User Manual

PROCESSING AUDIO

The Process Menu

In addition to the three Effect processors, there are several other “offline” (non-

realtime) audio processing functions available on the Process menu. You do not

have to use Preview mode to apply offline processing. The Process menu items

are as follows:

• Normalize

• Convert to Mono

• Convert Sample Format

• Crop Loop

• Remove DC

• Re-Analyze

Normalize

Normalize will change the gain to ensure maximum level.

When Normalize is selected on the Process menu, a dialog box ap-

pears asking if you want to Normalize the whole file or each slice.

Normally, you will select “Whole File”. If you select “Each Slice”, and the se-

lected file is a rhythmic loop, the normalizing will disrupt the inherent dynam-

ics of the loop, since the gain of each slice will be changed to more or less

equal level.

Normalizing each slice can be useful when you use ReCycle to pro-

cess individual sounds that don’t belong to a loop.

Normalize can’t do miracles. If your recording contains unwanted

noise, normalizing will increase the noise level together with the

other audio material.

Convert to Mono

This Process menu item will convert stereo files to mono. It is only selectable for

stereo files.

When this item is selected, a dialog appears asking which chan-

nel(s) you wish to use as the basis for the converted file.

The options are Left, Right or a mix of both Left and Right channels.

Convert Sample Format

This item allows you to convert the sample rate and bit depth of a file. Lowering

the sample rate will make files smaller, but it will also lower the fidelity of the re-

cording (less high frequency material will be present).

On the other hand, increasing the sample rate will not raise the fidelity of the

sample in any way. It is therefore not recommended to convert from a low rate to

a higher one, unless it is required by the application.

The same applies to bit depth; converting from 24 to 16 bits will reduce the size

of the file (at the expense of slightly lower fidelity) and converting a sample’s bit

rate from 16 to 24 bits will not increase the fidelity of the original sample.

Selecting this menu item brings up a dialog box. You select the format you wish

to convert to using the respective pop-up menus.