Drop files and folders from the Finder into this area.
- Click an entry to select it
- Shift-Click to extend selection
- Command-Click to select multiple entries
- Double click to open the selected entries
- Control-Click to play back clicked entry.
In this column, comments about possible errors which occurred during processing are explained.
The status column informs you about
- which file is being processed right now
- which files have been processed successfully
- which files have been saved
- which files could not be processed because of errors.
In this column, the folder in which the files reside is displayed.
To find out the location of the file, double click it in the batch list and then choose "Reveal In Finder" from the "Windows" menu.
In this column the name of the file is displayed.
The ordering of the files is first determined by the order in which files are dropped into the window, then in alphabetical order for groups of dropped files.
In this column the entry number of the file is displayed.
To process only the files you have selected in the file list, use this button.
To clear the status column, use this button.
Informs you on how many files are in the window, how many files are selected and how many files could not be fully processed because of errors.
Errors are reported in the "Status" column. See a short description of the error in the "Comments" column.
To stop the batch processing, use this button.
- Click to stop after the current file has been fully processed.
- Option-Click to stop all processing immediately.
To process all the files in the batch window, use this button.
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Choose the realtime processing mode:
- RT Auto: the "Active" button in the DSP page determines if the file is processed or not during playback.
- RT On: the file is always processed by the DSP page
- RT Off: the file is never processed by the DSP page.
This LED lights up when there is not enough CPU power left to display the Analyzer accurately.
To decrease the waveform display amplification, use this button.
Option-Click to set it to the default value of 1.
To increase the waveform display amplification, use this button.
Option-Click to set it to the maximum value.
Use this button to find the exact cut positions of fade-ins or fade-outs.
Here, the factor of amplification which is applied to the display is shown.
Use the two waveform display amplification buttons to increase or decrease the waveform amplification.
To play back the current selection, use this button.
If there is no selection, the file is played back starting at the insertion point.
You can also use the space bar instead.
To stop the current playback use this button.
You can also use the space bar instead.
To play back reverse at fast speed, use this button.
Use this to quickly browse through the audio material in the file.
To play back at fast speed, use this button.
Use this to quickly browse through the audio material in the file.
To switch loop mode on or off for this document, use this button.
When loop mode is active, the current selection (or, if there is no selection, the whole file is played back in a loop.
You can change the selection while the loop is playing.
Use this switch to turn the module on and off.
If the module is off, the signal is passed through it to the following modules.
A module which is switched off does not consume any CPU power.
To delete a module from the DSP page, use this button.
Select the module first by clicking once into its title bar, then click on "Delete".
Note that this action cannot be undone.
This counter is incremented every time the computer does not make it in time to do all the processing you want.
Reset the counter by using the "Rst" button on the side.
This counter is incremented every time the signal exceeds the clipping level.
Reset the counter by using the "Rst" button on the side.
To activate one of these four snapshots, click once in one of the buttons.
To save a module configuration into one of the snapshots, click while holding the "Option" (Alt) key on the keyboard.
To check how much signal headroom there is after the processing, look at this text field.
A value of 0.0 dB tells you that you can't make the signal any louder without getting clips (signal distortions).
To reset the display, use the reset button.
To reset the CPU overload counter, use this button.
To reset the clip counter, use this button.
This bar indicates how much CPU power is being consumed by the current configuration of plugins. The red portion to the right of the bar means the CPU is overloaded.
Note that the sampling rate conversion also uses a part of the CPU's time.
To set how early in the playback chain processing is to be done, use this popup.
Choose "Immediate" when you want the best responsiveness to parameter changes. Choosing another value yields more security against plugins with varying CPU load.
To select the output channel of the currently active output device, use this popup menu.
Here you can usually switch between the digital and analog outputs of the audio hardware.
To select the input channel of the currently active input device, use this popup menu.
Here you can usually switch between the digital and analog inputs of the audio hardware.
To set the point where the sampling rate conversion is made, use this popup menu.
"SRC > Plugins" does the sampling rate conversion before the processing; "Plugins > SRC" does the processing first.
To set the quality of the sampling rate conversion, use this popup menu.
The "Fast" setting yields a slightly lower quality while consuming less CPU power, while the "Good" setting yields the best possible conversion quality.
To set the size of the blocks which are read from the hard disk during playback, use this popup menu.
A value of 32k should be fine with most hard disks. Choose a higher value with slow or fragmented disks or with removable media or network servers.
To set how much audio data is pre-read from disk before it is processed, use this popup menu.
A value of 0.5s should be fine with most hard disks. Choose a higher value with slow or fragmented disks or with removable media or network servers.
Select the output device's clock source with this popup menu.
The clock source is only relevant when there is an active digital input which synchronizes the whole audio hardware.
Choose the output sampling rate with this popup menu.
When playing back a file with a different sampling rate, the sampling rate will be converted with the quality chosen with the "SRC Quality" popup menu.
To open the control panel for the ASIO output device, click this button.
