User manual BIAS PEAK5

[. . . ] Peak Version 5. 0 Software User's Guide TM INSTALL LICENSE AGREEMENT This legal document is an agreement between you, the end user ("YOU" or "LICENSEE"), and BIAS, Inc. BY CLICKING "INSTALL" ON THE FOLLOWING DIALOG, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BECOME BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND THE SOFTWARE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY (collectively the "Agreement"). CLICK "QUIT" ON THE FOLLOWING DIALOG IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES THE COMPLETE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND BIAS, INC. [. . . ] In the Playlist Event Crossfade editor, you may choose a preset from the pop-up menu, or you may create your own by modifying the existing envelope shape. 149 Chapter 6: Playlists & CD Burning 3. Click anywhere on the line and a new moveable "breakpoint" will appear. custom fade is applied to the Event's/Region's waveform display. If you save your custom Fade In/Out envelope into: /MacintoshHD/Users/<YourAccount>/Library/Preferences/Peak Envelopes/ it will automatically appear in the Envelope popup menu it the Fade In/Out Envelope editor. Please note that you must apply the custom fade in/out for it to later appear in the pop-up menu. 4. Drag the breakpoint to the desired location on the envelope's curve. Setting a custom gap or pause between Playlist Events ­ Gaps and pauses are very similar in most regards ­ they create a short delay between two Playlist Events ­ but pauses can be used in a unique way, that gaps cannot. A gap can only be used to create a silent space between two Playlist Events. A pause can be used for the same purpose, and can also be used to create a space that contains audio. 5. Continue creating and dragging breakpoints until you have created the fade envelope that you desire. If you wish to delete a breakpoint, click on it with the cursor and press the Delete key on your computer keyboard. If you wish to reverse the shape of the envelope you have created, click the "<->" button. This creates a mirror image of the envelope. If you would like to save your custom envelope for later use, click on the Save button before exiting the envelope editor. When you are finished, click the OK button ­ the 150 This picture shows a short gap between two Playlist Events/Regions For example, you might be mastering a live concert recording, which contains long sections of audience applause between songs. By creating a pause containing audio (the audio in this example being applause) between two songs, you can create an audio CD which when played through from beginning to end will play both the songs, and the applause between them. If the listener navigates using the next track or previous track Peak 5 User's Guide controls on the CD player, the player will jump directly to the beginning of the song, and will skip the applause that occurs before it. To Create a Gap between Playlist Events in Waveform View: 1. Locate the two Events you wish to create a custom gap between. Using the Move Event tool, drag the later Event to the right (later in time), until the desired gap length is created between the two Events. To Preview the gap, click in the timeline, a few seconds ahead of the gap ­ audio playback starts from this point. (For other previewing options, see the upcoming section on Previewing transitions between Playlist Events). This picture shows a silent pause When a gap is created between two Playlist Events, the gap's duration is added as silence to the end of the preceding Event, and the silence is considered to be part of the earlier Event. When burned to CD, a CD player's counter treats a gap as part of the preceding track. 6 To Create a silent Pause between Playlist Events in Waveform View: 1. Locate the two Events you wish to create a custom pause between. Using the Move Event tool, drag the later Event to the right (later in time), until the desired pause length is created between the two Events. Drag the later Event's Pause indicator to the left (earlier in time), until it is aligned with the earlier Event's end boundary. This picture shows a pause containing audio from the previous Event ­ in this example, the audio in the pause is audience applause from the end of the preceding song. When a pause is created between two Playlist Events, the pause's duration is a unique entity, it is not added to the preceding Event, nor is it added to the following Event. [. . . ] See sampler and sample rate. 192. 000 kHz sample (noun) A sample refers to audio material which has recorded digitally or "sampled" by a sampling instrument or other digital recording device. Sample also refers to a single wave-cycle" snapshot" of sound. This is the standard for HD (High-Definition) audio hardware/production. This rate results in an upper frequency response of 96 kHz-well above the range of human hearing. 96. 000 kHz This is the standard sample rate for Digital Video Disc (DVD) audio, and is often used by sound editors work- G Glossary 297 ing in audio post-production for DVD. [. . . ]