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Managing audio files with SonicStage
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Managing audio files with SonicStage
SonicStage lets you play and record audio CDs and import digital audio files while maintaining the copyright
information of the contents. When you record an audio CD with SonicStage onto your computer’s hard disk
drive, the default format is ATRAC3. Other possible formats are: WAV, WMA, ATRAC3Plus. The imported
data can be played on your computer or transferred to external devices or media. SonicStage converts your
existing MP3, WMA and WAV format audio files into the default ATRAC3 format.
Installing SonicStage from the application CD-ROM
There are different components to the SonicStage software and they must be installed in a certain order.
To make sure you install SonicStage correctly, please proceed as follows:
1 Turn on your computer (using AC power only) and wait until Windows
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has booted up.
2 Insert the final product recovery CD-ROM (application CD) into the disc drive.
3 Open the disc drive through My Computer .
4 Install the component Music Visualizer Library :
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Open the Libraries folder and then the Music Visualizer Library folder.
❑ Double-click the file Setup.exe and follow the online instructions.
5 Install the component SonicStage Shared Library :
❑ Open the Libraries folder and then the SonicStage Shared Library folder.
❑ Double-click the file Setup.exe and follow the online instructions.
6 Install the component PX Engine ( Apps \ SonicStage \ PXEngine , double-click the file PxInstall.exe ).
7 Install the component OpenMG Setup ( Apps \ OpenMG Setup , double-click the file Setup.exe ).
8 Install the component SonicStage Jukebox ( Apps \ SonicStage \ Jukebox , double-click the file
Setup.exe )