AudioGate User's Guide (AudioGate Ver. 1.5)
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1. oS i xali Move to the dividing point perwa Eon eT NO First half mms Format 1 54 AIFF 44 1kHz 2 51 AIFF 44 1kHz 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz rane our i OO 4 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz _ 3 11 DSDIFF 2 8MHz ASA 6 Piano take12 trk1 5 45 BWF 192 0KH2 5 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz eS 3 44 ROME j OAL 1 Live Recording a mn NAmE fae FORMAT rt anaig z a 1 Live Recording 4 46 AIFF 44 1kHz 2 A ido 2 Live Recording 1 7 wes Co B ET 2 DFF_0020 001 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 3 DFF 0020 Las t hal f 3 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz 4 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz Combining songs Combining songs splices the end of one song directly to the beginning of another song Here s how you can com bine two or more songs into a single song 1 In the songlist click a song to select it 2 Hold down the Ctrl key Mac Command key and click other songs to select them 2 vE B COMBINE No Click Time FORMAT d 1 Live Recording 1 54 AIFF 44 1kHz 2 Live Reserana t 2 51 AIFF 44 1kHz ie 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 7 Hold down the aE me Ctrl Ca Lalo Med e109 nspiFr 6 5MAz 6 Downtime 3 11 DSDIFF 2 8MHz 3 Click the COMBINE button You will see that the songs have been combined in the songlist NO Time FORMAT NO NAME TIME FORMAT a 1lLive Re NERO Le 1 54 AIFF 44 1kHz A 1 Live Recording2. 00 01 29 180 AMARK DUO 8 00 00 28 7 9 Time information Item Method Sample rate of the audio device Indicates the sample rate of the audio device The current song is converted to this sample rate in realtime as it plays Indicates the name of the current song Text data Indicates the title and artist name of the current song Format Indicates the file format number of channels sample rate and bit depth of the current song When playing MP3 AAC Apple lossless ALAC WMA files the bit depth icon will be the bit rate indication e g 128 kbps MARK button Click the MARK button and the mark editing window will open Indicates the playback time and the current playback location of the current song 10 Controllers you can use You can use the following controllers to control the playback INFO Playing at 44 1KHz All Most Blues HMM stop Piy MME fe Ge Time wheel 00 01 29 180 00 00 28 793 Time slider Play Pause button Switches the current song between playback and pause Stop button Stops playback of the current song FF button Changes the current position to the next mark location If there is no next mark the current position will change to the next song in the song list By holding down this button you can fast forward the playback point REW button Changes the current position to the previous mark location If there is no previous mark you will move to the beginning of the
3. Pe ee nORG oo CONTENTS IMEFOQGUCHION acececcaveywes seguaccaeesayesd bush ants ene eeee verved 3 Supported formats oc ccueccn ce eeeseceweeeescenstnueceresseaauesss 3 Items on the screen o o4c cca caeeene cee eee ee eee eee ede beeen a eas 4 Audio format conversion and export 02 cece eee eee 4 Advanced settings n ese 4 eveswwt eee euess 444 hse ee sanees deere sh seee e 8 Song Playback 00 ee ees 9 Payin Daccka SONG o4 3 nce ae thea eee oe eee Come we we ea Gee eee Ae 9 Contents of the info viewer display 0 0 00 cece ee ene 10 Controllers you can USE ccnnceaceeaneeesteudeeeee een ed eens eetnnneenee ss 11 Continuous Playback function 4s 244 2cce aceanceeeut se hedaeoeseagseaeaee dee 11 Direct Locate function 43 ute ae Ph ea eee ee ee ee eee eee ewe ee Raber e ees 12 Audio device settings bo oudecdsoee eer ened ted shed Gebeds sche cade eat 12 SONG GUINO ccccacnetacuesseerucecteeegeauetoeremnuesemeneeaeus 13 Basic operation inthe songlist 0 0 0 ccc ee eee eee 13 Saving a songlist n nananana 13 Opening a songlist n a naana a enue d Seda ee cee eee eewne aad ease 13 Renaming a SOng csueua ds aaaee eee bags eeawaex tesa bee wean e eed cave 13 Editing tex data secede deacugeeseeeee se bode dad deeds E aa aienea 14 Editing the song settings anana naaa aa thegn cheese aeee dana sae 15 Dividing a SOng wo eee utnnd skater ee ea eeerenened dade de oer eee beeen ada ss
