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Table of Contents I Table of Contents Part I Introduction 5 1 Wha..t.'.s. .n..e..w... i.n.. .A...c.o..u..s..t.i.c.a.. .7...3.. .............................................................................................. 6 2 Purc..h..a..s.e.. .a.n..d.. .A...u..t.h..o..r.i.z..a.t.i.o..n.. .............................................................................................. 6 3 Req.u..i.r.e..m...e..n..t.s. ................................................................................................................... 8 Part II Working with Digital Audio 8 1 Sam..p..l.i.n..g.. ......................................................................................................................... 9 2 Qua..n..t.i.z.a..t.i.o..n.. .................................................................................................................... 9 3 Th.e.. .D..e..c..i.b..e.l. .U...n..i.t. (.d..B...). ..................................................................................................... 10 4 Vis..u..a..l.i.z.a..t.i.o..n.. .o..f. .A..u..d..i.o.. .................................................................................................... 10 Part III Basic Audio Editing 11 1 Th.e.. .A..c..o..u..s.t.i.c..a. .W...o..r..k..s.p..a..c.e.. ............................................................................................... 11 2 Lo.a..d..i.n..g.. A...u..d..i.o.. .F..i.l.e.s.. ....................................................................................................... 13 3 Sa.v.i.n..g.. .A...u..d..i.o.. F..i.l.e..s.. ......................................................................................................... 13 4 Pla..y.i.n..g.. .a.. .R..e..c.o..r.d..i.n..g.. ........................................................................................................ 14 5 Se.l.e.c..t.i.n..g.. .R..e..g..i.o..n..s. ........................................................................................................... 15 6 Se.l.e.c..t.i.n..g.. .C..h..a..n..n..e.l.s.. ......................................................................................................... 16 7 Zo.o..m...i.n..g.. .a..n..d.. S..c..r.o..l.l.i.n..g.. ................................................................................................... 17 8 Dr.a..g.. a..n..d.. .D...r.o..p.. .E..d..i.t.i.n..g.. ................................................................................................... 19 9 Ed.i.t.i.n..g.. .u..s.i.n..g.. .t.h..e.. C...l.i.p..b..o..a.r..d.. ............................................................................................ 20 10 Au.d..i.o.. .S..c..r.u..b..b..i.n..g.. ............................................................................................................ 20 11 La.b..e.l.s.. .a.n..d.. .R..e..g..i.o..n..s.. ........................................................................................................ 22 12 Ad.d..i.n..g.. .L..o..o..p..s.. f..o..r. .M...I.D...I. .S..a..m...p..l.e.r..s. ................................................................................... 23 13 Au.t.o..m...a..t.i.c.. E..d..i.t.i.n..g.. .T..o..o..l.s.. ................................................................................................. 25 14 Sa.v.i.n..g.. .a..n..d.. .L..o..a.d..i.n..g.. .W...o..r..k..s.p..a..c.e.. .F..i.l.e..s. .............................................................................. 25 Part IV Recording Audio 26 1 Re.-.r.e..c.o..r..d..i.n..g.. .................................................................................................................. 27 2 Tim...e..r. .R..e..c.o..r..d.. ................................................................................................................. 28 Part V Audio Analysis 29 1 Tim...e.. .a.n..d.. .F..r.e..q..u..e..n..c.y.. .D...o..m...a.i.n..s.. ........................................................................................ 30 2 An.a..l.y..s.i.s.. .T..o..o..l.s. ................................................................................................................ 32 Spectrogra.m... ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 Wavelet ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Spectrum ......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Spectral Hi.s..t.o..g...r.a..m... .......................................................................................................................................... 38 © 2021 Acon AS II Acoustica 7.3 User Guide Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 3 Re.a..l.t.i.m...e. .A...n..a.l.y..z..e..r.s. ......................................................................................................... 42 Level Mete..r.. ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 Loudness M....e..t.e..r. ............................................................................................................................................... 44 Spectrum A...n..a.l.y...z..e..r. .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Phase Corr.e..l.a..t.i.o..n.. .M....e..t.e..r. .................................................................................................................................. 46 Time Displ.a..y.. .................................................................................................................................................... 47 Part VI Spectral Editing 47 1 Se.l.e.c..t.i.o..n..s. .i.n.. .T..i.m...e.. .a.n..d.. .F..r.e..q..u..e..n..c.y.. ................................................................................... 48 2 Th.e.. .S..p..e.c..t.r.o..g..r.a..m... .V..i.e..w... .S..e.t.t.i.n..g..s.. ...................................................................................... 50 3 Th.e.. .R..e..t.o..u..c.h.. .T..o..o..l. ........................................................................................................... 52 Part VII Audio Processing 54 1 To.o..l.s.. ............................................................................................................................. 55 Dynamics ......................................................................................................................................................... 56 Multiband D...y...n..a.m...i.c..s.. ........................................................................................................................................ 63 Limit ......................................................................................................................................................... 67 Dither ......................................................................................................................................................... 69 Convert Sa..m...p..l.e.. .F..o..r.m...a..t. ................................................................................................................................... 71 Insert Silen.c..e.. .................................................................................................................................................... 71 Signal Gen.e..r..a.t.o...r. .............................................................................................................................................. 71 Remix ......................................................................................................................................................... 73 Equalize ......................................................................................................................................................... 74 Equalize Pr..e..f.e..r.e..n..c..e..s.................................................................................................................................. 82 Equalize Ph..a..s..e.. .M...o..d..e..s...............................................................................................................................