User manual ALCATECH BPM STUDIO 4 PRO

[. . . ] RC V3 RCP-1001 RCP-2001-A RCP-2001-B BPM Studio 4 Pro 1 2 Content BPM Studio Content Introduction 1 1. 01. About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] *EN* finds all titles containing an EN, e. g. If the search was successful, a new folder SEARCH RESULTS will be created in BPM File Archive in which the search results will be listed. If this folder should exits already, all files in it will be overwritten. 3. 20. 3. Monitor Functions For professional use of BPM Studio the monitor functions are essential. While a title in Player A, B, the Sample Player or the CD Player is played over the PA System, it is possible to listen to, or prescreen any other given external or internal signal source via headphone to e. g. screen titles, place Cue-Points, determinate the BPMs of a particular title, or equal out BPMs. The basic requirement for this is at least one additional sound card, or multiple channel sound card, to assign the monitor channels if BPM Studio to a dedicated audio channel. The monitor functions have to be enabled in the Program Options on the register tab Audio I/O. In the monitor area, a dedicated sound card will be assigned to the monitor channel. The following virtual devices utilize the monitor channel: - All Preview-Players in the Play Lists and the BPM File Archive - The preview player of the BPM Counter - The monitor switch in the main program - The monitor buttons in the Mixer The volume of the monitor channel is adjusted with the MONITOR control, in the Mixer 3. 20. 2. Search Dialog The search dialog is also accessible via the pop up menu in BPM File Archive or the button in the file lists. Here you can perform your search according to the following search criteria: BPM range, artist, title, title version and album. The search term or text string will always be compared exactly with the list entries. But you can also use 77 BPM Studio Before the monitor functions can be used a sound card test, and synchronization need to be perfor med. Otherwise differing sample frequencies would cause runtime differences between monitor channel and player when playing. To synchronize sound cards proceed as follows: First select the desired driver. (Synchronization is necessary with Direct Sound, WAVE, and KERNEL driver. ) Then click on the button "Test Sound Card". Each Sound Card will now be tested for 1 min. BPM Studio then analyzes the results, and synchronizes the Sound Cards. This test needs to be performed separately for WAVE and Direct Sound Driver, if both are to be used. Additional Functions 3. 20. 5. The back-up- and Update functions Via the pop up menus of the Group window and the File Archive you can access the BackUp and Update function. [. . . ] Track We refer to a Track as recorded title, a piece of music or a song. VBR Files Compared to CBR (Constant bit rate), the encoder analyzes the title's VBR (variable bit rate) and chooses an exact compression algorithm for every frame adapted by the MP3 encoding. This allows for better compression at higher bit rates compared to the compression of a simple signal or CBR. WAVE file This format is used by Windows to store audio signals free of sound quality loss. [. . . ]