4. 348 230 vark 00 02 30 000 Will Champlin Will Champlin 00 03 11 348 00 03 11 348 mark 0 01 35 307 00 01 35 307 Click Keyboard input Note that the current position has changed Audio device settings From the menu choose Edit Preferences Mac AudioGate Preferences to access the audio device set tings If the song does not play correctly please check these settings to make sure that each item is configured properly ES Fast CPU is required for stable playback of 1 bit audio files If there are frequent clicks or pops in the play back you may improve the performance by setting the audio sample rate lower and or by setting the audio buffer size larger Controls Help Undo Change Song Name Audio Driver Type Dividi Direct Sound he Divide At Marks ciri ahift D Remove All Marks ciri shift delete Audio Driver Primary Sound Driver 44 1 kHz Audio Buffer Size 2048 samples ak ak Audio Channels Left Right Preferences Audio Sample Rate 12 Song editing AudioGate lets you divide or combine songs in the songlist This allows you to export selected regions from an audio file or combine multiple consecutively recorded files into a single file before you export it You can also edit the gain fade and DC cut settings of each song and edit text data such as the title and artist name Basic operation in the songlist Operation Operat
5. range of 24 0 dB 24 0 dB Adjust this so that the clip indicator does not light during playback or during exporting BALANCE This adjusts the left right volume balance of the song within a range of L100 C R100 However the balance of a monaural song is fixed at C center and cannot be changed FADE IN This specifies the shape of the envelope used for fade in and the time duration 0 0 seconds 10 0 seconds over which the fade in is completed FADE OUT This specifies the shape of the envelope used for fade out and the time duration 0 0 sec onds 10 0 seconds over which the fade out is completed DC CUT Normally you will leave this OFF disabled If the song file contains a DC offset you can turn this ON to remove the offset While often inaudible a DC offset can reduce the avail able headroom before clipping and can affect the sound quality in other ways 15 Dividing a song You can divide the current song into two at the currently stopped point 1 Use the song playback functions to move to the point where you want to divide the song 2 Make sure that the playback is paused and click the DIVIDE button You will see that the song has been divided in the songlist 3 Text data and song settings will generally be carried over into both songs following the Divide operation AudioGate untitled agsl oe File Edit Controls Help y PLAY INFO Playing at 44 1kHz a inaani aani Live Recording oo ai
6. song whose text Eerie E OUT data you want to edit pya cco 6 Piano take12 trk1 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz l I 2 In the info viewer click the Title field to make the song title editable When you re finished editing press the Enter key to finalize the change PLAY INFO Playingat 44 1kHz PLAY INFO Playingat 44 1kHz Live Recording Live Recording AFF fi 7 _ Click 44 1 kHz Enter the title and press ENTER key to finalize mark 00 00 00 000 00 04 46 039 00 00 00 000 3 In the same way click the Artist field and edit the artist name ES If you click the INFO tab in the info viewer you will also be able to edit the Genre musical style Location recording location RecDate date of recording and RecTime time of recording infor mation but depending on the format of the exported file this information may not be embedded in the header PLAY INFO Playing at 44 1kHz PLAY INFO Playingat 44 1kHz Location RecDate 2007 OF O6 mark 00 00 00 000 RecTime 18 59 00 00 04 46 039 14 Editing the song settings Various settings for the currently selected song are shown at the right of the songlist You can edit these settings by double clicking them and entering a value or clicking a button These settings are reflected when you play back or export the song erie 3 0dB BALANCE ey Take 2 05 Tae 2 05 DC CUT GAIN Specify the volume level of the song in a
7. 16 Combining SONGS st 2ca0cusuae teense ge ce aans FodeGee eS er haegeease cae 16 Channel Link function 5 ig ede os ee ad em dod aind ad a ow Peels Pewee ad Gers 17 Wate UNCION 442 24564auccuseaeee Pane aeesaue se aeaseeeuaeeeas amar eae 18 Other convenient functionS 1 0 0 0 0 eee eee 19 List OF shortcuts 6 tcncd ceeheseedandeeeneewusse eeee tines ence eek 20 Introduction AudioGate is an audio file conversion application that supports 1 bit audio Audio files created by KORG s MR 2000S MR 1000 or MR 1 audio recorders can be converted and exported in the format that you select An indi vidual file may be divided into smaller separate files and smaller files can be joined end to end into a larger sin gle file Editing operations such as Gain Adjustment and Fade In Fade Out are also supported Supported formats AudioGate can read convert and export the following audio file formats 1ch mono 176 4 kHz 192 kHz 32 bit float 1 AIFF extension aif aiff 2ch stereo 1b DSDIFF extension dff 2 8224 MHz extension dsf 9 6448 MHz amp In some cases it may not be possible to successfully read files that were not created by the MR 2000S the MR 1000 the MR 1 or AudioGate 1 WAV BWE only Audio files of the following formats are supported for reading only extension mp3 80 320 kbps VBR ee ich mono 44 1 kHz 96 320 kbps VBR 320 96 320 kbps VBR VBR Supported if extension m
