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HD-Audio Solo Ultra v4.4 User`s Manual

1. 60 Skins You can change the skin theme of the screen display of HD Audio Solo A skin is a color scheme and a set of graphical elements defined in a file with a skf extension Skin files are stored in the application s installation folder To select a new skin e Open the Settings gt Personalize tab click on the Settings button on Solo s Control panel then click on Personalize at the top of Settings panel e click the button Choose a new skin choose a skin file from the dialog box To download additional skin themes e Open the Settings gt Personalize tab e click the button Download additional skins 61 VST Plugins HD Audio Solo Ultra can act as a host to VST Plugins to provide additional processing on audio tracks during Play and Export VST Virtual Studio Technology is a technology defined by Steinberg and VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH HD Audio Solo processes audio track through a sequence of events described below 1 Decodes input audio track to PCM where necessary 2 Passes the audio stream to the first stage VST Plugin if one is configured 3 Passes the audio stream to the second stage VST Plugin if one is configured 4 5 Upsamples audio stream if upsampling of the track is configured Exports the audio to selected format e g DVD disc files Important reminder The number of output channels from the first stage VST Plugin must match the number o
2. An example of the mono files for a 24 bit 5 1 track FourSeasons5 1C24 WAV for Center channel FourSeasons5 1FL24 WAV for Front Left channel FourSeasons5 1FR24 WAV for Front Right channel FourSeasons5 1LFE24 WAV for LFE channel FourSeasons5 1SL24 WAV for Surround Left channel FourSeasons5 1SR24 WAV for Surround Right channel 3 Vegas 6 multi channel mono file name format An example of the mono files for a 5 1 track Four Seasons Left wav Four Seasons Center wav Four Seasons Right wav Four Seasons Left Surround wav Four Seasons Right Surround wav Four Seasons LFE wav for Front Left channel for Center channel for Front Right channel for Surround Left channel for Surround Right channel for LFE channel channel 48 Import a Cue Sheet You can use Cue Sheet with any one of the input audio file formats that Solo supports one audio file per Cue Sheet Solo does not support a Cue Sheet points to more than one audio file Import a Cue Sheet containing audio file that all channels are in one file 1 Locate the Cue Sheet on File Explorer view 2 Click or drag and drop the Cue Sheet to Project view the Cue Sheet will be expanded to a list of tracks that it describes Import a Cue Sheet containing multi channel mono file 1 Ensure that the multi channel mono files are named according to the Multi Channel mono files naming rules 2 The FILE field in the Cue Sheet contains the name of one of the mono files comprisi
3. 39 Configure writing Universal DVD disc DVD Audio and DVD Video To write to DVD Video format you must first install the DVD Video software plugins HD Audio Solo allows exporting audio project to DVD Video format for creating an universal DVD disc DVD Audio and DVD Video disc or a standard music DVD Video disc Audio encodings are more restricted in DVD Video comparing to DVD Audio which is more advanced for audio streams HD Audio Solo supports the following DVD Video audio encoding formats e uncompressed PCM 16 or 24 bit 48kHz or 96kHz stereo e compressed A 52 16 or 24 bit 48kHz up to 5 1 channels You can select only one Encode audio format for the entire DVD Video disc e g PCM 24 96kHz Stereo The audio format is used for all the tracks exporting to the same DVD Video disc This setting has no effect on DVD Audio disc Note Universal DVD disc plays in all DVD players DVD Audio disc only plays in DVD players supporting the DVD Audio format displaying the DVD Audio logo and does not play in standard DVD Video players Reminder when DVD Video Encode audio is set to one of the PCM formats on the Export DVD Settings tab audio track with Output resolutions and channels shown on Import gt Files tab different from the PCM format will not be exported to DVD Video e g When DVD Video Encode audio is set to PCM 24 96kHz Stereo Solo will not export audio tracks which are not 24 bit 96kHz stereo To writ
4. 4 channel systems Since the LFE channel does not equal the sound sent to the subwoofer this should not matter PCs with 2 or 2 1 channel sound If all you have is a two channel speaker system you won t be able to effectively monitor the overall surround sound balance so some guesswork is involved Nonetheless if you exercise some restraint and don t try any extreme settings you can still end up with good results If you re using Plogue Bidule you would typically monitor the output Left and Right channels through the Microsoft Sound Mapper output and leave the other V I outputs 73 unconnected to a sound output Adjust the WIDTH CORRECTION control for the best most natural sounding stereo output Avoid the temptation to move the control all the way to the right Although the wider more spacious sound might lead you to think it will sound better in 5 1 too much width will make the surrounds too loud Since you don t have a way to monitor this effectively you ll end up with an unbalanced mix Remember Width correction is designed to correct the stereo width of the source file PCs with 4 4 1 or 5 1 channel sound If you have a four channel system you can generally adjust the balance of the surround mix quite well Obviously a 5 1 system will provide the best monitoring environment Try combinations of adjustments until you get a nice balanced sound all around Keep in mind that adjusting the REAR AMBIENCE control to boost a
