Project As This command lets you save a copy of the active Project under a new file name or different path PreMaster CD allows you to choose either a destination folder or you can navigate to an existing folder If the destination is empty PreMaster CD simply writes the audio and or meta data files as directed If however the destination folder is not empty PreMaster CD alerts you that a potential conflict exists to overwrite files and asks for more direction 6 1 9 Save As Default Project This command save the foreground Project as the default document layout when new Projects are created Since this is a literal save as you should always deploy an empty Project with out any sound files opened into the Project before you invoke this command 6 1 10 Reveal Sound In Finder This command requires a single selected segment As the name implies Reveal Sound In Finder switches context to the Finder and opens a new window with the source sound file high lighted Page 71 6 1 11 Build Waveform Files originating from a non Sonic Studio product includes sample values but do not contain the amplitude specific metadata needed to draw our very detailed audio time versus ampli tude waveforms If you would like to add waveforms while working with your sound files and have unchecked the default Windows gt Preferences gt EDL gt View gt Background Waveforms preference you must select t
58. amount of time shown around the In or Out Point is defined by the Zoom to In Out setting in theTime Display tab of Windows Preferences See section 6 9 5 for information on theTime Display tab 6 7 5 Zoom In Out around Playhead These commands combine a Zoom In Out command while keeping the waveform display cen tered on the Playhead also very handy for determining context 6 7 6 Zoom to Previous Next These commands are like Undo Redo for zoom commands PreMaster CD remembers the last lower resolution out zoom level To return to an prior zoomed out level choose Zoom to Previ ous To return to the more recent zoom level choose Zoom to Next 6 7 7 Zoom around Playhead This command zooms with the Playhead in the center of the waveform display and is very handy for determining context The level of zoom is determined by a submenu Page 97 Zoom around Playhead 0 5 Second Zoom around Selection Center 1 Second 2 Seconds Zoom To Selection Start S Seconds Zoom To Selection End iD secuela Zoom To Selection 6 30 Seconds Zoom To Entire Project 60 Seconds Zoom To Entire Track 2 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes Figure 6 18 The Zoom around Playhead menu The amount of time chosen in the submenu indicates the total amount of time shown in the display after the Zoom Around Playhead command is selected The amount of time will be equally divided between the area to the left and right of the Playhead position 6 7 8 Zoom a
59. amples are extreme a 60 msec selection to clearly show the result they should illustrate the concept of using the left oriented or right oriented B Type option when needed 7 1 1 2 The D Type DeClicker The DType and E Type DeClickers discussed below are very high order algorithms used to correct problems that elude other repairs Both interpolators use 80 bit precision to produce very high quality interpolations The Type D DeClicker is tailored for use on the human voice though it will provide excellent re sults on most any semi periodic material It is only capable of replacing about 80 milliseconds worth of samples before it bogs down Even so a repair half that duration will still take quite a while even on a fast computer Figure 7 5 A fairly periodic section with click Figure 7 6 The repair using D Type Page 110 Figure 7 7 A zoomed in view of the above repair 7 1 1 3 The E Type DeCrackler The Type E Interpolator though fundamentally similar to the DType is implemented so it can be applied to passages of unlimited duration As with the DType expect to wait a while for your result but it is worth it The EType DeCrackler is capable of reducing distortion including offensive harsh sounding material Its micro repairs leave the audio sounding better without resorting to low pass filtering iy j 4 ad y f Uh e kj n IN M h A ni I y 1 i N Figure Z8 EType s micro repairs 7 1 2 Usi
60. an Article Number 59 Unlock All Marks 88 Unlock Gain Node 54 Unlock Marks from Selection 87 Unlock SRP 55 UPC EAN 58 59 Updating your Key File 75 Use button 65 View Background Waveforms 103 Remove Waveforms on Close 103 Show Segment Names 103 Zoom Factor 103 View menu 96 Ww WAV 19 22 71 waveforms 23 26 72 97 103 building new waveforms 72 refresh 81 scrolling 26 zooming 26 97 98 Waveform Mode 52 81 Windows Page 153 Mark Info 99 Meters 99 Windows Menu 99 Write CDText 104 Write SRP Info to File 74 zooming 26 97 98 Zoom around Playhead 97 Zoom Factor 103 Zoom In Out 97 Zoom In Out around Edit Point 97 Zoom In Out around Playhead 97 Zoom In Around In Out Point 97 Zoom to In Out 102 Zoom to Previous Next 97 Zoom to Sel ection Start End 102 Zoom to Selection 98 Zoom to Selection Start End 98 Page 154 Created by Seneschal lt www seneschal net gt amp Sonic Studio LLC lt www sonicstudio com gt using PreMaster CD 3 Mac OS Adobe InDesign and the Univers family of typefaces From all of us at Sonic Studio we thank you for your support and encour agement We would also like to thank all our dedicated testers for their assistance in bringing this product to your studio Thank you very much Comments corrections and suggestions regarding this manual are always welcome Please contact us at lt support sonicstudio com gt 080820v3r3 Page 155
61. an quickly disable or enable the FadeTool Alternately you can force the FadeTool off by default In the EDL tab of the Windows Preferences window the FadeTool check box keeps the Fade Tool enabled until you choose to disable it manually When moving the cursor over a fade with the FadeTool enabled the default cursor changes into the Fade Tool and the selected fade turns either green for an Fade In red for an Fade Out or both Depending on cursor location relative to the fade the FadeTool modifies the start end length or position of the fade See section 3 8 1 for basic information about the Fade Tool If you zoom in on a Fade so that more than about 1096 of the waveform display is occupied by the fade you will see the thin blue vertical line that represents the edit event and a diagonal line or curve that represents the gain law or change in amplitude dictated by the fade Situat ed in the middle of the diagonal curve and attached to that line is a square bead the Control Point for the fade curve Figure 4 1 Anatomy of a Fade Figure 4 1 above shows the major parts of a Fade and the various contextual shapes that the cursor assumes based on location Note the Control Point and edit event discussed in upcom ing sections On the left the 1 cursor is set for an inboard duration change Placing the cursor at that location and click dragging will increase or decrease the duration of the fade without changing the edit event
62. and DeNoise Parameters The following parameters are available as horizontal sliders DefaultValue Recommended Extreme Threshold 60 to 60 o a ma Attenuation 60t00 Jo 10to 24 p 1 3 4 1 Threshold The Estimate defines the aggregate threshold applied to each of the over 2 000 individual Bins used by the denoise process TheThreshold parameter allows the entire curve as a whole to be moved up or down Together with the Attenuation parameter the Threshold parameter pro vides the basic control over how aggressively the process is applied AsThreshold is raised more of the signal at all frequencies is processed At extremely high settings a distinctive watery aliasing may be heard in the resulting audio If theThreshold is set too low little or no noise reduction is obtained The Threshold can be thought of as the fine line between noise and music globally raising or lowering the entire Estimate curve relative to Page 118 its original position Local adjustment of the threshold according to frequency bands is effected by adjusting the Interpolation curve and saving a new Estimate file The default Threshold is arbitrary Threshold and Attenuation settings should generally be ad justed together for best results The Noise NoNoise button can help to determine an acceptable compromise setting 1 3 4 2 Attenuation This value in decibels sets the maximum attenuation to be applied to any Bin A sett
63. area is the time line for the waveforms The bottom of the black area is reserved for PO Marks and the Track Bar discussed in section 3 9 The data underlying the whole of the two Panels with marks and all data describing the audio program is also referred to as the EDL or Edit Decision List and is saved as a separate file within each Project s folder Page 20 Soul f The Cit Hew world Nomad 1 Figure 3 2 Waveform display with marks above the Panels Above the time line and marks are the transport controls They offer dedicated buttons for play stop fast forward and rewind Also along this bar are the SRP Burn and Marks buttons The function of these are explained in sections 4 7 4 10 4 7 and 3 9 6 respectively Figure 3 3 A Project s Transport Controls Finally at the top of the main window are time displays on the left for the Playhead and on the right for edit locations In the middle is a display showing the current location of the Playhead and other time information related to that Project In the upper right hand corner of the Project window are the LOCK and DITHER indicators the latter being discussed in detail in section 6 9 7 3 The LOCK indicator is green when PreMaster CD s audio engine is locked to a valid clock reference The DITHER indicator is green when re dithering on output is enabled In both instances green is good 3 3 Starting a Project Opening Files 3 3 1 Opening Projects To cre
64. ark Contextual Menu ccc ccc eee eee nee eee tee eae tee tea e tenets 88 6 6 1 DCE Wa FOUN size aii chee PELLE LUI D I M I LL DDR a a EMI eae 91 6 6 2 Set Out PoiDt ii iex re ai int 91 6 6 3 Set In e Quit PONES enter ht ida pian iia 91 6 6 4 e T iiscelac m 91 6 6 5 Clear Out PON cM It 91 6 6 6 Clear Ine OUt POINTS airada 91 6 6 7 Nudge Right Left oct ut trustee a vicente Mae eae eee 91 6 6 8 Move In Point O t POINT eissaia A Ere extr tre AIEEE RENTER ERR 92 6 6 9 Move In Point to Out PON di ti 92 6 6 10 Find Set Polnts iere tex e A Ra 92 6 6 11 Select N dge iZ viciosa canes vela aaa 92 6 6 12 S t SRP sc A AR A ans 93 6 6 13 Set SRP with Text A oa eee E 93 6 6 14 Lock SRPS from SelectiOn esdeuetetustsesog santa rto gustu MEDIA calidades ad 93 6 6 15 Unlock SRPS from SelectlOni iniit pliss pU ua pERRi rra de caveats deja Re brda rag idad 93 6 6 16 Clear Selected SRPS curia iro ui db cec add 93 6 6 17 Drop Edit Point at Playbead rex AR A RREROUNME ds 93 6 6 18 Edit Point to Playheadi Estne PRexXRX RN RENPAP aos 93 6 6 19 Move Edit PONE Wer ii a Seine 93 6 6 20 Edit Point to Next Peak unser ti ed i 94 6 6 21 Select Start to Edit Point eic ieee len uk eves oh EU RE DI PaY Falk d 94 6 6 22 Select Edit Point to ERA e isis as 95 6 6 23 Selection from Selected Segments ssesssssssssssssses emen 95 6 6 24 Select Segment to End ccc cece ee eee eme hene ener nnne 95 6 6 25 Select Segment to Start cr
65. asy method see section 3 10 5 If PO metadata is not present the songs or group of songs you want to move need to be pres ent as separate segments This can be achieved by either manually creating a new Crossfade or by deleting the space between tracks in an existing sound file meanwhile creating new seg ments that can be moved and edited independently To create a new Crossfade simply move your cursor to the desired location and double click This will move the Edit Point to the click location Then select Edit Create Crossfade Also see section 3 8 2 above for information on deleting segments Once the material is divided in the required number of segments the re ordering can be done There are several ways this can be achieved First segments can be selected then dragged and dropped into place This allows you to change the track order very quickly but may be inac curate when placing the files with precision on the time line Section 4 3 below discusses an autospacing option that helps with precise track timings To drag a segment first select the segment by clicking on the whiteTitle Bar at the top of any segment See figure 3 7 2 above Notice the bright yellow Drag Bar that appears under theTitle Bar in any selected segment Figure 3 23 The Drag Bar Click drag the Drag Bar to move the segment to the desired location Remember that shift clicking or command clicking on multiple segments will select contiguous or segmen
66. ate a new Project select File New Project from the menu bar A blank default Project opens You can open an existing Project by selecting File gt Open Project from the menu bar This brings up a standard Mac OS browser dialog for finding and selecting the desired Project file Confirm your selection with Choose and the Project opens into a new Project window Page 21 O00098 Choose a File fair f m 2 Ann Howe Trio Project E Q search 4 E Ann Howe Trio Ann How io Project BS ovasAlBook S A Applications HE Desktop Ann How xport txt fa Ann How roject 1 r v Ann How port2 txt al Ann How oject 2 t Ann How Q Log txt 3 EDLs Ann How Log2 txt E Ann Ho io Project Ann How Cks txt 2 Asian Pop DDP 2 Asian Pop Project Export Log2 rtf 3 Sonic Studio ne hv LL LU LL New Folder Cancel Choose Figure 3 4 Mac OS browser dialog for opening a Project After highlighting your selection and clicking Choose the Project will be opened together with any available editing and PO metadata already saved in the Project folder A third way to open an existing Project is by using the Finder Simply drag the file from any folder onto the PreMaster CD application icon or if the application is running the application s Dock icon In the Finder you can also double click on a Project s file icon 3 3 2 Opening Sound Files Once your Project is open you need to open you
67. by PreMaster CD Within the Project you can add sound create and edit marks that will generate PO codes and place SRPs persistant editing related placeholders inside the Project All this information can be saved and later recalled Raw sound files can be imported from various file formats including AIFF WAV BWF and SD2 or Sound Designer II with regions These files are then edited allowing you to compile a new program from various sources When you are satisfied that your Project is acceptable you can create a Compact Disc that allows you to check the completed deliverable These check discs or refs are perfect for approvals but not for replication The audio data on these CD Rs technically CD DA formatted Orange Book discs contain error protected metadata but not error protected audio data So errors can propagate through premastering to replication resulting in costly rework For disc replication you should save your changes to the Project and deliver a DDP file set a reliable error protected file format specifically designed for interchange between facilities and optical disc replication Page 19 3 2 Project Layout AAD TMarshall_NWN 00 03 38 01 00 00 01 00 00 18 08 30 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 Transport Controls Track Bar ii gt gt gt mm Title Bar Segment Edit Point 21 Pla Engush 1 7 A lo il D New world Nomad 1 a Walk Don t Walk 1 Op Pane 0 0 A Waveform View S
68. ce playback Less expensive transports typically require back timing hence the PO Offset to make sure the buffer is full prior to track start so audio is not cut off by the trans port s muting circuit With Offsets enabled the factory defaults are very conservative and will produce satisfactory results with even the lowest quality transport but always deliver a copy of your CD and check a range of target transports for an optimal setting Note that as a rule offsets are applied during the delivery of an original CD or DDP file set The Windows gt Preferences gt Delivery gt Offsets gt Disable Offsets check box will enable or dis able offset compensation Offsets are applied globally to an entire Project Page 61 4 8 4 PQ Track Info 4 8 4 1 Total Tracks amp Extended Listing This field shows the total number of Start marks that will appear on the disc To the left of the Total Tracks field is an unmarked Extended Listing check box that when unchecked simplifies the Track Listing by hiding End of Track Marks and Indexes This mode showing only the es sential CDTrack information is designed for resequencing Tracks by dragging and dropping as discussed in section 4 8 4 3 below 4 8 4 2 Total Duration This field shows the total playing time of the CD The total playing time includes all pauses between the individual tracks as well as the pregap mode changing pause before the start of Track 1 The inclusion of pregap
69. col is the industry standard method for delivering all the data and metadata needed for disc replication to a pressing plant Unlike audio CDs DDP file sets contain error protected audio data plus all ancillary metadata or data about the data DDP file sets when used for replication avoid potential errors that can crop up between the time you create a replication master and the moment that a glass master is created during rep lication CD DA discs or audio CDs do not protect the audio data from errors since they as sume that the CD player will hide or conceal any errors during playback This situation leads to errors in replication when recordable CDs formatted as Red Book audio discs are used as replication masters Note that the DDP files created by PreMaster CD always in their enclosing folder can be copied to any writable medium you choose DVD R data tape or hard disk for transport to the replicator Of course the medium you choose must have enough space to hold the file set Also always check with your replicator to determine which physical medium and format they can handle and whether they are even capable of using DDP as an premastering format Many bargain companies are not ready to handle DDP deliveries so we at Sonic Studio suggest you find a reputable facility that does accept DDP file sets of your valuable masters Check the Sup port section of the Sonic Studio web site lt www sonicstudio com gt for a list of
70. d file is selected in the list the black status bar below the list displays the sample rate word length and number of channels of the selected file Multiple sound files can be added to the list by repeating this action To remove sound files from the list click to select the list entry and delete it by hitting the back space or delete key To clear the list of all sound files click the Clear All button to the right of the Soundfiles list 8 1 1 Applying Processes Once all sound files have been selected one or more processes to be applied to them in the Processes area An Add a Process menu allows for selection of the desired process es Note that for PreMaster CD only the ability to create waveform metadata or sample rate convert to 44100 is available More background Processes are available when optional pack ages for PreMaster CD are purchased These include DSD conversion and full Sample Rate Conversion for Fixlt When a process is selected in the space below the Processes area details and available pa rameters are shown for the selected Process This enables adjustment or selection of further options depending upon the Process selected Processes can be deleted from the processes list by clicking on the process and then hitting the backspace or delete key To clear all processes from the Processes list click the Clear All button to the right of the Processes list Once all necessary processes have been selected and