8. 4 1 kHz destination folder Bit Depth 16 bit adh ak Advanced Settings 7 Folder My Documents Make Mew Folder i Cancel ak Specify the desired output file format amp If you specify AIFF as the format the MR 1000 or MR 1 will be unable to play back the file Source All Songs g Destination Select E Original File Format wyo O S IED File Type Interleaved 7 Sample Rate eee Bit Depth 16bit al Specify the desired output file type Mono Dual Mono A monaural song will be exported as a monaural file and a stereo song will be exported as a dual mono file This is especially convenient if the file is going to be brought into in a DAW after export amp Files of this format cannot be played back by the MR 2000S MR 1000 or MR 1 Stereo Interleaved A channel interleaved stereo file will be exported In the case of a monaural song the L channel and R channel will contain the same data If you want to play back the file on the MR 20005 MR 1000 or MR 1 copy it into the AUDIO folder MR Project An MR project folder containing a prj file and audio file will be exported This is useful when exporting very large audio data exceeding the 4 GB limit of FAT32 Marks edited by AudioGate can be imbedded into the MR project When playing back on the MR 20008S MR 1000 or MR 1 you can obtain gapless playback by copying the marks to the appropriate location in the MR_PROJ fol
9. 4 46 AIFF 44 1kHz 2 Live Recording 1 2 51 AIFF 44 1kHz WEE Combined Yo 11 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 3 DFF_0020 001 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 3 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz 4 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz 4 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 5 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 5 Downtime 3 11 DSDIFF 2 8MHz 6 Downtime 3 11 DSDIFF 2 8MHz vy 6 Piano take12 trk1 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz y 16 amp You can use the Combine function to join together recordings that were not originally seperated by the MR recorder s automatic split function but some slight noise may be introduced at the point where the songs are joined amp You can t combine songs of differing formats amp You cannot combine songs of MP3 AAC Apple lossless ALAC and WMA formats with each other SE Text data and song settings will generally be taken from the top song in the list Channel Link function This allows you to handle two monaural songs as a single stereo song Normally you will use this to link two songs of the same length 1 Click one of the songs in the song list to select it 2 Hold down the Ctrl key Mac Command key and click the other song so that both songs are selected 3 Click the CH LINK button Verify that the songs are linked in the song list amp You can t link songs of different formats or songs that are in MP3 AAC Apple lossless ALAC or WMA formats amp If you link songs that are of differing leng
10. 4a 2ch stereo 48 kHz QuickTime7 is installed Apple Lossless ALAC WMA 32 192 kbps VBR Windows only amp Audio files protected by DMR Digital Rights Management cannot be input ltems on the screen AudioGate untitled ags File Edit Controls Help e Menu Clip pLay INFO Indicator All Most Blues a D ee eee oe Sha Controllers wir Taio SAVAN 00 01 29 180 mark 00 00 00 000 Sr Ena ADD REMOVE aena kenan NO NAME TIME FORMAT a 1 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz ae 0 0dB 2 Downtime 3 11 DSDIFF 28MHz nants mss 3 Piano take12 trk1 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz FADEIN SEES FADE OUT 00s af Songli st 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz ane 5 Live Recerame 4 46 AIFF 44 1kHz 6 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz A 4 nO E ITT ey Audio format conversion and export AudioGate can convert an audio file on your computer to your desired format and export it MR projects created on the MR 2000S MR 1000 or MR 1 can also be imported directly and converted into the selected format In AudioGate the term song refers to each item of audio data in the song list iS By importing an MR project you can load marks or automatically join divided audio files to handle them as a single song When working with MR project files that were recorded by the MR 2000S MR 1000 or MR 1 you ll need to copy them onto the hard disk of your computer 1 Drag and drop the desired MR p
