Brookstone iConvert, User Manual

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Import Raw Data
- Allows you to open a file in virtually any un-compressed format .
When you select the file, Audacity will analyze it and try to guess its format . It will
guess correctly about 90% of the time, so you can try just pressing “OK” and
listening to the result . If it is not correct, however, you can use the options in the
dialog to try some other possible encodings . At the beginning of your imported
track(s), you may notice a little bit of noise . This is probably the file’s header, which
Audacity was not able to parse . Just zoom in and select the noise with the Selection
Tool, and then choose “Delete” from the Edit Menu .
edit ID3 Tags
- Opens a dialog allowing you to edit the ID3 tags associated
with a project, for MP3 exporting .
Quick Mix
- Mixes all of the selected tracks together . If you are mixing stereo tracks,
or mixing tracks that are marked as Left or Right Channel, the result will be a stereo
track (two channels), otherwise the result will be mono . Your tracks are implicitly
mixed whenever you hit the “Play” button and whenever you export . This command
offers a way to do it permanently and save the results to disk, saving on playback
resources . Note: If you try to mix two very loud tracks together, you may get clipping
(it will sound like pops, clicks, and noise) . To avoid this, drag the gain slider on the
tracks down to reduce their volume before mixing .
new audio Track
- Creates a new empty Audio Track . This command is rarely
needed, since importing, recording and mixing automatically create new tracks as
needed . But you can use this command to cut or copy data from an existing track
and paste it into a blank track . If your existing track was recorded at a non-default
rate then you may need to use the “Set Rate” command from the Track Pop-Down
Menu to set the correct sample rate .
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