Note that not all ASIO drivers have a control panel.
Choose the ASIO output device with this popup menu.
If there is an ASIO driver in the "ASIO Drivers" folder which you think should appear here but it does not, try to select a different output device in the "Sound" control panel and restart sonicWORX.
Select the input device's clock source with this popup menu.
The clock source is only relevant when there is an active digital input.
Choose the input sampling rate with this popup menu.
When recording a file with a different sampling rate, the sampling rate of the audio input will be converted to that sampling rate with the highest quality sampling rate conversion setting.
To open the control panel for the ASIO input device, click this button.
Note that not all ASIO drivers have a control panel.
Choose the ASIO input device with this popup menu.
If there is an ASIO driver in the "ASIO drivers" folder which you think should appear here but it does not, try to select a different input device in the "Sound" control panel and restart sonicWORX.
To revert the settings to how they were when you opened the window, click this button.
To make your changes effective, click this button.
When you change the input or output device, the settings are changed immediately (no need to press this button in that case).
To set the amount of saturation applied to the signal, use this slider.
Saturation makes your audio material appear louder without affecting the available headroom.
To switch the Noise Shaping option on or off, use this button.
Noise shaping optimizes signal quality when converting from the internal DSP high resolution back to 16 bits.
To boost or cut frequencies around 40 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 100 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 275 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 700 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 1700 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 4200 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 10.5 kHz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 19 kHz, use this slider.
In this area you can see all the processing steps you applied to the file.
Click on the version boxes to
- select version(s) for playing back or deleting (single click)
- play back a specific version (ctrl-click)
- go to a specific version (double click)
To delete the selected versions, use this button.
Use this to regain space on your hard disk by throwing away intermediate versions you don't need any more.
Note that this step cannot be undone.
To go to a selected version, use this button.
You can also double-click on the version box instead.
To play all the selected versions in sequence, use this button.
The version currently playing is shown flashing.
Here you can see how much disk space you would regain by deleting the currently selected versions.
To select the versions which would be deleted by the "Clean Up…" menu command, use this button.
This just selects a number of version boxes. You can then select or deselect additional versions manually. To finally delete them, use the "Delete" button.
To switch between 4 different EQ settings, use this button group.
Click on a slot stores the current settings into the current slot and recalls the settings of the new slot.
Option-click on a different slot to store the current settings into it.
To leave a headroom of 0.2 dB, use this checkbox.
This should be enabled for U-Matic CD mastering (see manual p.64).
To enable dithering, use this checkbox.
Dithering simulates a higher sample resolution, resulting in a smoother and more transparent output signal.
To correct phase misalignments, use this slider.
This module is especially useful when mastering for vinyl cutting.
To set the balance between left and right channels, use this slider.
Note that the balance control is located AFTER the stereo expansion in the signal flow.
To set the strength of the stereo expansion, use this slider.
Setting this value too high can result in a reduced mono compatibility.
To set the frequency of the output material, use this slider.
To set the output level of the exciter, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 15 kHz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 6 kHz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 2.4 kHz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 1 kHz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 400 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 150 Hz, use this slider.
To boost or cut frequencies around 60 Hz, use this slider.
To set the frequency range of the subsonic processor output, use this slider.
To set the level of the subsonic processor output, use this slider.
To set the treshold level, use this slider.
When the signal's level exceeds the threshold, it will be compressed depending on the "Ratio" setting.
To set the intensity of the signal compression when the threshold value is exceeded, use this slider.
Higher values result in higher compression.
To set the output gain of this module, use this slider.
Use this to avoid clipping problems with the compressed material. The triggering level remains unaffected.
To switch operation between 2 or 4 separate bands, use this control.
The "4 bands" setting uses more CPU power.
To set the smoothing factor, use this popup.
The "Full" and "Half" settings mask out the high frequencies to a certain amount, which is suitable to check low frequency phase alignment.
In the "Off" setting, every single sample frame is displayed.
To set the hold time of the display, use this popup.
To reset the display, reselect any one of these options.
To switch between "X/Y-Oscilloscope" and "Stereo Monitor" settings, use this popup.
These two settings differ only in the orientation of the display.
In this window, the current levels of your signal are displayed.
The absolute peak level is displayed in grey. It is important when recording to digital equipment.
The average loudness of your signal is displayed in orange.
To set the hold time for the peak hold bar, use this popup.
The peak hold is displayed only in combination with the grey peak display.
To select between VU, DIN and Peak characteristics, use this popup.
The VU and DIN settings are calibrated to match the respective meter standards.
To set the hold time for the "over" indicators, use this popup.
When "Hold" is selected, you can reset the indicators by selecting any of the available settings.
To scroll to a location, click once.
To zoom a specific range, click and drag.
To start playback from a specific position, click while holding down the "CTRL" key or just click into the ruler.
To process the whole file (or the selected area), click this button.
This will write to the audio file what you have heard in realtime before.
Option-click to undo the last operation before processing.
To set the analyzer display frame rate, use this popup.