11. By choosing the menu command Edit Redo you can re execute the operation that was reverted by the Undo command 19 List of shortcuts When paused play from current posi tion From play When paused play to current position T To play While paused move current position Shift Shift gt 0 001 second forward While paused move current position Shift lt Shift lt 0 001 second backward While paused move current position gt 0 05 second forward While paused move current position lt 0 05 second backward 20 While paused move current position 1 Alt gt Option gt second forward While paused move current position 1 Alt lt Option lt second backward While playing move current position Hold down Hold down forward FF play While playing move current position backward REW play Edit current position direct locate 21
12. PLP PAA ra A ii ii fe Selecting a mark Click the mark icon The mark icon will be selected and the mark number and mark location will be displayed in the mark box Adding a mark Click the ADD button to add a mark at the current position amp You can t add two marks at the same position Removing a mark Select the mark that you want to remove and click the REMOVE button Editing the location of amark Select the mark whose location you want to edit and click the displayed mark time The time indication will become editable Use the keyboard to enter the desired time and press the Enter key Removing all marks from the Choose the menu item Edit gt Remove All Marks current song Dividing the song at mark Choose the menu item Edit gt Divide At Marks locations 18 Moving to a mark location Operation Operation Method Moving to the next a the FF button You will move to the next mark relative to the current position mark Moving to the pre Click the REW button You will move to the previous mark relative to the current vious mark position Moving to a speci Double click a mark icon fied mark Click the V at the right edge of the mark box and choose a mark from the list Other convenient functions Reverting an edit Undo By choosing the menu command Edit Undo you can revert to the state prior to executing the most recent editing operation Re executing the edit Redo
13. der Stereo Interleaved Mono Dual Mono Stereo Interleaved MR Project 7 Specify the desired sample rate and bit depth for the exported file All Songs 4 Playing at 4 File Format bass Ul Select ues amp If the sample rate is set to 5 6 MHz the MR 1 will be unable to play back the file amp If the bit depth is set to 32 bit float or if the file format is set to AIFF the MR 1000 and MR 1 will be unable to play back the file The MR 2000S MR 1000 and MR 1 will also be unable to play back the file if you export a 16 bit file at a sampling frequency of 88 2 kHz or higher EG You can change the detail settings of the conversion algorithm by selecting Advanced Settings For more information please refer to Advanced settings page 8 8 Click the OK button The Converting to dialog box will appear in the upper right side of the info viewer and the file conver sion and export process will begin EE During the export process you can stop the processing by clicking the EXPORT button once again amp 1 bit audio files may contain louder signals than PCM When converting 1 bit audio files to PCM files you might need to set GAIN settings down by approximately 3 0 dB to avoid clipping see page 15 amp When exporting a song as a 1 bit audio file a minimal amount of silence may be added to the end of the exported file SE If the input file and the output file have the same samp