71. d indicator mean you should inspect your PO information for non Red Book compliant entries The accompanying field calls out the problem entry making it easy to rectify the problem 3 10 2 5 Device amp Status Validation The Device field provides a list of available disc writing devices and provides details about the selected mechanism To the right of the Device label is a selector that for multiple connected mechanisms allows you to choose the target device The Status field provides an indication of the status of your delivery media and or progress on the delivery Note that you may see a Sound begins more than 2 frames before Start Mark message This a reminder to check that you are not unintentionally truncating any audio at the head of your Project Remember that according to the Red Book specification for CD DA discs the first 2 seconds or 150 CD frames are pregap and the first track start is at 2 seconds Any audio before the 2 second mark will be replaced by 150 CD frames of digital zeroes on any CDs deliv ered and in DDP file sets Pregap is a logical region of the disc reserved for mode changes and other non audio functions 3 10 2 6 The Execute Button Once the above options are set this button starts the process of creating a new delivery writ ten to the location shown in the Path Device field When you click the Execute button a stan dard Mac OS file browser opens where appropriate allowing you to specify the
72. d inserting something that will often be preferable to editing in replacement audio An additional consideration is that since no material is added or re moved the timing or tempo is not affected 7 2 Fixlt 7 2 1 Introduction The Fixlt option is an entry level version of the complete NoNOISE II suite It includes basic EQ the DeNoiser basic Manual DeClick basic Manual DeCrackle and Sample Rate Conversion 7 2 2 EQ 7 2 3 Basic Manual DeClick amp DeCrackle The Fixlt version of NoNoise ll option provides a smart tool for isolating and removing individ ual transient impairments in a sound file Manual DeClick assists in removing unwanted noises such as clicks pops and thumps The algorithm analyze audio on either side of the anomaly and based on this information synthesizes replacement samples Manual DeClicking substi tutes the repaired samples for the original program material Fixlt also includes a entry level version of DeCrackle an algorithm that reduces surface noise on mechanical recordings and distortion in any sound file Page 112 Note that Manual DeClick processes generate two new files for each sound file that is re paired These cd and rl files contain the samples removed during repair and a list of their locations respectively If you move or delete either of these files you will not be able to restore the original samples undoing the repair Manual DeClick is generally used with the exce
73. d showing the numerical value of the current instantaneous amplitude When an overload occurs these boxes turn red To clear the overload display click on the indicator and the red surround will disappear Finally at the top left of the Master section are four more buttons Clicking the Clear button clears the peak values for the numerical level indicators as well as any overloads indicated Clicking Reset resets the peak hold of the meters as well as any peak hold value in the Meters Details window The third button Details opens or closes the Meter Details window 1 i AAO Meter Detail INF IMF Figure 5 2 The Meter Details window The six value indicators show the current instantaneous values for Peak Power Peak RMS and VU Volume Indicator scaling for each output With the Meter Scaling slider the scaling of the meters can be adjusted to provide more resolution at increasingly higher amplitudes Page 68 A MENUS For all menus the keyboard equivalents for all commands are listed in Appendix 1 Also note that the word folder is used to describe disk directories in keeping with Mac OS tradition Finally all edits in PreMaster CD are both instantaneous and non destructive The only excep tion is the File Save Reversed command which renders or creates a new sound file of the reversed material 6 1 The File Menu New Project d N Open Project a6 O Open Recent gt Open DDP Image X d O
74. de Playhead When Stopped R Figure 6 5 The Play menu 6 4 1 Play From Selection This command starts playback from the beginning of a selected region If no region is selected then playback starts at the Edit Point If the Edit Point is not available playback commences at the start of the first segment in the Project This command is equivalent to tapping the Space bar on the keyboard The Play From Selection command will continue to play until either the Spacebar is hit again or the Playhead reaches midnight 23 59 59 74 Page 82 6 4 2 Play Selection This command plays a selected region or segments Whereas the Play From Selection com mand mentioned in section 6 4 1 above will continue to play until stopped the play Selection command stops automatically at the end of the selection 6 4 3 Play From Playhead In normal operation when you tap the Spacebar to start playback the Playhead will jump to the Edit Point or the start of the file if there is no Edit Point and begin playback The Play From Playhead command emulates a tape transport with playback instead starting at the current Playhead location 6 4 4 Repeat Play If there is a selected region the Repeat Play command will repeatedly play the region until stopped If there is not a selected region PreMaster CD will repeatedly play the entire Panel Repeat playback continues until you stop play with the menu command or by hitting the Spacebar 6 4 5 Stop AI
75. de from the current In Points position when no Out Point is seen or it creates a new segment at the area included by a set In and Out Point This command uses crossfade defaults when creating crossfades 6 2 13 Delete Crossfade The Delete Crossfade command deletes all frivolous Crossfades ones that cause no audible change in the underlying audio from the selected region Superfluous Crossfades are usually Page 78 created with the Create Crossfade command discussed in the previous section and after an extensive editing session the Delete Crossfade command will clear any visual clutter making it easier to see the operative edits 6 2 14 Move Segments The Move Segment command allows the user to move one or more segments to another loca tion on the time line Selecting this command opens the Move Segments modal dialog which shows the current position of the Playhead or start of the first selected segment Entering a new start time and clicking the Move button causes the head of the first selected segment to move to the new location All selected segments will also more by the same amount maintaining their relative position to each other Additionally this dialog offers three extra options By clicking the Where button you can load either the current position of the Playhead or the location of extant In point or Out Points all from a drop down menu Then by clicking the Move button the segment s shift to the new locati
76. define the pause between tracks You can create crossfades between overlapping segments and adjust the crossfades in the Waveform View You can also insert Index Marks to create subdivisions within a track Fourth Burn the Project to a CD When you burn your Project PreMaster CD uses supported CD burning hardware that is con nected to or installed in your Macintosh The following section walks you through the creation of a simple CD in six easy steps using individual audio files and default settings for pauses and crossfades 2 3 Step By Step Make A Quick CD This section covers four basic steps to create a CD Step 1 Open Open PreMaster CD and choose File New to create a new Project Step 2 Drag Collect the desired audio files drag them and holding down the command key drop the files onto the top Panel in the order that you want them to appear on the CD The command key is only needed just before you drop the files PreMaster CD will automatically create CD Tracks displayed in theTrack Bar from your audio files Page 16 QUSS rack B al A A Top Panel 0 0 a Waveform V e LAS d E ts VV Figure 2 1 A Project showing the Track Bar and top Panel Step 3 Check Choose Window Mark Info and select the PO Delivery tab If there is no blank disc in your CD burner s tray the STATUS field prompts you to Insert media for delivery Step 4 Burn Insert a blank CD R disc if yo
77. dio will also change since you are affect ing the gain across the fade event When the Fade Tool is active holding the control key brings up a contextual menu Help Linear Root Linear w Cosine Root Cosine Exponential Set Fade to Fade In Out Set Fade to CrossFade Set Fades To Selection Set Fade to Default Fade In Set Fade to Default Fade Out Set Fade to Default CrossFade Set Fade to Default CrossFadeOut Set Fade to Default CrossFadeln Figure 4 2 The Fade Tool contextual menu The FadeTool contextual menu offers the following choices for gain law or curve Page 46 e Linear default 6 dB down in the center Root Linear 3 dB down in the center e Cosine default 3 dB down in the center e Root Cosine default 6 dB down in the center e Exponential provides very rapid reduction in gain across the Fade PreMaster CD provides five fade shapes to allow you to produce a pleasing edit or transition no matter what sort of material you have available You can also use fades for less obvious pur poses such as applying a new Crossfade on an unwanted sound changing the gain law to ex ponential and adjusting the duration to drop out or suppress the unwanted sound Though each gain law is useful in certain situations the linear fade shape is the most widely applicable 4 1 3 Changing the Fade Duration In the FadeTool contextual menu the Set Fade to Selection forces the fade duration to match the duration of a
78. dit Delete Selection from the main menu Hitting the delete or backspace key on the keyboard will perform the same action Lovely EI 1 Figure 3 22 A deleted selection the circled area has moved As a result the selected region will be deleted and all audio to the right of the selected region will be moved left to the beginning of the now deleted section closing the hole Again the In and Out Points stay in place Similar to clearing the selected region you now have two new segments When deleting the selection however the two new segments are joined together with a Crossfade It is repre sented in the waveform display as an overlapping Fade In and Out The delete functions mentioned above also work with one or more selected regions Simply click drag to select a region and hit delete or option delete Note that when you have both Edit Points and region selections PreMaster CD always de fers to Edit Points rather than selections This can easily lead to erroneous edits when IN and OUT Points are beyond the displayed area and the selected segments or regions are visible leading to the user s perception of a non performing edit meanwhile audio out of view has Page 33 been modified Because of that it is always a good idea to either choose Selection gt Clear In amp Out Points or check for the presence of Edit Points by glancing at the IN and OUT fields at the top right of the Project Non zero positiv
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80. e Windows gt Preference gt Time Display tab where the Project default is set See section 4 9 for more information on time standard settings Note that because PreMaster CD is designed among other functions to create the metadata necessary for Compact Disc replication all of your PO marking decisions are directly tied to the 75 frame standard If you are using PreMaster CD for CD preparation you should always use the 75 fps CD Frames standard Note also that when a region is selected and playback is invoked the Playhead relocates and playback starts at the beginning of the selection 3 7 2 Selecting Segments An entire sound file segment the representation of contiguous samples from a single sound file can be chosen as a selection Click on the whiteTitle Bar at the top of any segment which displays the source sound file name Figure 3 11 The Title Bar The waveform highlights yellow orange and a bright yellow bar appears below it running the entire length of the segment to indicate that the segment has been selected Figure 3 12 A selected segment indicated by the yellow highlight By holding down the shift key and simultaneously clicking in other segment sTitle Bars a selection of contiguous segments can be made Also while holding down the Apple or com Page 29 mand key and clicking any Title Bars a group of non contiguous or random segments can be selected simultaneously Ann Howe jp Lovel EIZ 1 Lo
81. e maximum peak within the entire Panel becomes full scale This preference provides overall am plitude scaling while maintaining visual context between loud and soft passages Scale to View When enabled the display is scaled vertically so that the maximum peak within the currently visible waveform becomes full scale This preference pro vides local magnification excellent for fine editing but requires that you refer to the numeric vertical scale to determine the general amplitude Show Track Scale in dB When enabled the amplitude scale is shown in dBFS or dB full scale referenced to a full 24 bit AES EBU data word When off the Panel s amplitude scale is shown as a non dimensional normalized value ranging from O to 1 equating to digital silence or full scale respectively Page 103 6 9 6 3 Playing Auto Tools The Playing Auto Tools section has the following settings AutoScroll Playhead When selected the Playhead will move as normal until it reaches the right edge of the waveform display Then the Move Forward command automatically takes place moving the waveform view to the right AutoScroll Track When selected the Playhead stays centered in the wave form display while the underlying waveform display continuously scrolls 6 9 7 Setting Preferences Delivery Tab 6 9 7 1 Delivery Keep DDP Image This check box retains the directory or folder containing the DDP files set that forms that basis for all
82. e to be created After the operation is complete the reversed material will be edited back into the Project replacing the original segment s or region s Note that this operation may take a lot of time depending upon your system configuration and the length of the selected file s or region during which time PreMaster CD may appear to be inactive Page 72 6 1 13 System Information Status Window 4 Print EDL Sound File Paths Print Segment Info Print Selected Segment Info Formatted Print Selected Segment Info Print SRP Info Write SRP Info to File Import 5 4 EDL Export EDL As 5 4 Send Crash Report Print Desk Info Figure 6 2 The File System Information submenu 6 1 13 1 Show Console Log Invoking this command launches the Console utility and opens the log associated with PreMaster CD Console is the central repository for reports from running processes and appli cations While PreMaster CD is running it outputs information to Console and that information such as details on installed options system status and actions undertaken then appears in the log Also at the command of the user certain information regarding EDL or Projects can be output to the log as well See the following sections for more information on user selectable printing to the log file 6 1 13 2 Print EDL Sound File Paths This commands outputs a list of all locations of all sound files in use in the current Project The output is
83. e values indicate the location of an Edit Point 3 8 3 Splitting a segment into new segments Occasionally existing segments need to be split in separate segments before further editing can be performed This can be achieved by manually creating a new Crossfade within a seg ment To create a new Crossfade simply place your cursor at the desired location and double click This moves the Edit Point to the click location Then select Edit gt Create Crossfade from the main menu A new Crossfade is created at the location of the Edit point Also see section 3 8 2 above for information on deleting segments 3 8 4 Manipulating Fades With Crossfades the Fade Tool can also be used to modify or move the fades either as a com plete Crossfade or as individual Black Fades When the cursor is moved over a Crossfade it changes into a pair of parallel horizontal arrows The Fade Out changes to red while the Fade In changes to green To move the whole Crossfade either left or right once again hiding and revealing audio on either side simply click and drag the Crossfade to the desired location Release the mouse but ton to drop the Crossfade at a specific spot To modify the fades individually press the option key while modifying the Fade Out and the Apple or command key while modifying the Fade In With these modifier keys the FadeTool works as if the fades were isolated as described in section 3 8 1 above While operating on one fade of a Cr
84. ect files first and sound files second with a divider in between The files appear in the list with the most recently used files at the top in the order they were opened Finally if you select a sound file from this menu without any target Projects open PreMaster CD will create a new default Project and open the sound file into that Project 6 1 4 Open DDP Image In addition to sound files PreMaster CD can optionally open DDP file sets with the DDP File Open option Selecting Open DDP Image from this menu invokes a standard Mac OS browser To open a DDP file set select its containing folder and choose Open from the brows er window PreMaster CD will open the IMAGE DAT audio file and metadata into a new Project The DDP metadata consists of three files the DDPID DDPMS and the DDPPO or SD files PreMaster CD parses or reads then validates these files and adds PO Marks when the DDP file set is opened PreMaster CD can open both consolidated and split DDP file sets These labels refer to the audio files with a consolidated file set employing a single audio file while the split file sets has two or more audio files The consolidated type is far more common and that is the type that PreMaster CD saves If you do not own the DDP File Open option you can still open the IMAGE DAT portion of a DDP file set Simply drag and drop an IMAGE DAT file onto the top Panel of a Project It will open the file allowing you to play back only the
