Apple WaveBurner 1.5 - Manual (Page 8)

8 Preface An Introduction to WaveBurner
Creating a CD With WaveBurner
WaveBurner makes it easy to create professional-quality audio CDs, in a straightforward,
no-fuss way. The following outlines the workflow of a typical WaveBurner project.
Step 1: Add audio files
You start by creating a new project and adding audio files. When you add an audio file,
it is imported as a region, which you can arrange and edit in the Wave View area and
the
Region list. A track is created for each new region. You can edit the track in the
Wave View area and the Track list.
Step 2: Edit regions and tracks
You can edit regions and tracks in a variety of ways—either graphically in the Wave
View area, or numerically in the Region and Track lists. You can copy, reorder, trim, split,
adjust gain, and normalize regions. It’s also possible to combine several regions into
one track, or create several tracks with one region. As you work, you can play all, or any
part, of the project to hear the results of your edits immediately.
Step 3: Adjust crossfades
When you add a region, WaveBurner creates a track and adds track markers—to define
the pause between tracks. You can create crossfades between overlapping regions, and
adjust the crossfades in the Wave View area. You can also insert index markers to create
index points within a track.
Step 4: Add effects
You can add effects to individual regions and to the overall project mix, to enhance and
shape the sound. A set of professional-quality mastering effects is bundled with
WaveBurner, including equalization (EQ), compression, limiting, and noise reduction, as
well as analysis tools that will help you to optimize the overall mix. You can adjust
effect parameters and save and recall settings, including chains of effects and their
settings. You can also use Audio Unit effect plug-ins from Apple or third-party
manufacturers.
Step 5: Burn the project to a CD
You burn your project with supported CD burning hardware that is connected to (or
installed in) your Macintosh. Prior to burning the project to a CD, you can make use of
the Burn Test mode to determine the maximum speed that your system can reliably
write data to a blank CD-R.