Casablanca Prestige, User Manual

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7. Creation (if required) of the entire audio
soundtrack (six stereo tracks are mixed together
to create your soundtrack)
8.
The last thing to do is
recording out to tape
,
and your video is finished!
5.10 Audio recording / editing
In this menu you can record your audio material
by clicking on the red recording button.
In addition, you can split, trim, and rename
these recordings.
(
1
) The
volume display
serves to adjust the deci-
bel (dB)level. Try to set the level as high as possib-
le in order to achieve the best audio quality, but
do not overdrive it (stay out of the red!) You can
change the level by clicking on the db
slider below
it. The sound becomes quieter (up to -30 dB) or
louder (up to 20 dB), depending on whether you
move the slider toward the left or right.
Flashing blue means there are no problems. Flas-
hing yellow means possible overdriving during
audio mixing (if several loud segments are combi-
ned). Flashing red means overdriving.
( 2 ) Here you see the audio input. You can choo-
se between " Microphone ", " Front ", " Rear ", and
"
DV
". If you have connected a DV input device,
Casablanca Prestige will automatically recognize
it and list it behind the input, e.g. " DV (Sony) ".
Remember to only connect one DV device at any
time.
( 3 ) For mode you have the choice between
" Mono " and " Stereo ". If you have connected a
mono microphone, be sure to set " Mono ".
( 4 ) This field indicates the " Remaining capacity "
of the audio partition. This depends on the selec-
ted quality (the better the quality, the shorter the
remaining time).
(
5
) The
Audio list
contains all the audio segments
you have recorded with automatically assigned
labels (A 1, A 2, etc.), with the length for each
sample appearing to the right of its name. If you
have inserted an audio segment in one of the
sound tracks of the menu "
Audio mix" , then this
audio segment is marked with a small, white point
next to the length.
( 6 ) The button " New Sample " can create a " Si-
lent " segment, a completely silent audio segment,
with which you, for example, can cover up sound
distortions in a scene. You can also create a "
Sine
wave sound
" whose "
Frequency
" (440 HZ or 1
kHz) and " Volume " (-20 to 0 dB) you can spe-
cify. There might be a slight crackling noise at the
beginning and/or end of the sine tone, but this
cannot be entirely avoided during playback.
Direct audio conversion from CD.
Open the DVD writer tray and put in an audio
CD and close the tray.
Click the "
CD Audio " button to quickly load in
music from a CD. You will now see the CD Audio
menu. Click on the "
CD Contents " button, and a
list of the songs on the CD will appear to the left.
Select the song you wish to convert and click"
OK
".
After a moment, the song will now appear in the
list of audio samples. It is a good idea to rename
the sample at this point.
( 7 ) " Special " gives you the possibility to apply
many special effects to the audio. Many of these
effects are possible only when applied to stereo
sound. For these functions
Casablanca Prestige
creates a new sample with the desired effects
added. This means the original sound is retained
and can be used again. The following special func-
tions are available in the basic package:
– Clipboard
You can store the audio sample in a clipboard.
Clicking on "
Clipboard
" causes three buttons to