User manual APPLE WAVEBURNER USING WITH LOGIC PRO 7.1

[. . . ] 1 Using WaveBurner WaveBurner enables you to master and burn professional-quality audio CDs that are compliant with the Red Book standard. You can also create premasters for CD production. Table of Contents "What Is WaveBurner?" on page 2 "Creating a CD With WaveBurner" on page 2 "Quick Start" on page 3 "The WaveBurner Interface" on page 4 "Getting Started With WaveBurner" on page 14 "Working With Regions" on page 18 "Working With Tracks" on page 24 "Working With Markers" on page 27 "Working With Effects" on page 31 "Burning a Project to a CD" on page 44 "Setting WaveBurner Preferences" on page 47 "WaveBurner Keyboard Shortcuts" on page 51 1 What Is WaveBurner? WaveBurner is an application that lets you assemble, master, and burn audio CDs using a SuperDrive or CD burner supported by Mac OS X. Audio CDs created with WaveBurner can be played back on any audio CD player, and can be used as premasters to produce CDs in quantity. You can add up to the maximum 99 tracks and 99 subindexes per track allowable by the Red Book standard, include ISRC codes for each track, set copy prevention and pre-emphasis flags for each track, and add UPC/EAN codes for the CD. [. . . ] Consumer-level DAT recorders (and infrequently, professional-level units) are usually equipped with SCMS. Given the number of recording devices that do not include this type of copy protection, setting the Copy Prohibit Bit does not guarantee that the track cannot be copied multiple times. WaveBurner provides the option to set the Copy Prohibit Bit in order to comply with the Red Book standard. To set the Copy Prohibit Bit: In the General pane of the CD Track Info window, choose "Protected original" or "Protected copy" from the SCMS pop-up menu. Setting Track Pre-Emphasis The use of pre-emphasis dates from the early days of digital sound reproduction, when 14-bit A/D converters without oversampling were frequently used. The high frequencies of digital recordings were boosted or "emphasized" during conversion (similar to the RIAA EQ process for vinyl records), then were attenuated (de-emphasis) after D/A conversion. This process tended to mask the inaccuracies of the conversion process. With today's advanced digital recording technology, it is recommended that you leave pre-emphasis turned off, because modern converters are capable of delivering linear conversion that produces substantially fewer errors than de-emphasis filters. Note: WaveBurner only supports pre-emphasis so that old digital recordings that were processed with a pre-emphasis algorithm can be marked as such. WaveBurner's Preemphasis is only a flag intended for the CD player, and will not change the way that the audio is processed when you burn a CD. m 26 m To turn on pre-emphasis: Click the Pre-Emphasis checkbox in the General pane of the CD Track Info window. Bouncing Tracks You can bounce a track. As with bouncing a region, bouncing a track has two benefits: it lets you save a processed version of the track, including plug-ins and so on, and it can help conserve processing power. 3 Choose a save location and name for the track in the Save dialog, then click OK. Working With Markers Markers are integral to the Red Book CD format standard. You can use markers to indicate a specific point in time on the CD. Types of Markers WaveBurner uses the following types of markers: · Track start markers: Indicate the start of a track--they appear as track numbers on the CD player's display, and are used for navigation with the forward, back, or track number controls of a CD player. Track start markers are comprised of the actual track start marker (a purple flag pointing to the right) and the pause start point (a purple flag pointing to the left). The pause start point indicates the pause before the track start point. · Index markers: Indicate the position of index points--these are additional submarkers within a track. Not all CD players can recognize and locate index points. 27 Inserting and Deleting Markers When you add an audio file to a project, a track start marker is inserted at the beginning of the region. The track start marker is tied to a pause start point that is inserted at the end of the preceding region (including the first region). The default pause length--the amount of time that elapses between the pause start point and track start markers--initially depends on the Default Pause Length parameter, defined in the General Preferences pane. For information about setting the default pause length, see "General Preferences" on page 47. You can use the default placement of markers, or move them to adjust the pause length. Note: The Disc > Set Pause Length function allows you to change the existing pauses of selected tracks in the Track list. If you check Ignore Tracks without Gap, title borders without pauses will not be changed. If this is unchecked, the new pause length is applied to all title borders. [. . . ] You can choose Create New Document (which creates a new, blank project), Open Document (which displays an Open dialog), Open Last Document or Do Nothing. · Default Pause Length: Sets the default pause length inserted when you add a region. Changing the Default Pause Length does not effect the currently open document(s). · Zoom To Position Line: When turned on, the Position line remains centered in the Wave View area when zooming. [. . . ]