Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 380)

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Time Stretch
Time stretching is the process of
changing the speed or duration of an
audio signal without affecting its pitch.
Virtual Instrument Clips
A Virtual Instrument Clip contains
MIDI data which is a series of notes and
other events. To produce actual audio,
it sends the note data to the synthesizer
configured on a Virtual Instrument
Track.
Virtual Instrument Track
A Virtual Instrument Track is a track
that has a Virtual Instrument or external
synthesizer which it sends MIDI
information to.
Volume
The amplitude of sound. The minimum
is 0% and the maximum is 200%
VST Effects
Virtual Studio Technology and its
acronym VST refer to an interface
standard for connecting audio
synthesizer and effect plug ins to
audio editors and hard-disk recording
systems. VST and similar technologies
allow the replacement of traditional
recording studio hardware with software
counterparts.
WAV
WAV (or WAVE), short for Waveform
Audio Format, is a Microsoft and IBM
audio file format standard for storing
audio on PCs.
Waveform
Waveform means the shape and form of
a signal, such as a wave moving across
the surface of water, or the vibration of a
plucked string.
WaveRT
This is the new low latency, high
performance audio driver system on
Windows Vista. It stands for Wave Real
Time.
WDM
WDM stands for Windows Driver
Model.
WMA
WMA stands for Windows Media Audio.
WMA files contain perceptually encoded
sound data.
The frequencies that humans cannot
perceive are removed, although some
audio purists say they can tell the
difference between a high bit-rate WMA
and a Wave file. A WMA file can be
as much as 20 times smaller than an
equivalent WAV file.
WMV
WMV (Windows Media Video) is a
Microsoft video file format for storing
and streaming audio and video on PCs.
WMV files contain compressed video
and audio.