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Digital Music Pad
Audio Editor Effects
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Audio Editor Effects
Zoom In/Out
Select an area of the audio file by dragging the mouse over the graphic, or use
Punch In/Out to listen and select an area. Click the Zoom In button to display
the selected area. Click the Zoom Out button to return the previous view. Select
the 1 to 1 button to view the entire file.
Amplify Increase / Decrease
Increases or Decreases the volume of the audio file or selected area of the
audio file.
Use the Amplify Inc/Dec sliders to set the level of this effect, default = 20%.
Press the Increase or Decrease menu button.
Use Edit / Select All / before applying amplify to very small clips.
Null Signal
Sets the volume of a selected area to zero. Select an area of the audio file by
dragging the mouse over the graphic (hold the left button down), or use Punch
In/Out to listen and select an area. Press the null signal menu button.
Convert Format
Details of the current file format can be seen in the bottom left corner of
Audio Edit. To change the format:-
From the menu bar select File / Convert from Menu A window will open allowing
you to select new attributes. Once you have selected the attributes, you can
give your setting a name for quick selection next time by pressing the Save As
button from the Select Attributes window. Select from 8,000 Hz, 8 Bit, Mono to
48,000 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo.
To set the attributes to be the same as another wav file.
From the menu bar select File / Convert from File / Select a wav file and
press ok.
Insert Silence
Adds a length of silence to the file at the selected point. Place the position
bar at the required insert point by clicking on the graphic, or press the Play
button and stop at the point where you want to insert the silence.
Press the Insert Silence menu button.
A window will open allowing you to enter the length of the silence in
milliseconds.
Fade In / Out
Gradually increases or decreases the volume over a selected area. Select an area
of the audio file by dragging the mouse over the graphic, or use Punch In/Out to
listen and select an area. Press the Fade In or Fade Out menu button.
Use the Amp Start and Amp End sliders to select the start and end percentage
volume levels.
An Amp Start percentage of zero and Amp End percentage of 100% will fade the
selected area in from silence to full volume over the selected area.
Reverse
Reverses the selected area of the audio file. Select an area of the audio file
by dragging the mouse over the graphic, or use Punch In/Out to listen and select
an area.
Press the Reverse menu button.
Has the effect of the sound playing backwards.
Normalize
Not all CD's, tapes and vinyl's are recorded at the same volume level. Use
normalize to adjust the overall level of the audio file. Normalize will search
for peak and average levels and use this data to normalize the audio file.
To normalize a selected area:-
Set the normalize level using the Normalize percentage slider (default is 98%).
Select an area of the audio file by dragging the mouse over the graphic, or use
Punch In/Out to listen and select an area. Press the Normalise menu button.
Use Edit / Select All / before applying normalize to very small clips.
Echo
Echo is thinner than Reverb, and gives a more "spacious out of doors" sound.
Short echoes can sound like a tunnel, and long echoes can sound like the Grand
Canyon.
Slider Settings
Delay - the time between the original signal and the first echo, in
milliseconds.
Ratio - balance between the original signal and the echoes.
When applying echo to small audio files, such as speech phrases, the effect can
be further altered by placing the graphical position bar up to 1/10th of a
second from the start of the file. Use Edit / Select All / before applying echo
to very small clips.
To add echo to a selected area:-
Select an area of the audio file by dragging the mouse over the graphic, or use
Punch In/Out to listen and select an area. Press the Echo button.
Stretch
Increases or decreases the speed and pitch of the of the audio file.
Stretch slider Use the stretch slider to adjust the stretch rate. Values above
100 will decrease speed and pitch. Values below 100 will increase speed and
pitch.
To Stretch a selected area:-
Select an area of the audio file by dragging the mouse over the graphic, or
use Punch In/Out to listen and select an area. Press the Stretch menu button.
Enter Start / End Positions
If you need more accurate positioning, use this utility to enter and adjust
positions manually. To select the area, place a tick in the `Select' check box
and press Apply.
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