User Manual Part 5. Managing Tracks
- 5.1 Selecting a Track or a Track Boundary
- 5.2 Merging and Splitting Tracks
- 5.3 Adjusting and Auditioning Track Boundaries
- 5.4 Adding Silence or Fade-In/Out to Boundaries
- 5.5 Playing a Track/Wave File
5.1 Selecting a Track or a Track Boundary
Selecting a Track
Once the source file has been scanned, a list of the detected tracks is appended to the bottom of the Tracks Menu.
To select a track, click on it in the Tracks menu.
The currently selected track is indicted by a check mark next to it in the menu and it is displayed in the Overview window.
You can also select a track from the overview window by clicking over it and then clicking over theindicator in the top right hand corner of the window.
If a track is selected, and the user selects a correction from a different track, the current track is automatically updated to reflect the change.
Selecting a Track Boundary
Track
boundaries are
identified by track-start and track-end markers. A marker can be
selected by using the 'Next Marker' or 'Previous Marker'
commands on the track menu. Alternatively, use the toolbar buttons.
5.2 Merging and Splitting Tracks
You can use the Merge Tracks and Split Track commands on the Tracks Menu (or the equivalent toolbar buttons) to add or remove track boundaries. You can also merge a group of tracks by highlighting them in a block and using the Block - Merge Tracks command.
'Merge Tracks' enables you to merge the tracks on either side of a track boundary marker. You will normally use this command when Wave Corrector has incorrectly identified a track boundary, say during a pause in the recorded music.
'Split Track' enables you to manually insert track boundary markers to split an existing track into two new tracks. This will usually be used to place a track boundary in the middle of a piece of music in order to force a track change at that point on the resulting CDr. In this case you must use Gapless Tracks mode in order to ensure a seamless (silent) track transition.
5.3 Adjusting and Auditioning Track Boundaries
A track boundary must be selected before it can be adjusted or auditioned. To immediately select a track boundary belonging to the current track, use the Tracks - Next Marker or Tracks - Previous Marker command.
Once a track boundary is selected, you can easily re-position it by dragging it with the mouse while holding down the left mouse button. You can audition the change by using the 'Audition Track Boundary' toolbar button.
At the top of the Track Boundary View window, a control bar enables you to set fade-in/out times and to insert pre- or post-track silence. See §5.4 for a description of this process.
You can audition your changes by using the Audition Track Boundary toolbar button. See the Audition Track Boundary command for a description of this process.
5.4 Adding Silence or Fade-In/Out to Boundaries
As well as altering the position of Track Boundaries, Wave Corrector also enables you to specify a fade-in or fade-out period for each track. And you can add a period of silence to the start or end of a track.
The fade and silence parameters for a particular boundary are indicated in the Track Boundary view at the top of the window. The yellow bar indicates the volume setting; the triangular portion of the yellow bar represents the fade period. The silence period is indicated by the hatched red bar.
Figure 11. Boundary Fade and Silence Display
Both of these bars can be adjusted by dragging with the mouse. Click the 'Apply' button to confirm your adjustments.
You can see the fade and silence settings for all your tracks with the Tracks - Properties command. The parameters can be individually edited if required.
You can audition your changes by using the 'Audition Track Boundary' toolbar button.
5.5 Playing a Track/Wave File
You can play the current track at any time by selecting the 'Play Track' command on the tracks menu and selecting either the 'Play Original' or the 'Play Corrected' option. There are also toolbar buttons for these functions.
If no track is currently selected, then the entire wave file will be played.
When Wave Corrector gets to the end of the track/file, it loops back the beginning and continues playing.
During playback, you can move immediately to a particular point by clicking over it in the main window or the overview window. Playback then continues from that point.
The second status bar pane from the left indicates whether the original or corrected version is being played. You can instantly switch between versions by clicking over this pane with the mouse.
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