5. Accessibility panel choose the voice and the type of messages status and or progress to be spoken User can increase the Font size used for displaying text on Solo s screen See Settings gt Accessibility panel Wizards for General settings A wizard is provided to assist setting the general parameters To start the Wizard From the menu bar click Help Wizard General Where you can set Accessibility features On off the voice the type of export DVD Audio and or DVD Video Blu ray CD and upsample resolutions HD Audio Solo can work with the JAWS screen reader 76 e A DVD and or Blu ray disc writer drive e Microsoft Windows 8 7 XP or Vista e PC with at least 1Gbytes of RAM e 34 MB free disk space to install HD Audio Solo software e 15 GB free disk space to run HD Audio Solo to author DVD disc 30GB to author Blu ray disc that does not include disk space for your audio files e If you want to record live high resolution audio a sound card that supports up to 96kHz sampling rate and 24 bit sample size Optimizing for performances If you plan to author Blu ray discs a PC with multi cores CPU is preferable Generating H 264 video for Blu ray is very CPU intensive and works better on PC with 2 cores minumum If your PC has several hard disc drives it can help to improve the processing time by putting the Temporary and Export directory on a different drive than the one with source audio tracks Tempor
6. DVD or Blu ray disc image to make a DVD disc or Blu ray disc Write the current project to create a DVD or Blu ray disc image DVD Audio Universal DVD DVD Video or Blu ray and save the disc image to an ISO file on the hard disk When option Save to ISO or Write from ISO is selected enter or browse for the ISO file name e g disc1 iso 23 Format DVD Quick Full Format DVD is applicable only for DVD and Blu ray rewritable discs i e DVD RW or DVD RW and should not be used with write once disc e g DVD R or DVD R disc Quick format takes only a few minutes HD Audio Solo automatically runs a quick format for rewritable disc e g DVD RW Full format can take more than 20 minutes for a single layer DVD RW disc Run a full format when HD Audio Solo reports write disc error with the disc DVD Settings panel is used for configuring general disc and DVD disc parameters General DVD BD CD Settings Volume Name Disc type NTSC or PAL 4 3 or 16 9 Eject disc Full paths Default still picture Overlay title template Volume name written to DVD Blu ray disc Default to Project file name if current project is saved to or loaded from a project file Type of DVD Blu ray disc in DVD Blu ray drive This field cannot be edited TV video signal format Select NTSC for users in North South America or Japan Select PAL for users in Europe Australia or Asia TV screen format Select 16 9 when you have a new wi
7. Export panels File Explorer view Project view Status view 11 File Explorer View e File Explorer View is similar to Windows Explorer it is used for navigating the computer system to look up audio tracks on disks and CD DVD drive that you can import to Project view to create an audio project e Import audio tracks to Project View one by one double click the track or drag and drop the track to Project View e Import an entire folder content to Project view by drag and drop the folder to Project View You can always remove unwanted tracks on Project View click the track s and then the Delete icon e Extract tracks or rip CD disc click the symbol to the left of a CD drive icon This will display all the tracks on the CD disc Follow the Ripping procedure described below e Preview a still video picture right click the file select Thumbnail from list To close the thumbnail image click on it e Refresh a folder Close and open the folder to display the current contents of the folder Reminder Please respect the artists copyright within your fair use rights Project View Project View displays the contents of the current group in the current DVD Audio Project A group contains a list of audio tracks in the order they will be written to the DVD disc Each track is a file or a set of mono files one per channel Select track s on Project view e A single track by a single left click e All tracks by Ctrl A e M
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9. Set the number of channels to record Default is 2 channels Silence detection Set the parameters for detecting silence in splitting a recording into fields tracks each track is saved to separate files rather than one big file For example recording songs from a LP to one song per file Enabled Turn on off Silence detection Default is off Attack Level Set the level of loudness in db for the point to start recording Default is 34 Attack Time Set the attack time in second Recording starts if audio signal is above the Attack level for more than the Attack time Default is 0 2 second Release Level Set the level of loudness in db for the point that silence begins and recording ends Default is 31 Release Time Set the release time in second Recording ends if audio signal is 17 below the release level i e silence for more than the release time Default is 0 8 second Peak A meter to indicate the peak i e loudness of the recording sound the level increases from left to right The preferred peak level is 34 to the right When the peak is too low close to the left end of the meter increase the Gain When the peak is too loud close to the right end of the meter lower the Gain to avoid clipping or distortion Gain Set the relative volume of the recording sound Increase up the Gain when the Peak is too low Decrease down the Gain when the Peak is too loud 18 The Enhance panel provides two functions 1 Conf
