Figure 3-3  Dialog to set output range accurately.

    Amplitude scaling

     Click the button "AMP Scaling" in figure 2-1, the software will first querying the maximum amplitude and it's position in file output range, then display a dialog as shown in figure 3-3-1, you can set the maximum value to a value you want, then click the button "Apply", the software will calculate the desired scaling value and scaling the amplitude of file when doing file output, so the output volume of file will change.

     Amplitude scaling is important in merger output or mixing output, especially in mixing processing where you can produce different mixed sound effect by adjustting amplitude scaling factor of each file to be mixed.

   It should be noted that when  you have changed output range of a file, It's best to re-check the amplitude scaling to avoid the maximum amplitude exceeds normal range, the absolute amplitude value should be between 0 and 1.

Figure 3-3-1  Dialog to set amplitude scaling

    Output the selected time range

          Click the button ";Output" in figure 2-1, an output options dialog will be displayed as shown in figure 3-4, you can set output file type, mix options, output directory, and output file name.

Figure 3-4   Cutting output dialog

     Mixing options 
              
            Click "Mix Options" in figure 3-4, you can set the options displayed in figure 3-4-1:

           Maximum sample amplitude --- used to normalize audio samples, it's absolute value is between 0 and 1.

Figure 3-4-1 Mixing options

     Get file name  

          You can enter a file name manually, or click the button "Get file name" in figure 3-4, a popup menu will be displayed as shown in figure 3-4-2, you can get a file name by current date and time or get source file name.

Figure 3-4-2 Popup menu to get a file name

       When you finish output settings, click the button "Ok", the software will begin output file, in the process of  file output , you can cancel the output at any time by clicking the button "Cancel".  You can adjust output speed according to occupancy of cpu.  Figure 3-5 shows the snapshot when the output is in the process.

Figure 3-5  Snapshot when output is in the process

Four: Audio files merging and mixing

       Click the button "Merger" in figure 2-1, a merger dialog will be displayed as shown in figure 4-1.   

Figure 4-1     Audio files merging and mixing

    Merger project management --- There are three buttons in figure 4-1, namely , "New project", "Open project", "Save project as...", they are used to manage merger project file as you want.

   Setup output range and amplitude scaling

     Click button "Setup" in figure 4-1, a dropdown menu items will be displayed as shown in figure 4-1-1, where you can choose menu item "Output time range" or "Amplitude scaling"

Figure 4-1-1  Setup menu items

     "Output time range" --- Used to set the output range of a selected file,  without the need of cutting the time range to a disk file , then adding it to merger items, please see figure 3-3 and it's description.

     "Amplitude scaling" --- Used to set amplitude scaling factor to scale amplitude when doing a file output in merging or mixing process, please see the figure 3-3-1 and it's description.

   Add files

        Click button "Add" in the figure 4-1, a dropdown menu will be shown as in figure 4-2,

Figure 4-2     add files menu

      The menu item  "Add files" used to add audio files to be merged into the merger project.

      "Add folder" ---  Choose menu item "Add folder" in figure 4-2, a dialog box will be shown as in figure 4-3, select a folder you want to search, then click the button "ok", the software will search audio files under the selected folder and add the audio files found into the current merger project, the software automatically save the selected searched folder and the selected file types and uses the options at the next time.

Figure 4-3 Add Folder

     Add specific files

       Choose menu item "Add specific files" in figure 4-2, a dialog box will be shown as in figure 4-4, first, create some specific content (currently only silence file) files you want, then you can add the selected files to merger project from created file items.

Figure 4-4  Add specific files

   Find files

       Click button "Find files" in figure 4-1, as shown in figure 4-5, input some text that file name contains, then press Enter key or click button "Find", the software will search the files which file name contains the input text, and locate the found item specified by index.

Figure 4-5  Find  files

      The button "Remove" in figure 4-1 used to remove selected audio files from merger project.

      The button "Refresh" in figure 4-1 used to update the items in case files had been changed.

      Copy and Paste ------ The button "Copy" in figure 4-1 used to copy the selected merger items to a specified buffer, then you can paste the buffered items into a merger project.

      The button "Open with" in figure 4-1 used to open the selected audio file with internal player or with the  player selected through "Windows open style".  Double clicking the selected audio file will only open the file with internal player.

      Merger order adjustment ------ At the right side in figure 4-1, there are 4 buttons used to move the selected items forward or backward separately.

     Click the button "Output" in figure 4-1, then choose "Merger output" in dropdown menu, an output options dialog will be displayed as shown in figure 4-6, when you finish the output settings, just click the button "Ok".

Figure 4-6  Merger output dialog

    Figure 4-7 shows the snapshot when merger output is in the process.

Figure 4-7    Snapshot when merger output is in the process

        Mixing output ------  When multiple sound sources have sound simultaneously, what you hear is a mixed result.  The software mixes multiple audio files into a single one using mixing algorithm , it's another kind of file merger.

        Mixing duration  ------ Maximum output duration in the list of files.

