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Chapter 10: Audio Features

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- AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is a lossless audio format most commonly used on Macintosh computer

systems. The audio data in a standard AIFF file is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM). This is the

format to use for the highest quality, but the file size is large – typically 10MB per minute of stereo audio at a

sample rate of 44.1kHz and a 16 bit sample size.

- M4A is an audio file that uses high-quality MPEG-4 audio compression. It uses the same compression algorithm

as an MP4 video file, but an M4A file is audio-only and does not contain a video track.

- WAV is another lossless audio file format (usually PCM) based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF).

It is more common on Windows systems, but can also be played by the Macintosh. Use this format to export

lossless audio files to a Windows computer.

When rendering audio files you have the choice of making stereo or mono files. The Auto Channels setting will use

the current Band-in-a-Box setup.

The Normalize option will normalize individual tracks or the complete arrangement. Normalizing boosts the

volume to a maximum level without distortion. Most professional music tracks are normalized.

To enable this, set the “Normalize Rendered Files” option to true.

By default, the rendered files are save to /Applications/Band-in-a-Box/Song Renders in a subfolder ending in

_Render Folder.

This example shows the default location for rendering the individual tracks of the =GeorgPG Demo file. The

=GeorgP Demo_RenderFolder will be created in Song Renders, and, since Individual RealTracks is selected, it will

contain separate AIFF files for both the pedal steel and guitar RealTracks.

Click on this button to specify a different folder location for the rendered audio file.

With the audio rendering feature you can save your files directly as audio files for use in other programs

(GarageBand, Cubase, etc.) or in Internet formats.

Audio Reverb Control

The Reverb control for individual tracks with RealTracks or RealDrums is added so you can easily add audio reverb.

At the top of the screen, there is an “A.REV” (Audio Reverb) control. Click on an instrument radio

button, and then set the Audio Reverb for it. The Audio Reverb varies from 0 to 127. Clicking on

the left hand side of the control allows you to enter a setting, or click on the up/down arrows.

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