Reference Guide

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Using the AudioSnap palette
AudioSnap (Producer and Studio only)
Render mode section
• Applies To. This drop-down menu lets you choose whether any changes to the Online and
Offline settings apply to clips, tracks, or the default settings. The choices in the drop-down menu
are as follows:
• Clips. When selected, the Online and Offline render mode settings apply to any selected
clips. The Online and Offline lists display the current render modes for the selected clip. If you
select multiple clips that have different render modes, the Online and Offline lists display
(Multi). If the selected clip has inherited render mode settings from the track or from the
Default Settings settings, the Online and Offline lists display the inherited render mode in
parenthesis.
• Tracks. When selected, the Online and Offline render mode settings apply to all current and
future clips in the selected tracks.
• Default Settings. When selected, the Online and Offline render mode settings apply to the
Default (track/global) render mode.
• Online. This choice determines what stretch algorithm is used during real-time playback. The
Percussion options works better than the Groove Clip option on percussive material, especially
if the stretching is by more than a few beats per minute. For more information about render
modes, see “Algorithms and rendering” on page 624.
• Offline. This drop-down menu lets you choose the algorithm that is used when you export or
freeze stretched audio. The choices in the drop-down menu are as follows:
• Groove clip. This choice works faster, using less processing power.
• iZotope Radius Mix. This is better for clips containing polyphonic, stereo data.
• iZotope Radius Mix Advanced. This choice is similar to iZotope Radius Mix, but exposes
a Smoothing slider that adjust how much detail to preserve.
• iZotope Radius Solo. This is better for clips containing monophonic, solo instruments.
• Percussion. This is the best choice for percussion sounds.
AudioSnap palette auto load
AutoLoadAudioSnapPalette=<0 or 1>, default = 1
By default, the AudioSnap palette appears automatically whenever you enable AudioSnap on a clip.
If you prefer to never auto-show the AudioSnap palette, you can change this behavior by adding a
variable to the Cakewalk.ini file.
This variable should be set in the [WinCake] section. For example:
[WinCake]
AutoLoadAudioSnapPalette=0
Note: The Online render mode is for preview purposes only during playback. The final audio
quality will be greatly improved after the Offline render mode is applied during mixdown/export.