User Manual

Inserting CD tracks
From the Insert menu, choose CD Track to add a CD track using the current selection as the track length. If no selection exists, the Red
Book minimum of four seconds is used.
Your first track should begin at 00:00:02:00 to conform to Red Book standards.
Note: CD track numbering is based on the First track number on disc setting on the CD tab in the Project Properties dialog.
1. Select the time range that you want to use to create a track.
2. From the Insert menu, choose CD Track. The application adds a CD track to the timeline.
3. You can drag CD tracks to rearrange them, drag either end of a track to change its length, or use the Track List window to edit the
track's position or name.
Creating tracks from regions in a media file
From the Tools menu, choose Create Tracks from Media Regions to create tracks using regions embedded in the media files for all
selected events.
For example, if you have a live recording that uses regions to indicate the sections of the recording, you can use this feature to create
tracks without having to scan through the audio and create tracks manually.
Note: Regions and markers in a media file are not visible on the CD Architect timeline. To see media regions and markers, open a file in
the Trimmer window.
1. Add media files to your project and edit events on the timeline to lay out your CD.
2. Select the events for which you want to create tracks using regions. If no events are selected, all events will be processed.
3. From the Tools menu, choose Create Tracks from Media Regions. The application creates a track for each region in the media file
and an index for each marker in the media file. If no markers or regions exist in the file, a single track will be created for the event.
You can drag CD tracks to rearrange them, drag either end of a track to change its length, or use the Track List window to edit the
track's position or name.
Adjusting pause time between tracks
Pause time is the space between CD tracks. This space may contain silence — as in a standard commercially produced CD — or can
contain audio — as in a live performance captured on CD.
The Red Book standard calls for two seconds of pause time, but you can edit the default pause time on the Editing tab of the Preferences
dialog.
Automatically spacing tracks to the default pause time
From the Tools menu, choose Conform Tracks to Default Pause Time.
All tracks are moved along the timeline so two seconds exists before the first track, and the default pause time exists between all other
tracks.
Adjusting pause time on the timeline
When you hover in the pause time between two tracks, the application displays the pause time.
You can edit the pause time in two ways:
• Double-click between two tracks. The display changes to an edit box where you can type a new value.
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