14. e song playback functionality provided by AudioGate is a convenience feature that uses a high speed fil ter In order to experience the full sound quality of 1 bit audio please use a device that supports 1 bit audio such as the MR 2000S MR 1000 or MR 1 ES In AudioGate the song that s playing or paused for playback is called the current song The current song is indicated by a speaker icon in the songlist and the info viewer will display information about that song The current location in the current song is called the current position The current position can be seen in the time display Playing back a song Double click a song in the songlist to make it the current song Playback will begin automatically SE If you experience problems with playback for example if there is no sound or if there are frequent clicks or pops in the playback please refer to Audio device settings page 12 NAME TIME FORMAT 1 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz EEGA Meise suerte you want to play FADE IN BALANCE 3 Live Recording 4 Piano take12 trk1 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz Efim 5 Piano take12 trk2 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz DC CUI 6 DFF 0001 001 3 11 DSDIFF 2 8MHz y Contents of the info viewer display The info viewer shows information about the current song Sample rate of the audio device PLAY INFO Playing at 44 1KHz All Most Blues Song name E Format E All Most Blues ART i Dik Text information nil Keaggy
15. ion Method Add a song Click the button and select a file or drag and drop an audio file from your computer into the songlist Select a song Click the song To select multiple songs hold down the Ctrl key Mac Command key and click The currently selected song is displayed in focus highlighted Select the song and click the REMOVE button Rearrange the songs Drag the selected song up or down in the list to move it Saving a songlist From the menu choose File Save Songlist As and specify a file name and a save location Songlist files will have an extension of agsl Opening a songlist From the menu choose File Open Songlist and specify a songlist file that you saved SE If the current songlist has not yet been saved a message of Save the current songlist before opening will appear Choose Save if you want to save the current songlist or Don t Save if you don t want to save it SE If an audio file cannot be found because it has been moved or deleted the song name is displayed in red You can t play or export a song that is displayed in red ES Even if AudioGate is not running you can automatically start up AudioGate and load a songlist by drag and dropping the desired songlist file agsl onto the AudioGate icon Renaming a song When you click the song name in the songlist or double click the song name in the info viewer the text will become editable After you ve finished editi
16. le rates and if the GAIN and DC CUT settings are kept to default see page 15 AudioGate may switch to direct exporting mode where unnecessary recalcula tion is reduced The level meter will be fixed to OdB when AudioGate is running in direct exporting mode All Songs E 01 Switch it Rp Stereo Interleaved a ma MARK UUUULUU 0O 9 When the process is finished a dialog box will appear indicating Export completed Click the OK button Export completed E cick Advanced settings You can change the detail settings of the conversion algorithm by selecting Advanced Settings before exporting All Songs Sharp Roll off lS 4A Sharp Roll off aa F O Playing at A y Sharp Roll ofl 1 Switch it Soft Roll off h ae Z i STEREO Switch it Stereo Int Siero ereeved KORG Inc a re 00 02 24 070 MARK UU UU UU UUO E mark 00 00 00 000 eet Is 2 8 MHz gt 176 4 192 kHz Outband Filter Sets the additional filter for the conversion from 1 bit 2 8 MHz songs to 176 4 kHz or 192 kHz PCM files Sharp Roll off Applies a low pass filter with sharp roll off 3 dB 42 kHz Soft Roll off Applies a low pass filter with soft roll off 3 dB 50 kHz Off The additional filter will not be applied Song Playback AudioGate will play back songs that are imported into the songlist This provides a useful way to check the con tent of a 1 bit audio file or to specify editing points Th
17. ng the name use the Enter key to finalize the change ES The song name is used as the name of the output file when exporting amp You can t rename a song using the same name as another song in the list amp It is possible to enter Japanese multi byte text as the song name but you should use English alphanumeric characters if you intend to export as an MR project TIME FORMAT _DFF_0020 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz o MEX Enter the new song name d and press the ENTER key to finalize the change GAIN BALANCE FADE OUT 3 11 DSDIFF RTA sit FF 6 Piano take12 trki 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz 6 Piano take12 trk1 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz _ 13 Editing text data You can edit the text data of the current song the song title and the artist name When a file is exported this information is embedded in the header of the exported file amp It is possible to enter Japanese multi byte text as text information but you should use English alphanumeric characters if you intend to export in a format other than AIFF or DSF Due to limitations in the file format characters other than English alphanumerics will be ignored when exporting 1 Double click a song in the songlist That song will become the current song and the song information will appear in the info viewer OVE COMBINE I CH LINK TIME FORMAT ive Recording 4 46 AIFF 44 1kHz A 5 6MHz GAIN BALANCE Double click the FADE IN 44 1kHz