85. ed Restore Bar 2 Click drag in the Panel to select a region that contains only the Restore Bar you wish to undo 3 From the NoNOISE menu choose Restore Click NoNOISE replaces the repaired audio with the original samples containing the defect 7 2 3 6 Obscenity Reduction In addition to restoration duties the DeClicker can be used to insure the public acceptability of obscene material or to conceal any audio that may not pass muster with downstream listen ers Simply select the obscenity as though it were an impairment and DeClick it The DeClicker when given a long duration region to repair does a great job of removing the objectionable material and inserting something that will often be preferable to editing in replacement audio An additional consideration is that since no material is editorially added or removed the tim ing or tempo is not affected 7 2 3 DeNoise The Broadband DeNoiser is the highest fidelity single ended noise reducer available today Fixlt s DeNoise is an entry level version capable of rescuing both old and new recordings alike reducing broadband noise from analog sources or acoustic contamination from HVAC systems and traffic noise Also the DeNoiser can subjectively shrink the size of a perceived acoustic space by reducing existing reverberation in a recording Broadband noise whether white pink or brown in spectrum is one of the most common forms of audio degradation Noise can be
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87. egment Star End ratio m 0 0 T A E E sl Panel 07 30 51 40 11 36 14 60 04 05 38 20 11 37 14 33 15 50 36 57 04 13 22 24 LN j C 15 53 49 08 20 27 43 10 04 33 69 01 A 30 0 OO 75 fps CD Frames y 4 gt 3 e xt View Figure 3 1 Main components of a Project window In PreMaster CD all tasks are performed in or via a Project The bottom half of a new Project shows two empty Panels containers for stereo sound files and their accompanying waveform displays or text lists The upper Panel shows the left channel while the lower Panel represents the right channel A scroll bar appears at the bottom of the Project directly beneath the lower Panel allowing you to scroll across the time line To the left of this scroll bar a drop down menu is available where the time standard can be selected The function of this time standard control is discussed further in section 3 7 1 but it s best to leave it at the default setting of 75 fps as this is the correct settings for time code on Compact Discs To the left of each Panel are solo and mute buttons labeled with an S and M respectively along with an amplitude meter Also a gain overlay button labeled G is available to the right of S and M buttons The function of this button and the application feature it brings up will be discussed later in section 4 4 Immediately above the waveforms is a black banner with time code values in yellow At the top of the black
88. egment duration trimming the segment as you go Click hold on the fade and drag the fade left or right Releasing the mouse button fixes the fade in that location While you are moving or changing a fade with the FadeTool the waveform is live continuously changing visually to reflect the modifications you are making Page 31 pom Figure 3 19 Dragging the inside edge to lengthen a Fade Note that the maximum duration of a fade is equal to the underlying sound file duration As mentioned above it is not possible to move a fade past the actual start or end of an underlying sound file Also moving Black Fades so more than two overlap is not allowed as well A modal Check ForTripleOverlap dialog will pop up telling you that your command would result in three Black Fades lying on top of each other 3 8 2 Deleting Part of a Sound File It may be necessary to edit out some part of a sound file PreMaster CD allows you to do so quickly and with great precision To easily cut out a portion of a sound file simply select the region that you want to remove Then select Edit gt Delete Selection or hit the delete key to remove the selected region and slip all downstream segments left to close the gap More on this later More precise editing can be performed with In points and Out edit points special marks you can place in the Panel An In Point is shown as a vertical line with a triangle at the bottom pointing right while
89. egments to End Select Segments To Start Select between SRPs Change Crossfade duration Viewing Shortcuts Show Text View Show Gain Overlay Refresh Standard Track Size Large Track Size Move Forward Move Forward Backward Move Backward Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom In Around In Point Zoom Around Out Point Zoom Around Edit Point Zoom Out Around Edit Point Zoom In Around Playhead Zoom Out Around Playhead Zoom to Previous Zoom to Next Zoom to Selection Zoom to Selection Zoom to Entire EDL Zoom to Time Line Selection Zoom to Waveform selection CD Prep Create Track Start Mark Create Track End Mark Delete Mark s shift command F10 option hyphen option equals shift command right arrow shift command left arrow double click at bottom of waveform display shift click drag with Crossfade Tool option T option G command R option 5 option 6 right arrow command option control click drag on waveform left arrow down arrow up arrow command arrow left command arrow right command arrow down command arrow up option arrow down option arrow up command P command option P command G command option click drag on waveform command E command click drag right on time line command option click drag on waveform F9 F10 command F12 Page 133 Edited Black to Marks Edited Black to Start Marks Mark Info window Syste
90. elected region They can be locked to the time line un locked and deleted Option clicking allows you to drag them to a new location on the time line They also carry a optional comment label that s useful to jog yours or someone else s memory at a later date As with many objects in PreMaster CD SRPs have their own contextual menu Control clicking on an SRP brings up the following menu Lock SRP x Unlock SRP Lock All SRPs in Track Figure 4 13 The SRP contextual menu The menu offers the following options Lock SRP e Unlock SRP Page 55 e Lock All SRPs in Track e Unlock All SRPs in Track Note that the last two options are global in nature and will change the state of all SRPs pres ent regardless of region selection Also note that if an unlocked SRP is enclosed within or touches a segment it will become associated with that segment and will move if the segment is moved 4 6 Edit Groups Sometimes a monaural edit is needed on a stereo pair PreMaster CD provides a simple Edit Group control to depart from the default behavior of performing edits on both channels of a stereo pair when you operate on only one The default Edit Group mode is stereo as indicated by the stereo Edit Group indicator Hw MH Conzolidated aif NwH_tconsolidated aif Select Stereo Editing Mode AO 175 fps CD Frames 4 gt ED Figure 4 14 Stereo editing mode The stereo editing mode selector straddles the two Panels
91. ension are placed in the same folder as the audio files and can be read by any other Sonic Studio product Page 23 VH Conzalidated aif Figure 3 7 The building of waveform metadata in progress Once the waveforms are visible the arrow keys control the viewing window and a quick tap of the E key always zooms out to view the entire Project In section 3 6 below navigating your Project is discussed in more detail 3 5 Auditioning Sound 3 5 1 Playback When you press the keyboard s Space Bar the cursor changes to a speaker amp note and play back begins A thin vertical red line the Playhead spans the Panels and time line and moves horizontally to indicate the location of playback Figure 3 8 The cursor changes into a speaker amp note shape during playback When you first open a sound file and begin listening playback once started will begin at the left edge of the audio The Playhead will move to the right across the file When you hit the Space Bar again playback ends and the Playhead halts its motion When you hit the space bar a third time the Playhead will jump back to the left side of the waveform display the beginning of the sound file and playback will begin again Page 24 3 5 2 Playback from the Edit Point When you click anywhere inside the waveform display the entire Panel or rectangle contain ing the waveform display is selected The selected Panel has a medium blue background and
92. er CD validates your PO entries against the Red Book specifications If they meet the requirements the indicator at the lower left corner will be green and the status field will show PO Information is valid If the PO marks violate the Red Book requirements the button will be yellow and a message will appear describing what is wrong with the entered parameters Note that you may see a Sound begins more than 2 frames before Start Mark message This a reminder to check that you are not unintentionally truncating any audio at the head of your Project Remember that according to the Red Book specification for CD DA discs the first 2 seconds or 150 CD frames are pregap and the first track start is at 2 seconds Any audio Page 62 before the 2 second mark will be replaced by 150 CD frames of digital zeroes on any CDs deliv ered and in DDP file sets Pregap is a logical region of the disc reserved for mode changes and other non audio functions 4 8 5 PO Delivery Tab The second of the two tabs in the Mark Info window is the PO Delivery tab This pane controls the delivery speed and destination as well as other options like CD Text E i e e Mark Info PreMaster CD PG Info PO Delivery Destination Device CD AtM MATSHITA DVD A UJ 835E ATAPI Status Insert media for delivery IN OX E Close Session i Emulation Node Bj r co ss Execute Eject TrackList ExportList PO List PQ Infomation is valid
93. erences EDL Tab 6 9 6 1 View The View section has the following options e Show Track Bar When checked an additional layer of visual feedback is enabled in the Project This alternate view provides a graphical approach to evaluating and ma nipulating your PO metadata Existing metadata is displayed from an object oriented perspective whereby each CD Track that will result from your current PO placement is shown in grey while the pause between tracks is shown in blue Section 3 9 5 above discusses the Track Bar e Show Segment Names When checked segment names will show in the Title Bar When unchecked the Title Bar of segments remains empty Background Waveforms When checked waveforms will be generated in the back ground upon opening sound files from other DAWs When unchecked no graphical waveform files will be produced automatically The File Build Waveform com mand will manually generate waveform files Remove Waveforms on Close When checked waveform metadata will be deleted when a Project is closed Zoom Factor 96 When zooming in or out the display will be zoomed by the factor defined in this field The default 9096 means that 9096 of the current waveform view will be zoomed with 1096 overlap for visual context This preference only applies to selections 6 9 6 2 Display Auto Tools The Display AutoTools has the following options e AutoScale On When enabled the display is scaled vertically so that th
94. erride A Auto Space All Tracks Figure 6 3 The Edit menu 6 2 1 Undo action This command reverts the last command executed For clarification the Undo command also appends the last action performed to the menu name PreMaster CD provide an almost unlimited number of undos The only limiting factor is the amount of RAM which when completely used will force the operating system to use virtual memory This will slow down the operation of PreMaster CD Page 76 Note that some individual commands actually perform several functions behind the scenes though to you the user it appears to be only one function For that reason you may have to Undo several times to recover a state that was reached with a single user command 6 2 2 Redo action This command reverts the last undo command reinstating the last command performed Ad ditionally for clarification the Undo command in this menu shows the last action undone 6 2 3 Cut The Cut command operates on a region within Edit Points as well as selected regions or seg ments removing the defined item from the Project and placing it in PreMaster CD s Clip board The Clipboard is a temporary memory location reserved by the operating system for each running application 6 2 4 Copy The Copy command operates on a region within Edit Points as well as selected regions or seg ments copying the defined item from the Project and placing it in PreMaster CD s Clipboard
95. et FadeTo Default Fade In Out Crossfade changes all fade parameters to the Default Fade s characteristics On a PQ mark Hovering over a mark Move Edit PointTo Mark Moves Edit Point to this mark Lock Mark Locks this mark UnLock Mark Unlocks this mark Lock Marks From Selection Locks these marks UnLock Marks From Selection Unlocks these marks Lock All Marks Locks all marks UnLock All Marks Unlocks all marks Set Emphasis Sets the emphasis bit for this mark Reset Emphasis Disables the emphasis bit for this mark Delete Mark Deletes this mark Page 136 Appendix 4 Additional Resources Below is a list of internet resources on subjects relating to PreMaster CD and it s intended field of use A4 1 Professional Organizations International Federation of Phonographic Industries assigns ISR codes ISRC http www ifpi org The P amp E wing of the National Academy of Recording Arts amp Sciences provides recommended practices for production and interchange formats http www grammy com Recording Academy Producers and Engineers The Audio Engineering Society promotes many industry standards in the field of professional audio as well as providing numerous recommended practices for applications and interchange formats http www aes org A4 2 Commercial Businesses Doug Carson Associates creators of the DDP protocol and related industr
96. et Out Point 91 Set SRP 93 Set SRP from selection 93 Set SRP from selection 93 Show Hide Gain Overlay 81 Show Hide Text View 51 80 Show Segment Names 103 Show Subframes 103 ShowTrack Bar 48 103 snap zone 49 Sonic Solutions 74 sound begins more than 2 frames 42 62 Page 151 Sound Designer files 102 sound files adding the 1st sound file 22 importing 19 opening 19 21 71 Sound Designer Il 102 source material 113 source material considerations 113 spacing tracks AutoSpace 36 Speed menu 64 Splice Offset 105 split DDP file sets 70 SRPs 55 70 clearing 93 printing SRP info to a file 74 setting 93 SRP Button 21 SRP contextual menu 55 SRP from Segment Edit Points 93 SRP from Selection 93 Standard LargeTrack Size 82 Start Offset 104 Status CD R DVD R 63 stereo editing mode 56 Stop All 83 storage systems 114 System Information Console Log 73 74 75 TAO Track at Once discs 64 Text Mode Gain 51 Show Hide Text View 51 80 time code 20 26 28 time code address 26 28 35 time display 25 Time Display preferences 102 time line 20 22 25 27 37 Title Bar 29 51 Total Duration 62 Total Tracks 42 62 Page 152 Track 1 Offset 105 Track Artist 59 Track Bar 38 48 103 Track End Mark 87 Track Listing 41 Track List button 65 Track Start 60 Track Start Mark 87 TRACKTITLE 42 TrackTitle 58 59 transport controls 21 triangular dither 113 Turn Off Delay 105 Undo 76 Universal Product Code Europe
97. etadata since the edit event is where PreMaster CD places the PO marks in any of the auto matic modes With a Crossfade the edits occur at the very center of the two Black Fades see section 3 8 1 Fade Ins and Fade Outs on the other hand are designed to be used as the transition to or from Edited Black where no audio is present on the time line Use the Set Fade to Crossfade op tion when you expect to connect its associated segment to another segment for a seamless edit between segments The Set Fade to Default options force all fade parameters back to their appropriate defaults e Set Fade to Fade In Out forces parameters to the appropriate default Black Fade e Set Fade to CrossFade forces parameters to a default Crossfade e Set In Out Fade s to Selection forces either a Black Fade or Crossfade to the dura tion and overall location of a selected region e Set Fade To Default changes the Fade s based on user defined pre sets from the EDL gt Edit Fade Mode When the Fade Tool is active any change you make using the tool to a Fade or to the underly ing audio is real time The default fade shape can be selected in the Editing Tools tab in Win dows Preferences 4 2 Drag amp Drop 4 2 1 Resequencing For rapid assembly of program material PreMaster CD provides three easy methods for auto matically snapping to either 1 2 or 3 seconds of Edited Black between segments 4 2 1 1 AutoSpace All Segment
98. ext Mode and Waveform Mode views Page 80 6 3 2 Show Hide Gain Overlay This command forces the selected Panel to show or hide the Gain Overlay feature The Gain Overlay is only visible in Waveform Mode and is shown as a thin red line superimposed on the waveform display Projects saved with Gain Overlay will open with Gain Overlay visible upon reopening Note that although Gain Overlay may not be visible when activated it is always active in the audio output signal path Only the EDL gt Bypass Gain Overlay command will bypass any Gain Overlay functionality See section 6 3 3 below for more information on the Bypass Gain Over lay command 6 3 3 Bypass Enable Gain Overlay This command bypasses or engages the Gain Overlay function When in bypass the Gain Overlay line in the waveform display turns grey and the corresponding Gain Overlay Button s on the left side of each Panel turn yellow Note that the Bypass Enable Gain Overlay function can only be selected when Gain Overlay is shown Option clicking on a Gain Overlay Button will also bypass the Gain Overlay function 6 3 4 Create Gain Nodes With Gain Overlay enabled and a region of the time line selected this command creates Gain Overlay nodes at the boundaries of the region To use this function first click drag within the waveform display to select a region Then select Edit gt Create Gain Nodes to add two nodes at the edges of the Gain Overlay and the selected regi
99. fset back times the Track Start time that the player reads to ensure that the beginning of the track will not be cut off by the player e End Offset The End Offset prevents the player from muting too early at the end of the track This offset value applies to all End of Track marks including the last Page 104 6 9 7 3 Track 1 Offset This setting allows the Start of Track Mark for Track 1 to have it s own offset value This is because Track 1 on a Compact Disc is different from the remain ing tracks and requires an extra long offset to allow CD transports to initialize prior to the onset of audio data recovery Splice Offset If a Start of Track mark is not preceded by an End of Track mark from the previous track it is considered to be a splice or segue The Splice Offset ap plies only to the special case of splices The Splice Offset must always be equal to or less than the Start Offset Splice Offsets are typically a bit more than half of the normal Start of Track offset Minimum Index Width This field sets the minimum time between Index marks Ac cording to the Red Book standard Index marks should be at least 1 second apart End marks that are closer to the Start than the Minimum Index Width are ignored Disable Offsets If this button is enabled the offsets shown in the offset windows will not be subtracted from the PO mark times either for display or for delivery Dither Dither Type Shaped PDF This radio but