10. _______ 5___ 91 24 48 R1cC FLFRC_ Oo o JS 16 486 FLFRLR TS 24 48 ELR FLFR O Ss 16 48 ELR FLFR oS MBAR OFFER Ss 16 48 CIR FLFR a E FLFR Oo 6 ______i6 44 CE FLFRLR 6 16 44 cELR FLFR pS 16 44 E FL FRLR 5S 16 44 ER FLFR oS 1i6 44 04R FLFR 4A ae8 LR FLFR FL Front Left channel FR Front Right channel C Center channel E LFE channel L surround Left channel R surround Right channel 1C Center channel in group 1 68 Upsample Audio Track Solo features professional quality audio upsampling from 44 1 kHz to 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz 16 24 bit Utilize this feature to upsample your music to high resolution Albeit upsampling does not add new information to the music it facilitates the work of electronic equipments such as DACS for a cleaner rendering Enable upsampling for all tracks that you are going to import to Project view e Click the Import button from the Control panel on the right of the screen e Click the Enhance tab at the top of the panel e Check Enable default upsampling e Select the desired Sampling rate and Bit depth Note The new configuration of Enable default upsampling will be applied to new audio tracks imported to Project view after the change and does not affect audio tracks already imported to Project view Change the Enable default upsampling configuration before importing tracks to Project view Set upsampling for one or more track e Click the Import butto
11. a positive number e g 5 Note Starting from v4 1 Build 1207301 offset is changed from unit of pixel to percentage of screen See Update History 58 Track count per screen Number of tracks to be displayed per screen The settings for the element Tracks are propagated to all the elements But when you change the settings of an element other than Tracks e g Element Title this element is removed from the propagation list and will no longer receive changes to element Tracks Each navigation button has two states normal and highlighted The Enter key on the player s remote control devise selects the currently highlighted object Title element x s a n Bach Inventions S Inventio 1 in C Major BWV 772 ntonia Fir Major BYV Tracks element E Pa ppm Previous element Top element Next element Fig Menu elements Tracks element is the list of tracks as appeared on Project pane You can change the name of a track on the Import gt Files tab 59 The complementary colors editor proposes text and highlight colors based on split complementary color theory to achieve a good contrast between the background and the text and highlight colors Menu Complementary Colors Picker a7 eae aH CI a Drag square stan ver bagan to adjust Drag slider background to change reference luminosity Drag circle to adjust text color Drag circle to adjust I Ea highlight color More fine tuning
12. at high quality low bit rate and vastly superior to MPEG 2 used in DVD Video If you have a choice we recommend choosing Blu ray over DVD Video for DVD media as you will have the benefit of better video quality using less disc space See Export gt Blu ray Panel for details on the Blu ray parameters 56 Navigation Menus HD Audio Solo Ultra can automatically generate navigation menus for DVD Audio and DVD Video discs using the default settings User can change the default settings to customize the menu display e Set thumbnail and background pictures e Change position and name of the navigation buttons e Change font type size and color of menu names and navigation button names The Export gt Menus panel is provided for configuring menus parameters and preview menu layout Choose previewed Menu 1 Thumbnail F cover art 2 Background image 3 Text associated Choose menu T with element element to edit 4 Choose font name and size 5 Choose text and highlight colors 6 Text and highlight colors Adjust HZ and VT offset of element over background 5 7 57 Menu name Preview selected menu Thumbnail Image Backgroud Image Element settings Menu element Element name Font Choose complementary colors Swap colors Horizontal offset Vertical offset Click the icon to start the tutorial on the Menus panel Select a menu name to configure 10 Menu names
13. center channel speakers that may not be full range If you wish to add a bit more 71 of a sense of ambience to the front soundstage the FRONT AMBIENCE control adds some ambience harmonics derived using Ambisonic calculations REAR AMBIENCE REAR AMBIENCE i i V I s rear surround channels are derived using Ambisonic calculations If you wish to add a bit more of a sense of ambience to the rear soundstage the REAR AMBIENCE control adds boosts ambience harmonics already present in the surround signals REAR LEVEL REAR LEVEL i I Just as the WIDTH CORRECTION control compensates for problems with the source file at V I s input the REAR LEVEL control balances the overall surround effect at the output of the surround channels If you want to put more emphasis on the front soundstage reduce this level ON OFF This button toggles the center LFE and surround channels on red indicator appears and off no bright red indicator so that you can A B compare the plugin s effect when adjusting controls For example when using the REAR LEVEL control one well known approach is to raise the surround level until it becomes easily apparent and then reduce it slightly You may then think the level is too low but if you use the ON OFF control to switch off the surrounds you ll notice the sound stage tends to collapse towards the front MOVIE MODE MOVIE MODE The Movie Mode switch redirects some dialog frequencies from front