Setting the frame rate to a lower value ("1/2" or "1/4") can be a good idea if you are at the limits of the processing power of your CPU.
Peak detection is not affected.
To set the peak hold time, use this popup.
Use "shrt" or "long" for a temporary peak display.
Using "hold" gives an overview of the overall peak characteristics of the material.
Changing any of the analyzer settings resets the peak.
To select which channels of the stereo audio material to display, use this popup.
While "L+R" is the normal setting, it can be useful to use "L" together with "R" to detect misbalanced frequency responses.
Use "L-R" to detect phase correlation errors.
To change the decay time, use this popup.
Longer decay times show more of the overall signal frequency characteristics, while shorter decay times are more suitable for peak recognition within certain frequency ranges.
Shorter times use more CPU power.
To change the decay type, use this popup.
The "exp" settings gives you most natural visual feedback. Use it with longer decay times.
The "lin" and "log" settings are more suited for shorter decay times.
To activate AutoGain, check this box.
AutoGain will try to adapt internal gains to the parameter settings of the modules, so that DSP overs will be mostly avoided. Manual setting of the input level will still be necessary to maximize the dynamic range.
To deactivate AutoGain, check this box.
When AutoGain is disabled, many of the modules will drastically change the effective signal level, depending on their parameter settings. This can lead to DSP overs or poor dynamic range.
- To move a point, click on it and drag
- To delete a point, move it to the far left or right
- To add a point (max. 30), hold down the option key and click anywhere in the grid
To disable automatic deletion of unneeded versions, uncheck this box.
If unchecked, every single processing step will remain stored for later recall - even if you undo it - and will of course use disk space.
To enable automatic deletion of unneeded versions, check this box.
If checked, processings steps which are not on the main path or are not used by one of the two snapshots will be deleted.
This is the standard setting which keeps required disk space low.
To completely bypass the realtime processing, uncheck this box.
The individual settings of the modules are not changed.
To set the optimal input level, use this slider.
The input level is optimal when the margin display is showing a headroom close or equal to 0.0 dB and the clipping indicators are not flashing.
To reset the headroom display, click this button.
To activate the realtime processing, check this box.
Note that the setting of this check box does not matter when you use "Apply To File".
These indicators tell you if there is an overflow (clipping) while the processed signal is converted from the internal 80-bit processing format back to the (16bit or 24bit) output format.
To set the available output headroom, use this slider.
To reset the EQ settings to linear, use this button.
You cannot undo this operation.
To scroll to one to the available realtime modules, use this popup.
Hold down the option key to activate/deactivate a module instead of scrolling to it.
The snapshot stored here is identical to the current version.
To recall the saved snapshot, click this button.
To store a new snapshot, hold down the "Option" key.
To save a snapshot of the current version, click this button.
The old snapshot will be lost.
To save a snapshot of the current version, click this button.
Click on one to select it and to display its parameters in the right half of the window.
Currently there are no parameter sets in the list. To add one, choose an algorithm from the "Algorithms" menu.
To move a marker, click and drag its head over the waveform display.
Double-click marker to change its name.
Option-(Shift)-click to zoom in (out) around marker.
Ctrl-Click to start playback from marker.
Command-Click to set insertion point to marker.
To process the whole file (or the selected area), click this button.
You can also use the "Return" key on the keyboard instead.
Option-click to undo the last operation before processing.
The parameter sets in this parameter document are displayed in this list.
^0
To resize the parameter set list in the left half of the window, click and drag this control.
To increase the vertical zoom rate (taller waveform), use this button.
Option-click to set a default height.
To decrease the vertical zoom rate (tinier waveform), use this button.
Option-click to set a default height.
To increase the horizontal zoom rate (more detail), use this button.
Option-click to set maximum zoom rate (greatest detail) and to scroll to start of selection or the cursor.
To decrease the horizontal zoom rate (more overview), use this button.
Option-click to set the default zoom rate.
To select any one of the open parameter documents for choosing the required algorithm, use this popup menu.
To scroll to a marker or the start or end of the current selection, use this popup menu.
Hold down "Option" to set these positions numerically.
Hold down "CTRL" to start playback from one of these positions.
To scroll to any one of the available parameters, use this popup menu.
Use this popup to define the destination area of the ^0 algorithm output.
Not available because there is no algorithm selected or the current algorithm does not use this output.
Use this popup to define the destination area of the ^0 algorithm output.
You can
- select one of the available audio channels (currently set to ^2)
- select a marker pair which will define the range
Use this popup to define the source material for the ^0 algorithm input.
Not available because there is no algorithm selected or this input is not used by the current algorithm.
Use this popup to define the source material for the ^0 algorithm input.
You can
- select one of the available audio channels (currently set to ^2)
- select a marker pair which will define the range
or
- select another document for input
To set every single input or output range manually, uncheck this box.
To automatically let the input and output ranges be set to the current selection when you click "Execute", check this box.
Option-click to set the ranges without need to "Execute".
