Instruction Manual

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Preparing Audio for Distribution
Mixing
Format... Definition...
Wave (surround files in
Wave format are
supported by SONAR
Producer only)
The standard digital audio format used under Windows
for burning CDs, with a file extension of .
WAV
Windows Media Advanced
Streaming Format
(includes Windows Media
Pro; surround files are
supported by SONAR
Producer only)
Compressed digital audio for streaming over the
Internet, with the file extension .
WMA.
MP3 Highly compressed digital audio designed for quick
downloads via the Internet, with the file extension .MP3.
The MP3 encoder that comes with SONAR is a trial
version which will time-out. The full version is available
for download at www.cakewalk.com.
Apple AIFF Audio Interchange File Format, co-developed by Apple
Inc., is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh
computer systems. The file extension is .
AIF.
NeXT/Sun Au is the standard audio file format used by Sun, Unix
and Java. The audio in au files can be 8-bit or 16-bit
PCM or compressed with the µLaw, alaw or G729
codecs. The file extension is .AU.
FLAC FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, which is
somewhat similar to MP3, but lossless. Audio in a
FLAC file is compressed without any loss in
quality.The file extension is .FLAC.
Sound Designer II Sound Designer II is the native format of DigiDesign’s
Sound Designer pro audio software and is also used
natively by Macromedia DECK II and many
applications. SD2 files be mono or interleaved stereo
and the file extension is .SD2.