             Click "Output" button in figure 4-1, then choose "Mixing output" in the dropdown menu, a mixing output dialog will be displayed as shown in figure 4-8,
         

Figure 4-8    Mixing output dialog

     Maximum sample amplitude --- used to normalize audio samples, it's absolute value is between 0 and 1.

    The operation of options in figure 4-8 is same with options in merger output,   figure 4-9 is the snapshot when mixing output is in the process.

Figure 4-9    Snapshot when mixing output is in the process

       Please do as following steps.

    1. Create a merger project in file merger window.
    2. Click menu item  "Add" --->"Add Files" to add source files into the merger list.
    3. Click menu item  "Setup"--->"Amplitude scaling"  to adjust output volume of each source file as needed.
    4. Click menu item  "Output"--->"Mixing output"   to mix source files into one file.
    5. If you need to adjust volume of output file, please repeat step 3 and 4 until the mixed result is what you want.

Five: Audio file output options

       Wave file options:

          When the output file type is wave format, the program will use your settings below as shown in figure 5-1.

Figure 5-1  wave file options

             

      MP3 file options:

          When the file type is mp3 format, The software will use your settings below, as shown in figure 5-2:     

Figure 5-2   Mp3 file options ( CBR or ABR )

        Figure 5-2 shows the selection of encoding rate  when you select CBR or ABR Mode. The figure 5-3 below shows the options of VBR encoding mode, and has instructions about the selection of VBR quality.

Figure 5-3 MP3 file options ( VBR Mode )

    The figure 5-3-1 shows the other options for mp3 encoder.

Figure 5-3-1 MP3 other options

　

    Ogg file options:

       When the file type is Ogg format, the software will use your settings here, as shown in figure 5-4:

Figure 5-4    Ogg file options ( CBR or ABR )

        Figure 5-4 shows the selection of encoding rate when you select CBR Mode or ABR Mode. The figure 5-5 below shows the options of VBR encoding mode, and has the instructions about the selection of  VBR quality .

Figure 5-5   Ogg file options ( VBR )

  

    Wma file options:

           When the file type is Wma format, the software will use your settings here, as shown in figure 5-6:

Figure 5-6  Wma file options

     Wma encoding mode: Wma supports CBR and VBR mode, if you choose ABR mode, the software will use CBR mode.

     Wma Encoder version: The software automatically enumerates encoders installed in Windows, you can go to Microsoft website to download the latest version of the encoder.

    Wma encoding format: When you have selected encoding mode and the encoder version, you can choose the encoding format you need through a list of encoding formats , as shown in figure 5-7.

Figure  5-7   Wma codec format

   

         Flac file options:

          When the file type is FLAC format, the program will use your settings here, as shown in figure 5-8:

Figure 5-8  Flac file options

   

       Ape file options:

        When the  file type is APE  format, the software will use your settings here, as shown in figure 5-9:

Figure 5-9  Ape file options

   Caf(alac) file options: Caf is an apple's audio file structure, alac refers to apple lossless audio codec, the options are as shown in figure 5-10.

Figure 5-10  Alac encoder options

　

     M4a(ms aac), 3Gp(ms aac) file options: The software uses the Microsoft AAC encoder which is supported by windows 7 or later version. The options are as shown in figure 5-11.

Figure 5-11  Microsoft AAC encoder options

　

   Tta file options:  Figure 5-12 is the options for tta encoder which is a lossless codec.

Figure 5-12  Tta encoder options

　

  Mpc file options:  Figure 5-13 is the options for mpc(MusePack) encoder.

Figure 5-13  Mpc encoder options

     Aiff or Aifc file options:  .aif or .afc is an audio file format used by Apple computer, the options are shown as in figure 5-14.

Figure 5-14  AIFF(AIFC) encoder options

    Snd or au file options:  .snd or .au is an audio file format used by NeXT or Sun Microsystems, the options are shown as in figure 5-15.

Figure 5-15  Snd encoder options

　

     Audio file tag information:

      Tag information refers to the works information that is embedded in the audio file, such as: author, title, album, track, year, copyright, publisher, original, genre, notes and other information, as shown in figure 5-16:

Figure 5-16   Audio file tag

   

Six: Output audio file types

Figure 6-1  Output file types

       As shown in figure 6-1, when you choose an audio file type, the program will automatically use the encoding parameters which have been set.

Seven:  Output records management

Figure 7-1 Output records

          As shown in figure 7-1, the program automatically records the detail information of outputted audio file.

         The button "Open with" used to open the selected audio file with the internal player or with the  player selected through "Windows open style".  Double clicking the selected audio file will only open the file with the internal player.

         The button "File location" used to locate the selected file in windows explorer.

         The button "Join merger" used to add the selected  audio files to a merger project.

         The button "Find files"  used to find files in output records, as shown in figure 7-2.

Figure 7-2  Find  files

         The button "Delete" used to delete the selected items, you can use "Ctrl key + Mouse left button" to select multiple items. Can decide whether to delete the selected audio files or not.

         The button "File association" used to set the association between audio files and this software, as shown in figure 7-3.  Through setting file association, you can operate audio files in windows explorer directly by the software, like opening files or adding files to merger project.
　

Figure 7-3  File association