100. gure 6 19 The Preference window showing the Editing Tools tab The Preference window is displayed by selecting the Windows gt Preferences command 6 9 4 Setting Preferences Editing Tools Tab 6 9 4 1 Editing Auto Tools The Editing Auto Tools section has the following options Page 100 Fade Tool When checked the Fade Tool will be enabled for editing To learn more about the Fade Tool and its properties see section 3 8 1 and 4 1 for a full descrip tion Snap to Edit Point ON When checked dragging a segment near the position of the Edit Point will cause the segment to auto snap This feature is really only ap plicable when dragging audio into a Project from the Finder or another open Project e Snap To Zone When the zone snap is checked dragging a segment near the start or end of another segment will cause the segment to auto snap to the red or blue snap locations See section 4 3 for more information on the drag amp drop auto snap functions AutoSpacing Duration As described in section 4 3 AutoSpace uses a pre selected time value to space the segments Here this value can be selected between 1 and 3 seconds Alternatively AutoSpace can be turned off as well Analog Black Threshold This field shows the default value used by the Mark Ana log Black to Marks command for the amplitude threshold This value expressed as dB below 0 dBFS sets the loudness threshold below which a Start of Track or End of Trac
101. hairline red border Once selected a click anywhere in that Panel produces a thin vertical red line with an inverted yellow triangle on top This is the Edit Point Figure 3 9 Empty Panels with Edit Point at left and Playhead at right When the Edit Point is present playback will always start from the Edit Point When you stop playback and start again the Playhead will jump to the Edit Point and start playback from there You can move the Edit Point by clicking on a new location in the waveform display The Edit Point will jump to the click location Alternatively you can click and drag the Edit Point s yellow triangle to move it to a new location 3 5 3 Playback from Playhead The Playhead itself can also be manipulated directly By double clicking in the black time line banner the Playhead is moved to the click location and playback begins You can also edit the large central time code address in the time display at the top of a Project which will move the Playhead to the specified address Section 3 5 5 below discusses the time display TheTransport Controls above the top Panel provide tape transport emulation so you can play stop and continue playing from the current location You can also select the Play gt From Playhead command 3 5 4 Random Play If you hold down the option key and move your cursor to any location in the waveform you can click hold the mouse button The Playhead will move to your click location playback
102. he resulting Estimate will require manual adjustment as discussed below If an Estimate must be Page 116 taken in presence of signal it is advisable to avoid sections of spectrally complex or non har monic material as it makes manual adjustment more time consuming It is usually necessary to derive a separate Estimate for each cut or take If these are contained in a consolidated sound file and the spectrum of the noise varies for each cut then the con solidated file should be denoised in sections so that the optimal combination of estimate and parameters can be applied to each cut Unless there is strong reason to believe that each cut in a compilation or consolidated file was ily recorded in the same session with the same equipment 2 at precisely the same levels onto the same media 3 stored in the same way 4 transferred to the same intermediate media in precisely the same way B and converted to digital samples in the same signal chain then it is advisable to take separate estimates for each cut or take When denoising stereo material it is also recommended to derive a separate Estimate for each channel Likewise if the character or level of the noise floor can be heard to change at all during the recording then the best results are be obtained by dividing that piece into sections to be denoised individually After denoising the individual sections can edited together and sequenced to create a seam less whole 7 2 4
103. he Build Sound Waveform command First select the parent sound file by clicking on the segment s Title Bar The Title Bar will turn yellow to show that it is selected Then select the File gt Build Sound Waveform command 6 1 12 Export Sound File This command exports sound files in either AIFF or BWF format in 16 or 24 bit word length It exports the audio with amplitude changes from segment gain plus any Gain Overlay or plug ins To use this function first click drag in the top Panel to create a selected region and make sure the top two Panels are assigned on the first two Desk strips to Mix1 and Mix2 Then choose the destination directory with the Set file button Finally set the file type word length and speed then click the Export button PreMaster CD will play the selected region exporting the audio as it plays Note that playing material at 1x speed will not improve the quality during an export so it is recommended that unless real time playback is needed you use the Max speed setting as it has better temporal resolution Also during high speed exports the time display and Playhead do not operate in real time 6 1 13 Save Reversed This command saves one or more selected segments or regions in reversed time order creat ing a new sound file and segment that plays backwards After invoking the command a Mac OS file browser appears in order to select the location and file name of the new reversed fil
104. he Windows gt Preferences gt EDL gt ShowTrack Bar preference enables or disables the Track Bar Each CDTrack that will result from your current PO placement is shown in grey while the pause between tracks is shown in blue Figure 3 25 An enlarged portion of the Track Bar and the Start of Track 1 3 9 5 1 Moving Tracks amp Resequencing ATrack always with its associated pause from the previous End of Track mark can be selected by clicking on its Track Bar Selecting a Track also selects the underlying audio that is associated with that Track When you move a Track you also move the associated audio This means that you can quickly resequence your deliverable by dragging and dropping Tracks The Track with its marks can be moved by click holding aTrack s track Bar dragging left or right horizontally to a new position in the Track sequence and dropping TheTrack Bar updates to graphically display the new Track definition You will also see the vertical blue Snap To Zone indicator when you drag the CDTrack into the snap zone As mentioned earlier when holding down the command key before dropping sound files PreMaster CD automatically creates PO metadata for all the files Because only Start of Track marks are created it makes it very easy to resequence using the Track Bar On the other hand the absence of End of Track marks means that there will be no countdown on the player s dis play when the resulting CD is played back You can
105. he current gain of all segments When Segments are opened or added to the EDL the segment gain is nominally set to zero dB By double clicking on the Gain value of the selected segment the Segment Gain modal dialog opens The Segment Gain dialog is also available via the Edit Segment Gain command for select ed segments and also via a segment sTitle Bar contextual menu Control click on anyTitle Bar to invoke the Segment Gain dialog Other functions like Reverse Polarity and Build Waveforms are also available As with other modal dialogs in soundBlade gain changes will not be applied unless the OK button is clicked Segment Gain Cancel Ok Figure 4 8 The Segment Gain dialog The Segment Gain dialog offers several options for altering segment gain It also provides polarity inversion Page 51 The large central field lets you enter gain directly Alternatively course and fine adjustments are available via up down arrows Simply click the arrows to increment or decrement gain in 1 0 or 0 1 dB steps Segment Gain can be applied in two different ways First it can be applied as an Absolute value meaning that the entry in the gain field will be applied in place of any previous value The value entered in the gain field will replace any previous state ignoring the existing gain of that segment Alternatively the gain can be applied as a Relative value In relative mode the entry in the gain field will be added to
106. he display time code format to 75 frames per second 30 fps NDF seconds or samples Compact Discs use a special time code format 75 fps not used elsewhere while 30 fps NDF or 30 non drop 30 frames per second non drop frame is the legacy standard used by the original 1600 1610 1630 series of video cassette based CD preparation systems 6 9 52 Nudge A B C The values in these fields define the amount of time that segments will be nudged when the Edit Nudge Left Right commands are applied For a complete description of the working of these commands see section 6 2 17 6 9 5 3 Zoom to In Out The time value entered here defines the amount of time in the total display after a View gt Zoom Around In Out Point command See section 6 7 for a full description of these commands 6 9 5 4 Zoom to Sel ection Start End The time value in this field defines how much time will be displayed when the View Zoom to Selection command is applied For a full description of this command see section 6 7 10 6 9 5 5 Play Around In Out Point The values in these fields define how much time will be auditioned when the Play Play To From In Out Point commands are invoked For a full description of these commands please see sections 6 4 10 and 6 4 11 6 9 5 6 Show Subframes This check box when enabled forces all time fields at the top of the Project display to show additional time code subframe information Page 102 6 9 6 Setting Pref
107. he procedure for taking a usable Estimate is simple First open the source sound file into a Project Then identify a short section of audio where there is only noise or predominantly noise About 0 3 to 0 5 seconds is sufficient Click drag to create a time region selection of the noise The next section below discusses where to take a Estimate in detail From the NoNOISE menu select the Auto Noise Estimate command to first create the Esti mate then save the Estimate applying Bin Controls which are individual threshold controls for separate regions of the frequency spectrum The Auto Noise Estimate command results in a standard file naming dialog that allows you to name and save the Estimate as a file that will be used by the DeNoiser 1 2 3 3 Where to take an Estimate Once the source sound file is opened into a Panel of a Project the first step is to identify a suitable location from which to take the Estimate Since the denoising algorithm depends on a constant amplitude and spectrum in the noise floor try to listen and locate a time region with uniform noise As to duration optimum results are obtained when the Estimate is taken from a section of pure noise between about 0 3 and 0 5 seconds in length with a worst case minimum of 100 milliseconds If a region of pure or clean noise noise uncontaminated with program is unavailable as is often the case with tighly edited material then choose a region with minimal program T
108. his command starts playback at the In Point and continues to the Out Point 6 4 14 Move Playhead This command lets you place the Playhead at a specific location on the time line When you select this menu item the Move Playhead modal dialog appears Move Playhead 00 00 00 00 where SRP Figure 6 9 The Move Playhead dialog Page 85 When you enter a new time code address in the Move Playhead dialog and click Move the Playhead will jump to the new location Besides manually entering a new location you can also use the Where button to load the address of the In or Out Point if present while the SRP button loads the locations of any existing SRPs Clicking the Cancel button leaves the Playhead at its original location Note that when the Playhead is visible by disabling the Play gt Hide Playhead When Stopped toggle you can hover the cursor over the Playhead s location either in the time line or Panels the cursor changes shape to a sine wave with vertical line Once in that mode you can click drag the Playhead to a new location 6 4 15 Hide Playhead When Stopped This command is somewhat of a misnomer in that ittoggles on or off the ability to drag the Playhead to a new location when stopped A check mark appears next to this menu item when this function is disabled This command applies to relocating the Playhead in either a Panel or on the time line and is useful if you find yourself grabbing the Playhead accide
109. ical only the sample rate flag is different SRC preserves pitch and duration while varispeed produces modified pitch and duration from the original PreMaster CD 3 0 supports conversion to 44100 only so there is only one menu choice avail able With the Fixlt option the Target Sample Rate menu includes the following choices in kiloHertz e 8 44 056 44 1 kHz referenced to 59 97 Hz 44 1 47952 48 kHz referenced to 59 97 Hz e 48 88 112 88 2 kHz referenced to 59 97 Hz Page 122 e 95 904 96 kHz referenced to 59 97 Hz e 96 e 176 4 e 192 In addition to theTarget Sample Rate menu a Percent field is provided to set a target sample rate as specified by a percentage of the source or original sample rate With either the Target Sample Rate menu or the Percent field the actual sample rate in Hertz is provided in the Pro cesses list for that entry 1 1 1 2 Build Waveforms As the name implies this process creates waveform metadata for the queued sound files The resulting files with a r extension are placed in the same directory as the parent file from which they were derived 7 2 The Queue Manager tab To monitor and manage queued processes the Queue Manager tab offers status information and limited options to influence the queued jobs and tasks being performed Page 123 AAT Background Manager Waiting Jobs Job O Sample Rate Conversion Running Pr 5 Status OJob Sample Rate Conversion Files
110. ing Fade type 47 changing track order 34 Clear In amp Out Points 91 Clear In Point 91 Clear Out Point 91 Clear Selected SRPs 93 Clear Selection 78 Close Session check box 64 combo Text Waveform Project 50 52 Console Log 73 74 75 consolidated DDP file sets 70 Copy 77 Copy Enabled 61 cosine Fades 47 Create Crossfade 78 Create Crossfade from In Point 78 Create Gain Nodes 81 Create Segment 78 Page 140 Create Segment from In amp Out Points 78 crossfade 47 Crossfades 33 deleting 78 Cut 77 DAO Disc at Once discs 64 DDP 19 42 63 70 DDPID file 70 DDPMS file 70 DDPPO file 70 DDP File Open option 70 Delivery 39 file sets opening 21 22 70 IMAGE DAT files 70 opening IMAGE DAT files 70 SD file 70 DDPID file 70 DDPMS file 70 DDPPO file 70 DDP File Open option 70 Default Fade 101 default Project 71 combo Text Waveform 52 default time code format 28 Delete Crossfade 78 Delete Mark 87 Delete Selection 77 78 deleting part of a sound file 32 delivering multiple CDs 65 Delivery 39 104 CD Write Speed 104 Delivering CDs from an existing DDP 65 Emulation Mode 104 Keep DDP Image 104 Use button 65 Write CDText 104 Delivery preferences 104 Desk Menu 99 Details window 68 Page 141 Device CD R DVD R 63 dim 68 Disable Offsets 105 disc replication 40 DiskWarrior 114 Display AutoTools 103 dither 105 2nd order 113 dither contextual menu 105 Dither On Output 105 PDF 113 triangular 113 Turn Off Delay
111. ing of 0 produces no noise reduction The higher or more negative this value is set the greater the re duction in noise but with increasing danger of producing audible artifacts in the audio signal Again Threshold and Attenuation settings should be adjusted together for best results Critical listening and the Noise NoNoise button can help to determine an acceptable compromise set ting If the maximum attenuation setting is too extreme ambience and or high frequency con tent may be lost 1 3 4 3 Shutting Down the DeNoiser To stop the DeNoiser simply close the DeNoise window A dialog will ask if you wish to con tinue Click on Yes to shut down the processor and No to continue DeNoising Page 119 Chapter 8 The Background Manager PreMaster 3 0 now comes with a Background Manager to provide basic sample rate conver sion from source material to 44 1K for Redbook CD With the Fixlt option a full featured high quality sample rate conversion is provided In addition an optional DSD conversion process is supported The Background Manager consists of two sections each represented by its own tab The first section is the Audio Client In this section sound files can be selected for processing and pro cesses can be assigned to them The second section of the Background Manager is the Queue Manager Once sound files have been assigned a process processes can be managed via the Oueue
112. int Right Nudge In Point Left Nudge Out Point Left Nudge Selected Segment s Move In Point Move Out Point Move In Point to Out Point Find amp Set Points Set SRP Set SRP with Text Clear Selected SRPs Drop Edit Point Edit Point to Playhead Move Edit Point to Next PO Mark Move Edit Point to Previous PQ Mark Move Edit Point to Next Segment Edit Point command X command C command V command option V command shift V option V command A command D delete backspace option delete backspace control G control option G left bracket right bracket control option left bracket control left bracket control right bracket control backslash V control command left bracket control command right bracket option command left bracket option command right bracket plus or minus or numeric keypad option left bracket option right bracket option backslash command backslash 1 command semicolon F12 control semicolon backslash Y option command backslash Y shift F6 shift command F6 shift F5 Move Edit Point to Previous Segment Edit Pointshift command F5 Move Edit Point To In Out Point Move Edit Point to Next SRP shift F7 shift F10 Page 132 Move Edit Point to Previous SRP Select Start to Edit Point Select Edit Point to End Select S
113. introduced from any of a number of sources includ ing the modulation and asperity noise inherent in analog tape recording and Johnson or ther mal noise from microphones preamps and other analog signal processing equipment Broad band DeNoise is a single ended broadband noise reducer that unlike less refined examples can suppress or eliminate broadband noise with little or no audible artifacts even at extreme settings To supress such noises in your program it is necessary to analyze the noise spectrum and adapt the denoising algorithm to the characteristics of the material The DeNoiser operates by means of analysis and resynthesis though it can be thought of as 2048 bandpass filters each followed by a below threshold expander This is somewhat analogous to the classic ana log Dolby and dbx multi band double ended noise reduction systems of yore An FFT or Fast Fourier Transform analysis is performed on a user specified sample of noise from the material to be processed The average amplitude of noise in each of 2048 individual frequency bands or bins is determined The result of this analysis is a Noise Estimate which is used to set the average threshold of the noise reduction The Estimate sets aggregate threshold for the expansion Page 115 During processing the source material is also subjected to a 2048 point FFT analysis The aver age amplitude of signal in each bin is compared against the threshold value deter
