Operation Manual

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Glossary
ASIO
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SIO provides an interface between your audio application and the sound card, and stands for: Audio Stream
Input/Output. It was developed by Steinberg Media Technologies and helps manufacturers and developers to
create hardware and driver software which extend the personal computer's audio connectivity to meet the needs of
musicians and audio engineers. ASIO offers a relatively simple way of accessing multiple audio inputs and outputs.
The Audio Stream I/O API addresses the areas of efficient audio processing, high data throughput,
synchronization, low latency and extensibility on the audio hardware side. The interface is not bound to any fixed
number of input and output channels, and provides a constant streaming model.
ASPI
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SPI stands for Advanced SCSI Programming interface and standardizes communication between a SCSI host
adapter and CD drives, hard drives and other devices. (Most people can think of it as a special driver to
communicate with your CD writer.)
Audio Clips
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udio clips represent audio files that can be stretched, edited, looped and played in Mixcraft. Audio clips will
usually be OGG, WAV, MP3, WMA or AIFF files.
BPM
Beats per minute. The usual measurement of tempo in music.
Burn Proof
Burn Proof is a proprietary technology for buffer underrun protection developed by Plextor. Other buffer underrun
avoidance technologies are called Safe Burn, Power Burn and Just Speed. Most newer drives have a buffer
underrun protection technology.
Buffer Underrun
This is when the computer cannot deliver data fast enough to a CD writer.
CD Quality
CD Quality is the standard quality used on audio CDs. It is 44,100 Hz, 16 bit, stereo.
Clipboard
The clipboard is a buffer of sounds that can be stored and pasted later. Currently, clipboard operations involving
sound is limited to Mixcraft and it will not share audio data with other programs unless you add the audio file
directly.
DAO
DAO stands for Disc At Once. During the CD burning process, the entire CD is written at once without the write
laser being turned off. Thus, you can have seamless uninterrupted audio with 'seekable' tracks.
Decibel
The decibel (dB) is a logarithmic unit of relative measurement used to compare the ratio of the intensities of two
signals. When an amplitude doubles, the increase corresponds to 6 dB.
Decoder
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n algorithm or process for taking compressed or encrypted data and turning it into uncompressed or unencrypted
data.
DirectX Effects
DirectX Effects are Microsoft's method of processing audio. Audio goes in to an effect and comes out
manipulated.
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