Getting started with waveburner – Apple WaveBurner 1.6 User Manual

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You assemble CDs in a WaveBurner project. A project contains audio regions and CD
tracks, that are created when you add audio files. The audio files appear as regions in the
Wave View area. You can edit and arrange regions graphically on two Region lanes, or
you can rearrange and edit them in the Regions list.

Tracks are comprised of one or more regions. These are the actual CD tracks that listeners
choose with the next and previous or numeric buttons on their CD player.

You can add effects to individual regions, to the overall project, or to both—using the
included effects or Audio Units plug-ins installed on your computer. You can edit pauses
between tracks and add fade-ins, fade-outs, and crossfades. When your project is complete,
you can burn the project to a CD, or export to DDP.

All region and CD track edits, effect plug-ins, and track and index markers are contained
in the project. A project can also include CD Text, disc, and mastering information. The
project file is actually a Mac OS X package.

Projects do not include the original audio files—only references to file locations on your
computer hard disks. This keeps the size of the project file relatively small. The original
audio files are not changed when performing edits in WaveBurner.

Note: If you bounce your project, WaveBurner calculates the complete project offline,
and renders it to one continuous audio file. The Mac OS X project package resulting from
the bounce operation will contain one continuous audio file, the document data, and
mastering information.

This chapter covers the following:

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WaveBurner Project Workflow

(p. 28)

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Elements of a Project

(p. 28)

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Creating, Opening, and Saving Projects

(p. 29)

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Adding Audio Files to a Project