114. ion field at the top of the Project Since the Edit Point is really a zero duration selection the DUR field will show a zero value whenever the Edit Point is present even though it may not currently be in view 00 00 00 00 Figure 6 16 The DUR field showing the presence of the Edit Point 6 6 25 Select Segment to Start This command selects all segments from the first segment in the Project to the Edit Point in cluding the segment in which the Edit Point is located If the Edit Point has not been placed the command selects all segments from the first segment in the Project to the selected segment 6 6 26 Select Segments from Selection This command selects all segments that are part of the selected region including the seg ments in which the start and end of the selection is located Page 95 6 7 The View Menu Select Next Segment Select Previous Segment Zoom In l Zoom Out T Zoom In around In Point d Zoom In around Out Point a6 Zoom In around Edit Point 251 Zoom Out around Edit Point db T Zoom In around Playhead Xd Zoom Out around Playhead XT Zoom To Previous a6 P Zoom To Next X a6P Zoom around Playhead Zoom around Selection Center b Zoom To Selection Start Zoom To Selection End Zoom To Selection HG Zoom To Entire Project Zoom To Entire Track Figure 6 17 The View menu 6 7 1 Move Forward Backwards Select Next Previous Seg ment These contextual commands change dynamically depending o
115. is function the Analog Black to Marks modal dialog appears In the dialog the default parameters can be changed after which the Analog Black to Marks function is start ed by selecting OK By clicking on the Cancel button the operation is stopped without further action Note that the results of the Analog Black to Marks function is never as accurate as the Edited Black to Marks function discussed in section 6 5 11 below The accuracy of the mark placement depends entirely on the accuracy of the parameters used so you may want to zoom in and with the Show Track Scale in dB preference set Editing Tools tab of the Windows Preferences window visually estimate amplitudes of your fade outs and noise floor The result of the Ana log Black to Marks function should always be checked for errors and unintended placement 6 5 11 Edited Black to Marks The Edited Black to Marks command automatically places Start of Track PO marks at the begin ning and end of all Fade Ins and Fade Outs respectively To use the Edited Black to Marks com mand you must first select either segments or a region The presence of End of Track Marks makes it a bit less predictable when using theTrack Bar for resequencing but the presence of End ofTrack Marks means that there will be a countdown on the player s display when the re sulting CD is played back 6 5 12 Edited Black to Start Marks The Edited Black to Start Marks command automatically places Start and End ofTr
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117. k Marks from Selection command is used to lock PO marks to the time line This com mand locks all PO marks inside a selected region Once locked mark locations cannot be modi fied until they are unlocked This command is equivalent to clicking the Lock button if disabled in the PO Info tab of the Windows Mark Info window Note that this command does not affect the ability to changeTitle emphasis state ISRC or SCMS metadata associated with a mark Also note that this command does not attach marks to audio segments Editing any audio with locked PO marks will change the time relationship between those marks and the associated audio 6 5 7 Unlock Marks from Selection The Unlock Marks from Selection command is used to unlock PQ marks within a selected re gion 6 5 8 Lock All Marks This command locks all PO marks on the time line regardless of selected regions or segments Once locked the location of PO marks cannot be altered until they are unlocked Page 87 6 5 9 Unlock All Marks This command unlocks all PO marks on the time line 6 5 10 Analog Black to Marks This function measures the amplitude and duration of the audio in a selected region placing End of Track and Start of Track marks in locations that approximate the end of one track and be ginning of the next Both amplitude and duration are user defined The default amplitude is set in the Editing Tools tab of the Windows Preferences window When invoking th
118. k SRPs from Selection This command locks all SRPs within a selected region 6 6 15 Unlock SRPs from Selection This command unlocks all SRPs within a selected region 6 6 16 Clear Selected SRPs This command removes all SRPs within a selected region whether they are locked or not 6 6 17 Drop Edit Point at Playhead This command moves the Edit Point to the current location of the Playhead and is typically used when the Edit Point to Playhead command discussed in section 6 6 18 below is disabled unchecked 6 6 18 Edit Point to Playhead This command toggles a mode on or off whereby when playback is stopped the Edit Point jumps to the location of the Playhead 6 6 19 Move Edit Point to This command has a submenu with ten possible choices Page 93 Edit Point to Playhead xx EE Move Edit Polnt to k Next PO Mark FG Edit Point to Next Peak Previous PO Mark r HFE Next Segment Edit Point FS Previous Segment Edit Point tra amp rs In Point OF i Lees Out Point he Select Segments To End gx Next SRP F1O Select Segments from Selection Figure 6 15 The Move Edit Point to submenu With this set of choices the Edit Point can be quickly moved to a number of predefined posi tions The next PQ mark The previous PO mark The next Segment Edit Point the Black Fade or Crossfade The previous Segment Edit Point the previous Black Fade or Crossfade The In Point The Out Point
119. k mark will be placed See section 3 9 4 for more information on automatically placing PO marks 9 4 2 Edit with Audio Selection Reference Points When editing this setting causes SRPs to move along with their associated segment They are also included with the audio when it is cop ied to the clipboard Gain Overlay When editing this setting causes gain nodes to move along with their associated segment They are also included with the audio when it is copied to the clipboard 6 9 4 3 Default Fade This selector determines the default fade curve used when any new fades are created PreMaster CD The five curve options are Cosine Root Cosine Linear Root Linear Exponential Linear fades the default are the most broadly applicable choice Section 4 1 2 briefly discuss es the five curve shape options Page 101 6 9 4 4 Import e SDII Regions Into Segments When on Sound Designer ll regions if present will automatically be converted to separate segments upon opening in PreMaster CD When off the entire SDII image will be imported as one continuous segment e SDII Regions To Marks When on Sound Designer ll regions if present will force PreMaster CD to put marks at the region s start points When off the entire SDII im age will be imported as one continuous segment 6 9 5 Setting Preferences Time Display Tab 6 9 5 1 Time Display TheTime Display time code format selector allows you to preset t
120. l menu to delete or otherwise modify a mark Simply control click on a mark and make your selection from the menu 3 9 4 Inserting PQ Marks Automatically 3 9 4 1 Command Dragging The fastest and easiest way to generate PO metadata is to simply drag and drop By holding down the command key before dropping one or more sound files onto the top Panel of your Project PreMaster CD automatically creates CD Track definitions by generating Start and End of Track marks for each file These Track definitions can later be rearranged or modified to taste See section 3 10 5 below for more information of resequencing 3 9 4 2 Edited Black To Marks Apart from placing PO marks manually at the desired positions PreMaster CD has the ability to generate PO marks automatically If the entire Project was created by editing each song segment the most efficient way to generate PO marks automatically is to Edit gt Select All selecting all segments then select the Mark Edited BlackTo Marks command You can also click drag to select a region then select the Mark Edited BlackTo Marks command PreMaster CD automatically places Start and End ofTrack marks at the outside edges of all segments us ing the location of Black Fades The final result is a collection of marks accurately placed at the begin or end of each Black Fade 3 9 4 3 Analog Black To Marks If you ve done a fair amount of fancy editing and track timing then Edited BlackTo Marks may not be
121. layNode Unlocked option Page 54 In the same contextual menu Nodes can also be locked and unlocked for the whole Panel by selecting the Lock Unlock All Nodes In Track options Delete Nodes from Selection deletes all Gain Nodes in the current selection If no selection is made but one or more segments are selected all nodes within the selected segment s will be deleted Once Gain Overlay is used the gain changes stay active in the output of PreMaster CD both during playback and Delivery To temporarily bypass the Gain Overlay select the EDL gt Bypass Gain Overlay command Also the Gain Overlay can be put into bypass mode by option click ing the G or Gain button on the left side of each Panel In both cases the Gain Overlay line will turn grey and the Gain button will turn yellow both indicating the bypass state Once in Bypass Gain Overlay can only be activated again by selecting the same command which changes to Activate Gain Overlay When off or disabled the Gain turns grey Note that while in Gain Overlay Mode all normal editing functions are disabled and only the gain nodes can be manipulated Reverting to normal Editing can only be achieved by selecting the Hide Gain Overlay command 4 5 SRPs SRPs or Selection Reference Points are persistent placeholders that are saved in a Project SRP commands are under the Selection menu and are placed either with the Edit Point the Playhead or at the leading edge of a s
122. lds are represented in PreMaster CD is user select able By clicking in the time standard display to the left of the time line scroll bar a drop down menu offering four choices becomes available e 30 fps NDF 29 97 fps NDF 29 97 fps DF 25 fps 24 fps 75 fps CD Frames 35mm Film 60Hz 35mm Film 59 94Hz 35mm Film 50Hz 16mm Film 60Hz 16mm Film 59 94Hz 16mm Film 50Hz Seconds Samples Figure 3 10 The time standard menu Figure 3 10 above shows the time standard choices 30 fps NDF is the default setting and signifies non drop frame time code the default time code format typically used by DAWs to prepare material for CD release when compact disc preparation was video tape based 29 97 drop and non drop are pull down rates for NTSC video while 25 fps is for PAL video The 24 fps setting is for general motion picture work while 75 fps CD Frames is the internal time code format for CD DA discs audio CDs When mastering for CD release 75 fps is the best choice providing higher resolution and complete compatibility The 35 and 16 mm setting provide minutes and seconds at non pull down and pull down 59 9 Hz rates referenced to 60 Hz for North America and Japan Also included are versions with a 50 Hz reference for Europe Page 28 The Seconds setting shows all times in multiples and fractions of seconds Finally Samples displays all times in absolute samples based on the selected sample rate These same selec tions appear in th
123. m Preferences Select Nudge Size A Select Nudge Size B Select Nudge Size C command option F9 command F9 command M command comma control 1 control 2 control 3 Page 134 Appendix 3 Contextual Menus Control Click In the Waveform With a selection active or on the selection s Drag Bar Create Segment Create Segment from Selection command Zoom To Selection Zoom To Selection command List of available AU plug ins select plug in to Event alot during selection time period With a segment selected on a segmentTitle Bar or on a segment s Drag Bar Help not implemented Move Segments Move Segment command Segment Gain opens the Segment Gain window Reverse Polarity 2 Reverse Polarity command Set Polarity not implemented Reset Polarity not implemented Build Waveforms Build Waveform command Reveal Selected Segment Files in Finder shows the location of the selected segment with Mac OS browser Show BWF meta data for BWF files only shows the BWF metadata for files recorded in Broadcast WAV file format List of available AU plug ins select plug in for time region selection occupied by segment With Gain Overlay on On a Gain Node Lock Gain Node locks the selected Gain Node s Unlock Gain Node unlocks the selected Gain Node s Delete Nodes From Selection deletes all nodes within the current selection Lock Nodes from
124. mined by the noise Estimate Based on this comparison the algorithm determines whether a given band at that particular instant contains audio signal or only noise If a frequency bin is found to be at or above threshold its gain remains at unity If it is de termined that the signal amplitude in that band falls below threshold then it is considered noise and the amplitude of that band is reduced by an amount determined by the Attenua tion parameter discussed later The results of this comparison and amplitude compensation for all bands is a modified version of the original FFT frequency analysis A reverse FFT is then performed using the new adjusted version reconstituting the audio signal with aggregate noise attenuated by the specified amount Because the DeNoiser operates with high frequency resolution and at extended precision the removal of noise is precise and artifact free 7 2 3 1 The Noise Estimate The first step in DeNoising is to derive a Noise Estimate from the material to be processed The Noise Estimate or simply Estimate is an individual fingerprint of the noise and determines local threshold values for each frequency bin Fixlt s NoNOISE Il menu provides a command for creating and saving the Estimate The Estimate determines the result of the entire denois ing process so it is important to ensure that the estimate taken is valid and represents the true noise floor of the source sound file 1 2 32 Noise Estimates T
125. n whether a segment is se lected or not When a segment is not selected Move Forward Backwards move the contents of the Panel forward and backward along the time line The zoom factor or magnification stays the same When one or more segments are selected these commands change to enable you to select the next segment If one segment is selected the meaning and function of the commands are clear but if more than one segment is selected then Select Next will select the segment Page 96 after the last currently selected segment and Select Previous will select the segment just before the first currently selected 6 7 2 Zoom In Out The zoom commands change the zoom factor or magnification expanding or reducing the time scale by 90 with 10 overlap from the previous view for visual context Zooming in provides more detail while zooming out lets you see more of the overall program 6 7 3 Zoom In Around In Out Point These commands change the magnification of the waveform display while centering the wave form display on the In Point or Out Point The amount of time shown around the In or Out Point is defined by the Zoom to In Out setting in theTime Display tab of Windows Preferences See section 6 9 5 for information on theTime Display tab 6 7 4 Zoom In Out around Edit Point These commands change magnification while keeping the waveform display centered on either the Edit Point and is very handy for determining context The
126. ng Manual DeClick Manual DeClick performs stereo repairs Either channel of a stereo pair can be operated on the repair will be performed on both 1 1 2 1 Removing Clicks 1 Using the Waveform display and playback identify the location of an impairment 2 Zoom in until you can clearly see the impairment 3 Click drag in the Panel to create a time region selection that fully contains the dam aged samples 4 From the NoNOISE menu select one of the Manual DeClick types Page 111 NoNOISE replaces the compromised audio with repaired samples Don t worry about selecting on zero crossing boundaries the software s intelligence will provide a seamless transition 1 1 2 2 Restoring Clicks 1 To remove an existing interpolation or repair Zoom in on the waveform and locate the red Restore Bar 2 Click drag in the Panel to select a region that contains the Restore Bar 3 From the NoNOISE menu choose Restore Click NoNOISE replaces the interpolated audio with the original audio containing the anomaly 7 1 3 Obscenity Reduction In addition to restoration duties Manual DeClicking can be used to insure the public accept ability of obscene material or to conceal any audio that may not pass muster with down stream listeners Simply select the obscenity as though it were an impairment and choose your Type The B Type when given a one second region to repair does a great job of remov ing the objectionable material an
127. ng Marks 87 Mark Info 41 57 60 87 99 Extended Listing 62 PO Delivery Tab 63 PO Info tab 57 TotalTracks 42 62 Track Listing 41 Mark menu 86 Master Section dim 68 hot spots 67 metadata 113 meters 99 Meters window 67 Meter Details 68 Minimum IndexWidth 105 Mix1 4 36 72 mono editing mode 56 99 Move Edit Point to submenu 94 Move In Out Point 92 Move In Point to Out Point 92 Move Playhead 85 Move Segments 79 Move View mode 26 moving PO Marks 37 New Project 70 NoNOISE II BType 108 DType 109 EType 110 interpolation algorithms 108 Page 146 Manual DeClick 108 111 obscenity reduction 111 Normalize 52 Nudge A B C 102 Nudge Right Left 91 Nudge Segment 79 Obscenity Reduction 111 Offsets 104 Disable Offsets 105 End Offset 105 Minimum Index Width 105 Splice Offset 105 Start Offset 104 Track 1 Offset 105 offsets 60 opening DDP file sets 70 opening IMAGE DAT files 70 Open DDP Image 70 Open Project 70 Open Recent 70 Open Sound File 71 Orange Book 19 OUT field 25 32 34 Panels Show Hide Gain Overlay 81 Show Hide Text 80 standard large size 82 paste 77 permissions 115 playback 24 Around Selection Center 83 Between In and Out Points 85 From In Point 85 From Out Point 85 From Playhead 83 From Selection 82 84 Move Playhead 85 Repeat Play 83 Page 147 Selection 83 Stop All 83 to End of Selection 84 to In Point 85 to Out Point 85 Playhead 24 hiding the Playhead when stopped 86 moving the
128. ng you to specify the target location for a DDP file set A new or empty folder should be specified to contain the newly created file set that will form the basis for your CD R delivery Once the destination is specified PreMaster CD begins the delivery process with progress shown in the validation field at the bottom of the PO Delivery window During delivery to a CD R when no media is present in the selected drive PreMaster CD will prompt you to insert media and wait for a blank disc to be inserted Page 64 Note that once a delivery has started the Execute button changes to an Abort button al lowing you to halt the delivery process Aborting a delivery in the midst of the delivery process will render the resulting disc or DDP file set unusable When you insert a blank CD R into your target drive you may see a dialog asking You in serted a blank CD Choose an action Clicking on the Ignore button will close this dialog and release the mechanism for PreMaster CD s use This behavior results from the settings in the CDs amp DVDs pane of the Mac OS System Preferences You may want to set your CDs amp DVDs preferences to Ignore so as to eliminate that extra step As a alternative to the Execute button the Burn button is a quick route to creating a CD R A functional equivalent to the Mark Info s Execute button simply click on the Burn button to start a DDP and CD R delivery 4 8 5 4 Delivering CDs from an Existing DDP
