User Guide
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normalized (i.e., the le will be amplied so that the highest peak attains the maximum
available headroom).
Render as Loop If this is activated, Live will create a sample that can be used as a
loop. For example, suppose your Live Set uses a delay effect. If Render as Loop is on,
Live will go through the rendering process twice: The rst pass will not actually write
samples to disk, but add the specied delay effect. As the second pass starts writing
audio to disk, it will include the delay tail resulting from the rst pass.
File Type, Bit Depth, Sample Rate These options specify the type of sample to be
created.
Convert to Mono If this is activated, Live will create a mono le instead of a stereo
le.
Dither Options If you are rendering at a bit depth lower than 32-bit, choose one
of the dither modes. Dithering adds a small amount of noise to rendered audio, but
minimizes artifacts when reducing the bit depth. By default, Triangular is selected,
which is the safest mode to use if there is any possibility of doing additional pro-
cessing on your le. Rectangular mode introduces an even smaller amount of dither
noise, but at the expense of additional quantization error. The three Pow-r modes
offer successively higher amounts of dithering, but with the noise pushed above the
audible range. Note that dithering is a procedure that should only be applied once
to any given audio le. If you plan to do further processing on your rendered le, it's
best to render to 32-bit to avoid the need for dithering at this stage. In particular, the
Pow-r modes should never be used for any material that will be sent on to a further
mastering stage these are for nal output only.
Create Analysis File If this is activated, Live will create an .asd le that contains
analysis information about the rendered sample. If you intend to use the new sample
in Live, check this option.
Real-Time Rendering
Normally, rendering happens as an ofine process. But if your set contains an External
Audio Effect or External Instrument that routes to a hardware effects device or synthesizer,
the rendering process is a bit different. In this case, rendering the master output happens