Operation Manual

Metronome
A metronome is a device or system that produces a regulated pulse, usually used to keep a beat steady in musical
compositions.
MIDI
MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and is the way that physical and virtual synthesizers
communicate with each other. For example, when you press middle C on your musical keyboard, it sends a message
says "Play Middle C". It is a small and compact series of codes.
MP3
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding, lossy compression
format, and algorithm, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a
faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners.
Mixcraft LE
Mixcraft LE is the light edition of Mixcraft. In Mixcraft LE, you are restricted to 8 audio tracks and 16 virtual instrument
tracks. The LE version cannot burn audio CDs or create MP3 files. If you have the LE version, you will not need to
purchase the software. However, you will have the option to upgrade to the full version of Mixcraft so that you can
burn audio CDs, create MP3 files and have unlimited tracks.
Multitrack
Multitrack recording ('multitracking' or just 'tracking' for short) is a method of sound recording that allows for the
separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole.
Normalize
The process of raising the volume so that the biggest volume in the sound is increased to the maximum possible and
the rest of the sound is raised in volume by the same percentage.
OGG
Ogg is a patent-free, fully open and standardized multimedia bit stream container format designed for efficient
streaming and manipulation (concatenation and muxing) by the Xiph.Org Foundation.
Overdub
Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs) is a technique used by recording studios to add a
supplementary recorded sound to a previously recorded performance.
Pan
The balance or ratio between the left and right speakers (channels).
Peaks
A visual display of a sound's amplitude over time. (Mixcraft shows one peak per millisecond.)
PCM
Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a digital representation of an analog signal where the magnitude of the signal is
sampled regularly at uniform intervals, then quantized to a series of symbols in a digital (usually binary) code. PCM
has been used in digital telephone systems and is also the standard form for digital audio in computers and the
compact disc red book format.
Primo
Primo is a CD burning engine created by Primo Software. It works with XP, Vista or greater and is the default burning
engine.
Sample Bit Depth
In digital audio, bit depth describes the amount of data contained in each sample, using the unit bits (not to be
confused with bytes). Common examples of bit depth include CD audio, which is recorded at 16 bits, and DVD-Audio
which can support up to 24-bit audio.
Sample Channels
Sample channels describes the number of channels contained in each audio sample. For example, CD audio has two
channels in each sample.