User Manual

Screen Items and Functions
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t Section editing area
You can select the desired section for editing, and can assign the waveform to the section. For details, see the following
pages.
Audition operation area of the Main window
[]/[]: Starts/stops the audition playback of the audio data that is assigned to the section being edited. Playback continues in
a loop until stopped.
Volume slider: Adjusts the volume of audition playback.
Time stretch: When this is checked, you can audition the audio data which is processed by time stretching, as it will sound
when exported to a Style at the current setting. When not checked, the audio data is played back as is.
Click (*): When this is checked, a metronome click sounds during audition playback. The volume of the click sound is fixed.
* This checkbox is available only when a single audio file is assigned to the entire project and the “Manual” checkbox is not checked in the section edit
area.
Time Stretch—Effects on the waveform by the tempo differences in the audio file
and Style when exporting
The audio file is automatically analyzed when imported, and the tempo is estimated. This tempo value of the audio is
not displayed with a number, but it is reflected in the beat display on the screen and the initial value of the Style
Tempo of the project. The tempo of the audio file and the Style Tempo are used for time stretching calculation when
exporting a project to a style file.
When exporting a project to a Style file, the assigned audio data to each section will be time stretched so that it fits to
the Style Tempo, and then the data is exported as the waveform data of the section.
For example, if the tempo of the audio file is 120 and the Style Tempo is 180, time stretch is executed so that it will
be 150% of the original audio data’s speed and the data will be saved and exported.
NOTE
• An analysis result file (.awi) is created in the same location as the imported audio file.
• The range of time stretching ratio is 50-200%. When the ratio by the settings results in exceeded this range, the project cannot be
exported to the Style file.
• The playback time calculated from the Style tempo, the time signature, and the “Bar” (number of measures) value is displayed as
the “Section length” on the Status bar.
• The original playback time of the selected range of the audio file is displayed as the “Wave length” on the Status bar.
• The time stretching ratio used in order to fit the selected audio data to the “Section length” is displayed as the “Time stretch” on the
Status bar.
NOTE
• Time stretching is the process of changing the speed or duration of an audio signal without affecting its pitch.
• The audio data assigned to the section will be processed by time stretching so that fit the “Section length,” when the project will be
exported to an Audio Style file.
• During the audition playback of the time stretching results, a dedicated pop-up window is shown, and editing operations cannot be
performed during audition.