18. roject file or audio file into the songlist Alternatively you can click the ADD button and select the prj file in the MR project file or an audio file The files in the list will be imported and information such as the playback time and the format will be dis played T AudioGate untitled ags File Edit Controls Help ADD button ADD REMOVE Iie No NAME 2 Click the EXPORT button The export file setting screen will appear Audio Files File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q Back J wa PP Search E Folders E PLAY INFO Pla All Most Blues DIEE Mel xe e Time FORMAT FADE IN FADE OUT DC CUT cae 0 0dB eC FADE IN FADE OUT DC CUT UUS 3 Set the conversion source Choose All Songs to export all songs in the songlist or choose Selected Songs to export only selected songs in the list Destination E Original File Format File Type sample Rate lt All Songs v All Songs Select Selected Songs WAY Stereo Interleaved 44 1 kHz FL aii 4 In the Destination area click the Select button and choose the export destination folder Source All Songs n Browse For Folder J Destination se a Ciok i E Original af Desktop My Documents File Format WAV ka E My Computer J My Network Places File Type Stereo Interleaved Recycle Bin Select the export Sample Rate 4
19. song By holding down this button you can rewind the playback point To button If you click this while paused a two second region ending at the current position will play From button If you click this while paused a two second region starting from the current position will play You can drag this upward downward to make fine adjustments to the current posi tion Time slider This graphically indicates the current position You can change the playback point by dragging this to left or right Continuous Playback function If you turn this on by selecting the Controls gt Continuous Playback option continuous playback of the song list will be enabled Continuous Playback When song playback reaches the end of the song The position will return to the beginning of the current song and playback will stop position will return to the first song and playback will stop On selected Playback will continue with the next song in the song list If there is no next song the 11 Direct Locate function This allows you to specify the current position directly from the keyboard 1 While a song is playing or stopped click the counter in the info view 2 The counter will become an editable field From the keyboard enter the new counter position e g 2 30 You may omit the colon and simply enter 230 interpreted as 2 30 or 1204 interpreted as 12 04 hame nm a it i yill Champ m 00 03 11 348 00 03 11
20. ths the resulting length will match the longer song ES Text data and song settings will generally be taken from the upper song in the list EDS NO NAME TIME FORMAT 1 Piano take 2 trk L 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz No NAME FORMAT 1 Piano take12 trk L 6 BWF 192 0kHz 2 Piano take12 trk R 5 45 BWF 192 0kHz 3 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz 4 All Most Blues 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 5 DFF_0020 001 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 6 Downtime 3 11 DSDIFF 28MHz 2 01 Switch it 2 24 MP3 44 1kHz 3 All Most Blues 4 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHz 4 DFF_0020_001 1 29 DSDIFF 5 6MHez 5 Downtime 3 11 DSDIFF 2 8MHz 6 Live Recording 4 46 AIFF 44 1kHz a 17 Mark function Importing marks AudioGate can load the following marks Marks included in an MR project Marks included in the cue points chunk of a WAV BWF file Marks track start and index included in the marker chunk of a DSDIFF file Exporting marks AudioGate can embed marks when exporting the following file formats MR project format WAV or BWF files DSDIFF files Editing marks Click the mark button in the info view window and the mark editing window will open In the mark editing window you can see mark icons shown above the time slider at mark locations 00 05 45 397 mak 00 03 42 284 esse M004 00 03 42 284 M001 00 00 35 294 M002 00 02 08 539 __ M003 00 02 48 685 ee M004 00 03 42 284
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