129. nsumer digital audio equipment however broad ly recognises the SCMS bit and inhibits the possibility of making digital copies from CD s with the SCMS flag set Hence it is common practice to disable the SCMS on CD Rs or DDP masters intended for duplication 4 8 2 8 Emphasis Check Box This check box shows and controls the state of the AES EBU Emphasis flag or bit of the select ed track When the Emphasis flag is set a CD player will de emphasize the track on playback The Emphasis flag is set when the button is red Note that digital emphasis is rarely if ever used in modern production This flag provides backward compatibility with archival material that employed emphasis as a form of perceived noise reduction at the expense of reduced high frequency headroom Do not set the Emphasis flag unless you are sure that emphasis was applied to the original data and that it has not been de emphasized prior to use in your PreMaster CD Project 4 8 3 A Word About PO Offsets In the Mark Info dialog the Track Offset field is non editable This because PO Offsets are ap plied globally based on your Windows Preferences Delivery Offsets preferences PO Offsets are correction factors subtracted from absolute song timing to compensate for deficiencies in real world CD transports They attempt to correct for the variation found with a CD transport s ability to locate to an address fill its audio data buffer unmute the audio output and commen
130. ntally while attempting to edit or mod ify some other object in a Project Even with this command enabled checked you can always double click in the time line to relocate the Playhead and begin playback at that location 6 5 The Mark Menu Mark Info PreMaster CD aM Track Start Mark F9 Track End Mark F10 Index Mark Fii Delete Mark dE F12 Lock Marks from Selection Unlock Marks from Selection Lock All Marks Unlock All Marks Analog Black to Marks Edited Black to Marks A F12 Edited Black to Start Marks itF12 Figure 6 10 The Mark menu Page 86 6 5 1 Mark Info The Mark Info command opens the Mark Info window This command is equivalent to the Win dows gt Mark Info command See section 3 9 for more information on the Mark Info window 6 5 2 Track Start Mark The Track Start Mark command inserts a Start of Track PO mark at the location of the Edit Point 6 5 3 Track End Mark The Track End Mark command inserts an End of Track PO mark at the location of the Edit Point 6 5 4 Index Mark The Index Mark command inserts an Index PO mark at the location of the Edit Point 6 5 5 Delete Mark The Delete Mark command is used to remove existing PO marks If a region is selected in a Panel all of the PO marks inside the selection are deleted If no region is selected this com mand will remove a PO mark if the Edit Point is at the exact time location of that mark 6 5 6 Lock Marks from Selection The Loc
131. om segment gain plus any Gain Overlay and plug in processing To use this function first click drag in the top Panel to create a selected region and make sure the top two Panels are assigned via the first two Desk strips to Mix1 and 2 Then choose the destination directory with the Set file button Finally set the file type word length and speed then click the Export button PreMaster CD will play the selected region exporting the audio as it plays and as you hear it The Edit After Export check box causes PreMaster CD to replace edit the exported segment back into the Project Page 36 Another use for the export command is consolidation of a complex edit or processing The ex port command will cleanly freeze or print to disk a collection of instantiated plug ins that will not play in real time due to host saturation or overload This is because export operates out of real time and so is not constrained by real time timing and buffering issues Note that playing the material at 1x speed during export will not improve the quality so it is recommended that unless real time playback is needed you use the highest speed set ting as it has better temporal resolution Also during high speed exports the time display and Playhead do not operate in real time 3 9 PO Marks Defining Metadata While this section provides the basics on PO and delivery section 4 8 below delves into the details of delivery and this aspect of P
132. ome solutions are better than oth ers either for quality reasons or other reasons beyond the scope of this manual In this appen dix we d like to provide some guidelines in order to get the best out your software and estab lish a smooth and efficient production flow A1 2 Source Material Considerations PreMaster CD handles a variety of source file formats It is thereforee very tempting to grab what you need and add it to your Project However some source material might be in formats other than the final 44 1 kHz sample rate and 16 bits word length necessary for CD production PreMaster CD determines the characteristics of the files you import based on the metadata they contain It will warn you if the sample rate is not the required 44 1 kHz where necessary while resolutions longer than 16 bits are rounded down and redithered to 16 bits during the delivery stage Although the word length conversion implemented by PreMaster CD is of very high quality you may consider modifying your audio material beforehand with your favorite utilities Because all your material destined for inclusion in a final CD replication master will eventu ally be rounded off where necessary to a 16 bit word length any material using 17 to 24 bits must be word length reduced to match the CD DA standard This is usually accomplished by rounding down longer length words to 16 bits Because the audio data is being modified it must also be redithered or subtly randomi
133. on Because the Edit Point is really a zero duration selection it can also be used to create a single gain node with the Create Gain Nodes command For more detailed information on working with the Gain Overlay see section 4 5 above 6 3 5 Select Gain Nodes This command selects all Gain Nodes contained within the currently selected segment s or region Selected Gain Nodes can then be subject to simultaneous changes such as gain setting lock state or deletion For more information on working with Gain Overlay mode see section 4 5 above 6 3 6 Refresh The Refresh command redraws the current waveform display for the selected Panel This com mand is especially useful after rebuilding the waveform files of one or more segments to force the waveform display to display the updated information Page 81 6 3 7 Standard Large Track Size The Standard and Large Track Size commands resize the selected Panel s to standard or large vertical size Large sized Panels are two times as tall as standard size offering a better display with larger display or desktop settings A Large Panel also lists more segments in Text Mode 6 4 The Play Menu From Selection Selection a6 From Playhead TAS Repeat Play X 88 Stop All Around Selection Center Play from Selection Play to End of Selection To In Point F5 From In Point F6 To Out Point F7 From Out Point F8 Play between In Out Points 3 Fs5 Move Playhead Y Hi
134. on The SRP button lets you load the current position of any extant SRPs also from a drop down menu The Move button moves the defined item to the location shown in the dialog s time code ad dress Clicking the Cancel button leaves the selected segments at their original position 6 2 15 Segment Gain This command invokes the Segment Gain dialog For more detailed information on the Seg ment Gain dialog See 6 2 16 Reverse Polarity The Reverse Polarity command inverts the polarity of the selected segment s in all selected Panels Segments with inverted polarity acquire a small bright red dot in the upper left corner of theirTitle Bar to visually remind you of their inverted status Note that to change the polarity relationship between a stereo pair this command must be applied to only one channel of the pair To do this change the Edit Group Selector of one Panel located on the left edge of both Panels from the default stereo setting to mono To read more about Edit Group Selectors refer to section 4 7 for more information 6 2 17 Nudge Segment Left Right The Nudge Segment commands move or nudge the selected segment s left or right earlier or later respectively on the time line by a predefined value The default Nudge B value used is defined in the Time Display tab of Preferences window See section 6 9 5 for more informa tion on the Time Display preferences Page 79 6 2 18 Edit Segment Name When
135. or start of the resultant sound file as well as the selection status of already placed sound files By holding down the command key before dropping sound files PreMaster CD will also au tomatically create PO metadata for all the files We recommend you get in the habit of holding down the command key when dropping sound files as it make performing basic pre mastering chores and resequencing much easier Note that command dropping only applies to drag and drop not to the Open Sound File command Later in this chapter section 3 9 discusses PO metadata in more detail 3 4 Waveforms A waveform display provides visual reinforcement of audible cues when editing Normally the audio file types that PreMaster CD opens contain metadata such as sample rate and related information but no information on visualization Waveform shape information thereforee has to be generated by PreMaster CD itself The application generates individual waveform files one for each channel in order to display high resolution waveforms in the Panels at any zoom level The generation of wavform files is performed in the background so normal operation is not interrupted WHConsolidated aif Figure 3 6 Display of a sound file without waveform metadata If waveform files are absent from one or more audio files included in the Project PreMaster CD will automatically start generating those files in the background Waveform files identified by their r ext
136. ossfade individually with modifier keys the fade not being manipulated will dese lect indicated by its color changing to black If you decide that default duration of your crossfade is not right simply hold down the shift key and place the cursor over the center of the crossfade until the cursor changes into the pair of parallel horizontal arrows Click drag up or down and the duration will increase or decrease respectively Note that to be able to do any of the above fade manipulations with accuracy it may be necessary to zoom in until the Crossfade extends over a significant proportion of the waveform display The View gt Zoom To Previous command will zoom you out to your previous view quick ly after such fine adjustments 3 8 5 Changing the order of songs It is not uncommon that the order in which tracks or songs appear on the final CD needs to be changed There are two scenarios that are applicable to this need The simple case is where PO metadata is already present This would apply if either Page 34 1 the command key is held down when audio is dragged into the top Panel of a Proj ect which automatically creates CD Tracks 2 PO marks are added manually See section 3 10 2 for more information on manually adding PO metadata in order to use the Track Bar For more information on automatically creating CD Tracks see section 3 9 5 below For more information on CD Track re ordering with the Track Bar the quick and e
137. ou find that you useText Mode a fair amount you may want to create a special default Project that combines both Waveform and Text mode To do this open a new empty Project Now click on the bottom Panel to select it and change it to Text Mode with the EDL gt Show Text View command Finally save it as the default Project with the File gt Save As Default Project command Once this is set all new Projects will have a left and right waveform with an additional right channel Text Mode 4 4 Gain Overlay Mode As described in section 4 3 1 above the gain of individual segments can be easily changed with the Segment Gain dialog PreMaster CD offers another global time line oriented ap proach to changing amplitude Gain Overlay Mode can be used to change level independent of segments and fades and works as a master automated fader Page 52 Gain Overlay Mode is enabled by clicking on the G button to the left of a Panel and is available only when in Waveform Display Mode When enabled a red line appears superimposed on the waveform display The waveform display s amplitude scale along the left edge switches to a different standard that ranges from 144 to 24 dB the range of gain change available Initially the Gain Overlay is flat at the O dB setting IT AGE 1 Figure 4 9 Gain Overlay function activated showing the red Overlay and Nodes To change gain simply point at the desired time location and click on the Overlay The curso
138. placed in the right processing order they can be automatically performed upon the selected sound files by clicking the Execute button The sound files and the processes to be applied upon them are then queued and pro cessing commences To indicate this action the Queue indicator to the right of the Execute button shows the number of sound files and processes queued Page 121 Once the processes are being executed all sound files and processes remain in their respec tive lists This allows for a quick method of applying different processes to the same file s or visa versa To erase both lists and start new lists for sound files and processes simply click the Clear Files or Clear All buttons next to the lists and the Audio Client is cleared from its current list of sound files and processes respectively To remove all items in the lists automati cally enable the Clear List on Execute option Note that the order in which sound files are processed is fixed and dependant upon the order in which sound files and processes are listed in their respective areas The primary processing order is defined top to bottom by the order in which the sound files are listed in the Sound files area The secondary processing order is given by the order of processes in the Processes list So in practice if more than one sound file is listed and multiple processes are listed as well first the initial sound file in the Soundfiles list is
139. processed by all processes listed in the Processes list in the order in which they are listed Be aware that each process is performed upon the resulting file of the previous process When all listed processes are performed upon the first listed sound file the following sound file is processed with the same processing in the same order This is repeated until all sound files are processed with all listed processes The end result of this is one resulting sound file per process per sound file To avoid the cre ation of superfluous sound files select Delete intermediate files at the bottom left of the Pro cesses area This causes the Background Manager to delete all intermediate sound files creat ing only one final resulting sound file per input sound file If disk space is not at a premium it is recommended that intermediary files are retained until the job is finished The following processes are available in the Background Manager depending upon the pur chased package of soundBlade 7 1 1 1 Sample Rate Conversion The SRC varispeed background process has thirteen choices of target sample rate As with any SRC process if the target sample rate matches the clock rate of the playback system then the process is considered a sample rate conversion If however the target sample rate does not match the clock rate of the playback system then the process is considered a varispeed In ei ther case the actual processed data in the file is ident
140. project interchange 2 The P amp E wing of the National Academy of Recording Arts amp Sciences has pub lished recommendation for naming conventions and other workflow methods to improve project interchange and archiving See section A4 1 below A1 4 Hardware Considerations Routine Mainte nance In this day and age of a BSD based operating system and a journaling self healing file sys tem it still is incumbent upon the cautious and wise engineer to perform routine maintenance on any host computers Here are some tips we recommend File Systems If you own a copy of DiskWarrior www alsoft com run it monthly or when you host behaves strangely If you don t own a copy you should Periodic maintenance is still needed with OS 10 and there is no better file system maintenance utility than DiskWarrior Storage Systems PreMaster CD is fully compliant with Mac OS 10 4 3 and higher Therefore sound material can be used from any drive that your computer can access This includes network attached and removable drives as well near line optical drives That said not all mountable storage devices are suitable for reliable real time or higher speed reads and writes of sound files Always run PreMaster CD from the boot volume Always store all files involved in your jobs on direct at tached local volumes internal ATA FireWire FC SATA or SAS are acceptable USB attached storage peripherals of any kind should never be used Also disk
141. provides ISR Codes for a title as is usually the case check the following guidelines to insure that the ISRC is valid There must be exactly 12 characters The first 5 places must be numeric or uppercase letters The 6th through 12th places must all be numeric Although often supplied with them dashes or hyphens should be removed from the ISR Codes prior to entry in the Mark Info window Like UPC EAN mention in section 4 8 1 3 above ISRC cannot be self assigned and must be cre ated in conjunction with the IFPI lt www ifpi org gt or one of it s local branches See Appendix 4 for more information on the IFPI 4 8 2 5 Lock Check Box The Lock check box locks the PO times for the selected CD Track to prevent inadvertent chang es When a Track is locked its appearance in the Track Bar changes from the normal shape and color to a yellow right pointing triangle Page 60 4 8 2 6 Default Check Box The Default check box forces an individual CD Track back to the default timings setting 4 8 2 7 Copy Enabled Check Box This check box displays and controls the state of the Copy Enable bit the flag of the SCMS or Serial Copy Management Scheme The flag is set and copying is enabled when the Copy En able button is red The default state for this button is off That is copying is not allowed SCMS or scums flags implemented for consumer digital recording devices are generally ignored by professional audio equipment Co
142. ption of the DeCrackler on very short duration regions 14 msec or less The DeCrackler can process an unlimited amount of material 7 2 3 1 Interpolation Algorithms There are two interpolators that are available in Fixit Each is suited to a particular type of au dio problem and context 2 2 32 The DeClicker The DeClicker also known as the Type B interpolator is the general purpose algorithm The majority of declicking situations can be handled by simply choosing this option The DeClicker examines the audio on either side of the selection to determine the context for resynthesizing audio to fill the gap Here s an example Figure 7 2 The original material Figure 7 3 A repair using the DeClicker Page 113 7 2 3 3 The DeCrackler The DeCrackler also known as the Type E Interpolator is quite different from the the Declicker It is designed to reduce all kinds of distortion and unlike the DeClicker is implemented so it can be applied to passages of unlimited duration You may have to wait a while for your result but it is worth it The DeCrackler is capable of reducing distortion including offensive harsh sounding material Its micro repairs leave the audio sounding better without resorting to low pass filtering i UN ln AQ BOLA nd Au d h M ni f y kj n AN l A j fa i f Figure 7 8 The DeCrackler s micro repairs 7 2 3 4 Using DeClick Either channel of a stereo pair can be opera
143. r changes to a round shape and a square Node will appear Nodes can only be added deleted or modified while playback is stopped You can also place gain nodes with region selections or the Edit Point To use this function first click drag within the waveform display to select a region Then select Edit Create Gain Nodes to add two nodes at the edges of the Gain Overlay and the selected region Because the Edit Point is really a zero duration selection it can also be used to create a single gain node with the Create Gain Nodes command When you add a node a yellow highlighted Gain call out appears in theTitle Bar of the associ ated segment BIMaAGE 1 Figure 4 10 A newly created Gain Node with its Gain call out If you click drag a Gain Node it can be moved both horizontally and vertically Dragging a Gain Node horizontally moves it to a different time location while dragging it vertically changes the gain The current gain value of that node is continuously shown in the yellow Gain call out When moving Gain Nodes vertically the gain changes in steps of 1 dB By holding the option key while dragging a Gain Node the resolution of the gain change increases to 0 1 dB to pro vide fine control Page 53 Note that gain changes between Gain Nodes follows a linear gain law By adding multiple Nodes other curves can be emulated Unwanted Gain Nodes can be deleted by holding down the option key while clicking on the Node
144. r contact information right on the PreMaster CD PO Log in case any questions arise Page 130 Appendix 2 Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Shortcuts Meters Desk Console Log Mark Info Preferences File amp Project Shortcuts New Project Open Project Save Project Close Window Open DDP image Open Sound File Quit application Playback Shortcuts Stop Start Playback from Edit Point Play Selection Play from Playhead Repeat Play Play to In Point Play from In Point Play to Out Point Play from Out Point Play between In amp Out Points Hide Playhead When Stopped Editing Shortcuts Undo last Edit Redo last Undo Select All Deselect All command 1 command 4 command M command comma command N command O command S command W option command O shift command O command Q spacebar command spacebar option spacebar command option spacebar F5 F6 F7 F8 command control F5 option P command Z command shift Z command A command D Page 131 Cut Copy Paste Paste Replace Insert Paste Constrained Paste Overlay Select All Deselect All Delete Selection Clear Selection Create Crossfade Create Crossfade from In In Out Point Set In Point Set Out Point Set In amp Out Points Clear In Point Clear Out Point Clear In amp Out Points Nudge In Point Right Nudge Out Po
145. r replication master whether your job includes CDText or not Use the PO List button in the Windows gt Mark Info gt PO Delivery tab This file is an essential check list for your replicator so their quality control can be maintained In addition a PO List is a perfect way to ensure that CD Text information is delivered to replica tion With version 3 0 PreMaster CD writes CD Text metadata in DDP file sets The PO listing uses the information you enter in the Mark Info dialog to generate a plain text or ASCII text file so before you create a PO list and a CD R with CD Text double check your information in Mark Info Remember to avoid metacharacters in CDText strings like and just as you would if you were naming computer files Click on the PO List button to save and open a PreMaster CD PO Log Then review edit and append any information missing or in need of expansion Fill in the Client name Date Work Order WO number and the UPC EAN Edit the Project name and discTitle to make sure it s correct Add the disc Artist under discTitle Check each track name and make any corrections necessary If your job is a compilation be sure to add Track Artist to your listing preferably after the individual track names Finally be sure to indicate on both the printed PreMaster CD PO Log that you want CDText to appear on the final replicated Compact Disc The PO Log provides the replicator a way to verify the include CDText Include you
146. r sound files into the Project As with Projects using either the File menu or dragging and dropping will work By holding down the command key when dropping in sound files PreMaster CD will autospace the new segment as well as auto generate PO metadata Section 3 9 4 discusses the auto generated PQ metadata while section 4 2 1 below discusses autospacing functions in detail By selecting File gt Open Sound File from the menu bar you will bring up a standard Mac OS browser dialog for finding and selecting the desired audio file PreMaster CD will open AIFF WAV BWF and SD2 files with regions Confirm your selection with Choose and the sound file opens into your Project 3 3 3 Adding Your First Sound File In addition to the Open Sound File command you may also drag and drop sound files into a Project When dragging in split stereo sound files always drag only the left channel onto the top Panel PreMaster CD will parse the file and open the right channel for you into the bottom Panel PreMaster CD makes the job of CD assembly easy by providing a special behavior for adding your sound files to a Project If you drag your first sound file into the top Panel of an empty Project PreMaster CD will automatically place it on the time line at 00 00 02 00 or 2 seconds Page 22 An exception to the default drag and drop behavior PreMaster CD normally uses the time code location of your cursor to determine the address ofthe head
147. reMaster CD Once all of your tracks for the CD are put in the right order and spaces between the tracks are adjusted to taste the PO marks can be cre ated PO marks generate the TOC orTable of Contents for the final replication master PO marks are shown in the black banner just below the time line AAA WIS Tell Ie WHY i Walk E Figure 3 24 The Track Bar and its PO marks With the Track Bar visible Start ofTrack marks are indicated by an arrow pointing to the right while End of Track marks are indicated by a arrow pointing left Index marks are indicated by a yellow arrow pointing down 3 9 1 Inserting PQ Marks Manually To insert a new PO mark place the Edit Point at the location where you want the new mark to appear Then select Mark gt Track Start Mark which adds the new Start of Track mark 3 9 2 Moving PQ Marks It s easy to relocate PO marks Simply click drag on a mark to move it to the desired location 3 9 3 Removing PO Marks To remove one or more PO marks click drag in the waveform display to select a region that includes the mark s you want to remove Then select Mark gt Delete Mark and all marks within the selected region will be deleted If you are working in the Windows Mark Info window and Page 37 have a mark selected you can also use the Mark gt Delete Mark command to remove the mark The Mark Info window is discussed in detail in section 3 11 1 below A third method is to use the contextua
148. results in a different duration than would result from simply adding the disc running times and complies with the method CD players use to calculate and display Total Duration as specified by the CD DA Red Book 4 8 4 3 Track Listing This field shows a list of all Tracks present For Start ofTrack marks each entry shows the track number and name the start and end times along with the duration If the Extended Listing check box mentioned in section 4 8 4 1 above is checked then End ofTrack and Indexes are also listed along with their times Any individual mark can be selected by clicking on that row in the list A selected Track is high lighted in yellow while information on the highlighted mark will appear in the fields above within the Track Info section See section 4 8 2 above for more information on Track Info If you double click on aTrack Start entry in the list PreMaster CD will automatically begin play ing that Track based on the current timings This provides a quick way to confirm your mark locations The Track Listing also provides the ability to resequence CD Tracks If you click hold on any Start of Track entry and drag it to a new location in the list you can drop it and the audio implicit in the Track definition will also shuffle to the new location This allows you to quickly resequence CD Tracks See section 4 3 for a more general discussion of auto snapping includ ing resequencing 4 8 4 4 PO Validator PreMast
149. round Selection Center This command is similar to Zoom around Playhead except that instead the display is centered around the centre of a selected region or selected segment s 6 7 9 Zoom to Selection Start End This command zooms the waveform display to the start or end of the current selection with the start or end of the selection centered in the waveform display and is very handy for refining a selection s boundaries The amount of time shown around the selection boundaries is defined by the Zoom to Sel Start setting in theTime Display tab of Windows Preferences See section 6 9 5 below for information on theTime Display tab 6 7 10 Zoom to Selection This command zooms to the currently selected region such that the selection is centered in the waveform display and covers a preset percentage of the waveform display area The amount of time shown around the selection boundaries is defined by the Zoom to Sel Start setting in the Time Display tab of Windows Preferences See section 6 9 5 for more information on theTime Display tab 6 7 11 Zoom to Entire Project Track Under normal operation with a stereo Project these two menu commands work identically These commands zoom so that the entire program is shown across the entire waveform dis play However if one of the two Panels contains more audio information stretching over a longer duration on the time line than the other channel the Zoom to Entire Track command will P
150. rting PO Marks Automatically ssssssssssessee meme eren 38 3 9 5 TRACKS m 38 3 9 6 The Marks BUttOU eet puer E mE YR Ra E Res ome tos RAE e ERR a D 39 3 10 BI e e IE 39 3 10 1 A Check List for Deliver Y mimica rr E EREENERRARYIEYRA RRPRRA DG KEY ERXRA 40 3 10 2 The Mark Info WINGO iier PE E A kel di 41 Chapter 4 Advanced Edition ii ie 45 4 1 Fade Tool Options nara a 45 4 1 1 Changing Fade Parameters iii cs 45 4 1 2 Changing the shape of the Fade ooccoccccncccnncccnnncnncncnnncnnnnnncncnnnnnnnnannnannnnnans 46 4 1 3 Changing the Fade Duration sss eme e eese e ener nns 47 Page 4 4 1 4 Changing the Fade Dye ke soedieetigtrr ke rho ru abies veane racemase neni Sadeewades eens 47 4 2 Diag e DIG CO OO tuni inesse cn Meme ME dU pM ER I rer tere rrere cers ae 48 4 2 1 RESEQUENGCING ici e 48 4 2 2 Drag Ovena de CO OC O neae wan S E cbians cuales OEO E aaa 50 4 2 3 Drag Insert amp Ripple 4 recess temere Ere a Casita tare A ic A 50 4 2 3 Drag Replace A A LS ILU ERA ketal DIU ULM 50 4 3 iD gro nia direis 51 4 3 1 Gain Adjustrmelit cce tussecs pep temere ra pERUR TO 51 4 3 2 Combo Project COMPIGUALION ga rnt eter adn icu sisse iei res PRiRir ixP AIR UU EEE 52 4 4 Gan Overlay MOQ Gecce n staz st xiv ii 52 4 5 SA Sa 55 4 6 LAETOLI o T 56 4 7 Project Sample Rate ia dia 57 4 8 Advanced Pl ls 57 4 8 1 ADO lone mer 59 4 8 2 MACK IM Oraa HE
151. run about once a month 3rd Party Configuration Management As with OS 9 OS 10 employs extensions to the operating system that extend and some times complicate your life Mac OS 9 had the Extensions Manager but OS 10 does not ship with such a utility Fortunately several vendors provide shareware or freeware versions of an Extensions Man ager equivalent for OS 10 One is White Box s free Diablotin available from lt http s sudre free fr gt and the other isTeng Chou Ming amp Scott Mitchell s X Overload2 a shareware utility avail able from lt http www xoverload com gt Neither of these products can manage audio plug ins A1 5 Delivering DDPs DDP file sets created by PreMaster CD always in their enclosing folder can be copied to any writable medium you choose DVD R or hard disk for transport to your replicator Check that the medium you choose has enough space to hold the file set Also check with your replicator to determine which medium they prefer and whether they are even capable of using DDP as an premastering format Many bargain companies are not ready to handle DDP deliveries so we at Sonic Studio suggest you find a reputable facility that does accept DDP file sets of your valu able masters Here are some specific suggestions First use DVD R blanks rather than CD Rs to deliver your DDP file set That way the replicator is less likely to confuse your CD R with DDP files as a CD ROM job and replicate 1000 C
152. s The first method is the Edit gt AutoSpace All Segments command discussed in section 3 8 6 above 4 2 1 2 Drag amp Drop The second method entails manually dragging CDTracks Dragging Tracks requires that the Show Track Bar preference in the EDL tab of Windows gt Preferences be enabled Once Track Bars are visible click hold on any song sTrack Bar to select it and drag it to the desired loca tion Existing Tracks shuffle into place and the dragged Track takes its place where dropped in the CD track sequence The audio associated or attached to the marks shuffles along with the marks The pause between an End of Track mark and a subsequent Start of Track mark are always considered to be part of that Track Page 48 Figure 4 4 The Track Bar This same drag to resequence behavior is also available in the Windows gt Mark Info dialog Simply drag an entry in the track list to a new location to resequence Tracks 4 2 1 3 Snap to Zone The third method entails manually dragging and snapping segments to a pre defined song timing It is best to drag segments if you have not created PO marks to prevent unwanted mark relocation This drag and snap segments method of resequencing requires that the Snap to Zone prefer ence in the Editing Tools tab of Windows gt Preferences be enabled Once the Snap Zone pref erence is set click on a segment sTitle Bar to select it After it s selected all you have to do is click drag on
153. s must have more than enough free space to store record and playback all of your sound files 1 Although you may find it will actually work never use LAN or WAN networked flex ible media or optical drives to record or playback sound files due to their excessive latency Always copy files from those storage types to a dedicated local direct attached hard disk or FC networked storage Fibre Channel first then use that disk for all PreMaster CD work 2 When creating copying or moving files consider the file name and path name Use short path names and employ only alphanumeric characters The only non alphanu meric characters that should be used are the hyphen and underscore _ charac ters Other characters such as 8 C Vand will very likely cause problems in your work Page 128 Permissions Check that you have read and write permissions for the entire application package Holding down the control key and highlighting the application will spawn a contextual menu with the choice to Show Package Contents Showing the package contents allows you to set yourself as read write the group should be admin also with read write privileges You should also boot from the Apple supplied install disc that came with your computer Run the Disk Utility application and perform a Repair Permissions pass on your host This is a rou tine maintenance task that along with DiskWarrior should be
154. t type a new name into the Track Title field and hit the enter key The new name will appear in the list in the CDText metadata and also in the Track Bar if visible All this information is saved as part of the Project Track Artist is entered in a like manner Select a mark from the Track Info list type an artist into theTrack Artist field and hit the enter key The artist s name will appear in the list and also in the resulting CDText metadata If prior to mark generation you enter an Album Artist as men tioned in section 4 8 1 2 above PreMaster CD will automatically use that text string for the Track Artist Note You should always check your Mark Info window for metacharacters such as amp and 26 as well as extended ASCII characters like 6 f et cetera Mac OS which PreMaster CD uses to write CD Rs does not handle extended ASCII and metacharacters properly 4 8 2 2 Track Start This field displays the location of individual marks The location can be edited by typing direct ly into this field The corresponding PO mark will be moved accordingly 4 8 2 3 Track Offset This field shows the offset if any that is applied to the selected mark If the default offset is not appropriate you can enter a custom offset for every mark 4 8 2 4 ISR Code ISRC This field shows the International Standard Recording Code or ISRC if any that is associated with the selected Start ofTrack mark When a record label
155. t includes the EQ DeNoiser a subset of the complete Manual DeClick option mentioned above and Manual DeCrackle and a high quality Sample Rate Conversion utility ENEI windows Show Interpolations DeClick DeCrackle Restore Click DeClick Both DeCrackle Both Restore Click Both Auto Noise Estimate DeNoise Figure 71 PreMaster CD s NoNOISE Fixlt menu 7 1 Manual DeClick The Manual DeClick option provides tools for isolating and removing individual transient im pairments in a sound file Manual DeClick assists in removing unwanted noises such as clicks pops and thumps It offers five different interpolation algorithms that are capable of correcting even difficult audio anomalies The algorithms analyze audio on either side of the anomaly and based on this information synthesizes replacement samples Manual DeClicking substitutes the repaired samples for the original program material Note that Manual DeClick processes generate two new files for each sound file that is re paired These cd and rl files contain the samples removed during repair and a list of their locations respectively If you move or delete either of these files you will not be able to restore the original samples undoing the repair Manual DeClick is generally used with the exception of the EType on very short duration re gions 14 msec or less Though the algorithms are capable of credible repairs over longer d
156. ted on the repair will be performed on both Either DeClick algorithm can perform stereo or mono repairs Using the Waveform display and playback identify the location of an impairment Zoom in until you can clearly see the impairment 1 Click drag in the Panel to create a time region selection that fully contains the dam aged samples From the NoNOISE menu select either DeClick or DeCrackle Fixlt replaces the compromised audio with repaired samples Don t worry about selecting on zero crossing boundaries the software s intelligence will provide a seamless transition Howev er do be aware that very low frequency artifacts may be present after a click and they will not be obviously visible in the waveform If you find that the DeClicker leaves behind some low frequency noise after a click has been removed then Restore the click back to its original state then select more time after the visual end of the click and repair again The DeCrackler is able to intelligently identify distortion on a very small time scale Don t be surprised to find micro repairs within your time region selection 7 2 35 Restoring Clicks First make sure the NoNoise II gt Show Interpolations option is checked Any existing inter polation or repair will appear marked with a horizontal red line the Restore Bar over the samples that have been altered Page 114 1 To remove an existing repair zoom in on the waveform and locate the r
157. ter CD All PO information and additional metadata can be viewed and modified with the help of the PO Info tab in the Mark Info window It can be opened by selecting the Windows Mark Info command Page 57 AO Mark Info PreMasterCD Project ALBUM TT LE TRACK TITLE n TRACK ARTIST TOTAL DURATION TOTALTRACKS Figure 4 16 The PQ Info tab of the Mark Info window Apart from the PQ information this window contains additional fields for AlbumTitle Album Artist Track Title and for compilations Track Artist These fields provide input for the generation of CD Text metadata Additionally ISR Codes or ISRC and a Universal Product Code European Article Number or UPC EAN code can be entered as well Page 58 ISRC or International Standard Recording Codes are unique machine readable identifiers for each track on a disc On the other hand UPC EAN identifies the entire disc Both UPC EAN and ISRC are discussed in detail below Creation of PO marks must follow a few simple rules laid down in the Red Book or Compact Disc Digital Audio CD DA specification The most important of these rules are e There is a maximum of 99 tracks allowed on a CD e There is a maximum of 99 indexes allowed within each track e ndex marks are not allowed between End of Track and Start of Track marks e The minimum duration of a track the minimum distance between Start of Track and End of Track marks or two consec
158. ton selects Sonic Studio s proprietary spec trally shaped triangular PDF probability density function redithering Dither Type MBIT This radio button selects iZotope s proprietary MBIT redither ing The Shape is preset to Ultra the Amount is preset to High and Auto Blank is Enabled Enable Dither On Output When on dither will be applied to the output at all times redithering the output to either 16 or 24 bits of resolution When off both the moni tor and delivery outputs will be bit transparent except during fades or other gain changes The DITHER indicator in the upper right of the Project window reflects the current state of the Dither on Output preference Control clicking on the yellow DITH ER label in a Project produces a convenient contextual menu allowing you to enable or disable redithering as well as set the output bit depth for which re dithering will be optimized Section A1 2 includes a discussion of redithering Turn Off Delay defines the time in seconds before dither is turned off after the last sample of audio has been played This setting applies to Sonic Dither only Bit Resolution this selector determine the final word length either 16 or 24 bits Internal resolution is greater than 24 bits so the data word is rounded to the desired length In general redither should be enabled to ensure linear output when word length is reduced Note that for CD delivery 16 bit resolution is the only correct se
159. ts respec tively Secondly segments can be moved by altering their respective time line positions directly via the Move Segments window Select the desired segments then select the Edit Move Seg ments command The Move Segments modal dialog appears showing the current position of the first or only selected segment The desired new segment start time can now be entered directly into the time code address shown Once the Move button is clicked the segment moves to the new location Page 35 The Move Segments dialog offers three extra options By clicking on the Where button you can select via a drop down menu the new start time for the segment The current position of the Playhead e The location of the In Point or e The location of the Out Point There is also an SRP button that provides a list of any SRPs placed in the Project By choos ing one of these four options the time display of the move segment window changes to the relevant time SRPs persistent markers you can place anywhere in time are discussed later in section 4 7 below After choosing your option clicking the Move button will move the segment and close the dialog Clicking Cancel leaves the segment at its original position and closes the dialog 3 8 6 Simple Track Spacing AutoSpace Once all your segments are placed in the right order the AutoSpace function offers a simple but effective tool to change all pauses between songs to
160. tting as the program on an audio Compact Disc is stored as 16 bit data Setting 24 bit resolution for final CD masters will result in drastic truncation of the 17th through 24th bit resulting in audibly reduced quality Page 105 Page 106 Chapter 7 eese NONOISE Il Sonic Studios NoNOISE ll is the world s premier tool for restoring vintage and problematic audio recordings PreMaster CD 3 offers two options that are part of the larger NoNOISE II fam ily Show Interpolations A Pitched B General B General L gt R B General R gt L C Pitched Detection D DeClicker E DeCrackler 0 95 E DeCrackler A Pitched for Edit Group B General B General L gt R B General R gt L C Pitched Detection D DeClicker E DeCrackler 0 95 E DeCrackler Restore Click BBDN X0 Nova Take FFT Show FFT View X3H Take Noise Estimate Take and Interpolate Estimate Show Estimate View 36H Auto Noise Estimate Interpolate Estimate Fit Estimate from Selection Write Estimate Read Estimate Show Hide Interpolation Figure 7 1 PreMaster CD s NONOISE menu Page 107 The Manual DeClick option precisely removes impulse noise analog or digital overloads har monic and intermodulation distortion and provides a unique solution to obscenity masking The Fixlt option is an entry level version of the complete NoNOISE II suite I
161. u have not already done so The STATUS field will tell you Me dia ready for delivery If you have an external FireWire burner you d like to use click on the white triangle to the right of the Device label to switch to your external burner Click the Execute button in the Mark Info window to start the burn process PreMaster CD will ask you to Specify Folder for DDP Image CD will be replicated from DDP image Using the Finder browser specify a New or existing folder and click the OK button PreMaster CD begins delivering your Project to the blank CD The STATUS field shows the progress of the burn pro cess When the burn process is complete the CD is ejected from the CD burner ready to play Page 17 Page 18 Chapter 3 Basic Operation 3 1 General Workflow amp Explanation of Terms Used In order to prepare your finished master PreMaster CD offers fast simple audio editing along with creation and modification of metadata Though PreMaster CD is designed to primarily cre ate finished stereo programs it also includes CD R and DDP file creation as well DDP or Disc Description Protocol is the professional s preferred method of delivery of production masters for optical disc replication When opening a sound file into PreMaster CD you are creating a copy of the file in mem ory that you can manipulate This copy is placed into a Project the workspace created
162. ubcode metadata you have defined 3 10 2 1 Global Metadata At the top of the Mark Info dialog are three fields that define global information about the disc The AlbumTitle and Artist generate the disc s global information that when placed in a trans port that reads CDText data will appear on the transport s display CDText a subset of the CD G specification provides for the embedding of textual informa tion about the overall disc and tracks in the R through W codes of the PO subcode stream of a Compact Disc Many portable and in dash car players can read CDText data off of a disc but few home players can CD Text should not be confused with network services such as Gracenote s CDDB or FreeDB that attempt to match CDs inserted into a computer drive with an on line database of extant CD titles Such network services are used by iTunes and other applications for user convenience but have no relationship to the possibly embedded CD Text information on individual CD s Note that PreMaster CD 3 0 can now produce CD Text for DDP image file sets 3 10 2 2 Track Metadata This section provides information about individual track attributes The next two fields TrackTi tle and Track Artist are also part of the CDText specification and data entered into these fields will also appear on CD players equipped to read this metadata PreMaster CD auto populates theTrackTitle based on the segment name and if you have provided an Album Artist prior
163. ura tions only experience using each algorithms will allow you to judge sensible parameters Page 108 7 1 1 Interpolation Algorithms There are several interpolators that are available in PreMaster CD Each is suited to a particular type of audio problem and context 7 1 1 1 The B Type General Interpolator The Type B interpolator is the general purpose algorithm The majority of declicking situations can be handled by simply choosing this option The default Type B interpolator examines the audio on either side of the selection to determine the context for resynthesizing audio to fill the gap For the B Type there are two additional variations of the command that bias the context in a particular direction ignoring the mate rial before or after the impairment If for example a click occurs just after a percussive event the default Type B interpolator would include part of the percussive event in its resynthesis producing a unconvincing repair The B General R gt L option would ignore the audio to the left using only the samples after the selection is build the repair Conversely the B General L gt R option uses only samples before the selection to resynthesize a repair Here are three examples Figure 72 The original material Figure 7 3 A repair using the default B Type algorithm Page 109 Figure 7 4 A better repair using the B General L gt R option Though the above ex
164. utive Start of Track marks must be 4 seconds including offsets e Two consecutive End of Track marks are not allowed but two consecutive Start of Track marks are allowed PreMaster CD validates the PO marks against Red Book specifications and shows the result at the bottom of the PO Window Note that Index marks are infrequently used as most CD players available do not offer the ability to locate to Indexes 4 8 1 Album Info 4 8 1 1 Album Title In this field the title of the album can be entered 4 8 1 2 Album Artist In this field the artist s name can be entered 4 8 1 3 UPC EAN Code This is the product s Universal Product Code European Article Number usually displayed as a barcode on the package EAN barcodes are typically 13 digits and in the United States the leading digit or country code should be set to zero before entering the additional 12 trailing digits of a UPC 4 8 2 Track Info 4 8 2 1 Track Title and Track Artist These text fields directly represent the title and artist of the selected track in the list below These fields are used to generate CDText metadata Page 59 PreMaster CD assigns default names to marks and the tracks they generate The Start marks are numbered and named based on their associated segment s name The End marks and Index marks are not numbered and are called End and Index respectively You can assign your own names to the marks Just select a mark from the Track Info lis
165. vely EH 1 Figure 3 13 Multiple selected segments If you have an existing selected segment several additional segment selection choices are available By tapping the left or right arrow key you can select prior or latter segments re spectively By holding down the shift key you can tap the left or right arrow key to contiguous select prior or latter segments respectively Note that when one or more segments are selected and playback is started the Playhead moves to the head of the first selected segment and playback commences from there 3 8 Simple Editing There will be occasions where raw sound files need modifications PreMaster CD offers ad vanced editing features as well as simple tools to change amplitude and transitions 3 8 1 The Fade Tool The head start or tail end of segments are represented in the display by a thin black vertical line When zooming in this line will reveal itself to be a curve representing a fade or ampli tude versus time envelope Each segment starts with an Fade In and ends with an Fade Out Fade Ins and Outs are both Black Fades where black refers to Edited Black the absence of audio data in the Panel Figure 3 16 End of a segment with Fade Out glyph Fades have a specific starting location and duration Both parameters can be easily adjusted with the Fade Tool Page 30 First the duration or length of the fade can be changed To do so zoom in
166. written into the Console Log This command is useful if you work in a facility with multiple drives or network attached stor age on which some of your material resides Printing the explicit path allows you to keep track of the location of all source material for both documentation and backup 6 1 13 3 Print Segment Info This command prints highly detailed information on all segments in the current EDL The out put is written to the Console Log Page 73 6 1 13 4 Print Selected Segment Info Formatted This command prints user information on the currently selected segment s The output is writ ten to the Console Log in the form of a table showing the file name start and end time dura tion and gain in dB 6 1 13 5 Print Selected Segment Info This command prints highly detailed information on all selected segments in the current EDL The output is written to the Console Log 6 1 13 6 Print SRP Info This command prints detailed information on all SRPs in the active Panel The output is written into the Console Log 6 1 13 7 Write SRP Info to File This command prints detailed information on all SRPs in the active Panel to a new file The output is formatted in a table with details on track location ordinal number lock status and type as well as any textual label added to the SRPs Lock status is indicated by an I for locked and a U for unlocked Standard SRPs have a C type indication while Sync SRPs used on other
167. y standards http www dcainc com Philips Intellectual Property amp Standards is responsible for the maintenance of the Red and Scarlet Books along with related standards http www licensing philips com Page 137 Page 138 Note that for the PDF version of this Index only the page numbers not the preceding de scriptive subject text are hyperlinked Index Symbols 75 fps 20 Absolute 52 address time code 35 AES EBU longitudinal time code 26 28 35 AIFF 22 72 AIFF export 36 Album Artist 58 59 Album Info 59 AlbumTitle 58 59 Analog BlackTo Marks 38 88 Around Selection Center 83 AutoSpace All Segments 48 80 AutoSpacing 50 Auto Space All Segments 80 Background Waveforms 103 Build Sound Waveform 72 burning CDs 15 16 39 64 Burn Button 21 Burn button 65 BWF 19 22 Bypass Activate Gain Overlay 81 BType 108 CD Album Artist 58 AlbumTitle 58 ISR Codes 58 Page 139 Track Artist 58 TrackTitle 58 UPC EAN 58 CD G 41 CD DA discs 28 40 42 62 CD R delivery 15 16 19 39 64 Burn button 65 DAO Disc at Once discs 64 delivering multiple CDs 65 Emulation Mode check box 64 Execute button 64 Export List button 65 from an existing DDP 65 jitter 64 PO List button 65 Speed menu 64 TAO Track at Once discs 64 Track List button 65 CDText 41 59 64 71 116 CDText check box 64 CDTrack metadata 41 CDWrite Speed 104 changing Fade parameters 45 changing Fade shape 46 chang
168. zed with an injection of tiny amounts of shaped noise in order to prevent distortion In the Window Preferences gt Delivery pane you will find that PreMaster CD has a default preference to always redither the data when delivering either a CD DDP or when simply playing back audio This is necessary whenever any audio data is modified as with a fade or gain change in order to linearize or reduce subtle distortion in the resulting data Redithering is always a trade off between lower distortion and a slightly but audibly elevated noise floor PreMaster CD uses an exclusive spectrally shaped 2nd order or triangular PDF redithering scheme PDF or Probability Density Function describes the ampli tude versus frequency plot of the dither generator Our shaped dither is an excellent trade off between audibility and optimal linearity It s a good practice to prepare all source material needed before moving forward with se quencing editing and finishing a new replication master By organizing your source material and storing all relevant data in the same directory your projects will be highly portable and you ll avoid situations where files have gone missing from a job because they were not in cluded in the Project subfolder Page 127 A1 3 Naming Conventions 1 Do not use audio files with the same file name within a Project Rename before hand where necessary with a descriptive name for later ease of archiving restora tion and
169. zoom to a selection while making the selection By holding down the command and option keys while click dragging on the waveform will define a selection and zoom to that selection as well 3 6 2 3 Zoom Around Time Selection If you click and drag in the black time line banner above the top Panel while holding down the Apple or command key the Panel will zoom to display the region of the time line that your click drag defined 3 7 Selections Selections let you highlight a portion of the audio where you want to perform a desired opera tion 3 7 1 Selecting a Region To select a region click drag on the waveform display At the point that you want the selection to start click and hold down the mouse button then drag to complete your selection An area will be highlighted in yellow orange indicating the selected region re Figure 3 9 A region selected indicated by the yellow highlight Page 27 You can click drag either left or right to define a selection In addition you can fine tune the boundaries of a selected region Hold down the shift key and click on either side of the selected region then while continuing to hold the shift key drag left or right to expand or contract the selection While selecting regions the LEFT RIGHT and DUR fields at the top of the Project are active and editable See section 3 5 5 above for more information on manipulating time code addresses Note that the format in which all time fie

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