14. drop to add still picture files when more than one track is selected To change the position of a picture file in the Picture file list Click the V down arrow on the right of Picture file paths to display the list of Picture files click to select the picture file use the up down key to move the picture file to desired position To delete a picture file in the Picture file list Click the V down arrow on the right of Picture file paths to display the list of Picture files click to select the picture file to be deleted and then press the Del key To view the thumbnail image of the picture file in the Picture file paths box Click the View thumbnail button to the left of Picture file paths Enable Still Picture display You must set the option Still Picture On to have the still pictures displayed while the tracks are played from the DVD Audio Video or Blu ray disc When the option Still Picture On is selected HD Audio Solo will add the default still picture file to audio tracks with no still pictures added by the user To set Still Picture On for DVD Audio disc Open Export gt DVD tab under DVD Audio Settings check Still Picture On 33 To set Still Picture On for DVD Video disc Open Export gt DVD tab under DVD Video Settings check Still Picture On To set Still Picture On for Blu ray disc Open Export gt Blu ray tab under Blu ray Settings check Still Picture On 34 Export audio project to Blu ray or
15. gt Files tab which is located on the right of the screen Note Use drag and drop to add still picture files to all tracks when you are adding the same picture file to more than one track at a time To change the position of a picture file in the Picture file list Click the V down arrow on the right of Picture file paths to display the list of Picture files click to select the picture file use the up down key to move the picture file to desired position To delete a picture file in the Picture file list 14 Click the V down arrow on the right of Picture file paths to display the list of Picture files click to select the picture file to be deleted and then press the Del key To view the thumbnail image of the picture file in the Picture file paths box Click the View thumbnail button to the left of Picture file paths When the option Still Picture On is selected HD Audio Solo will attach the default still picture file to audio tracks with no user added still picture files HD Audio Solo will automatically resize the still pictures not in ideal picture size to better fit the screen format selected This may require cropping the picture width wise if it does not fit the screen format HD Audio Solo supports NTSC 4 3 16 9 and PAL 4 3 16 9 screen formats 4 3 is used on older CRT TVs 16 9 is the screen format used by all LCD Tvs and is close to the original movies format wide screen and letter box NTSC is a TV broadcast
16. left and right channels to the center channel to enhance dialog while still maintaining a good stereo soundstage This works well with movie soundtracks and TV show audio tracks It can also enhance some music files as well Try it LFE This button toggles the LFE channel on red indicator appears and off no bright red indicator Some people prefer to leave the LFE channel empty and allow a playback system s bass management to take care of the bass frequencies This is a wise course of action but you may also want to use the LFE channel to boost the deep bass level in old recordings 72 Experiment and find something that works for you V I s LFE signal consists of very low frequencies at approximately 60Hz and lower It does not boost them to any great degree so any negative side effects are minimal If you want to boost the bass you can apply some mild compression to the LFE output IMPORTANT if you use an LFE and intend to encode your surround mix as AC3 Dolby Digital remember that any signal in the LFE channel will be lost if your work is played on a non 5 1 system such as a Dolby Pro Logic I or II system When the AC3 channels are folded down or downmixed to DPL I or II the LFE channel is discarded This is part of the Dolby specification Therefore it s important that your 5 regular channels remain full range You can easily encode a 5 1 file with a blank LFE channel and the results will sound fine If you want to use the LFE
17. mouse ointer over an object e g a button a field or a window etc it looks like Optional pre Fie path still picture file path displaying the name of the object You can click on the short Tooltip to expand it to a more detailed description of the object Tooltip display is set to on by default You can turn it off on the Settings gt Personalize tab To Turn Tooltip display off 1 Click Settings button on the control panel on the right side of the screen 2 Click Personalize tab at the top of the Settings panel 3 Check Tooltip off Use the Guide The Guide presents a tutorial on how to configure the settings of a panel with text and spoken instructions Click the button to open the Guide If you want to hear the text spoken go to the Settings gt Accessibility panel and click the button Enable spoken messages Use Adobe Acrobat Reader Previous view Next view buttons to use the hyperlinks in this document make sure to display the Previous Next view buttons in the toolbar for easy navigation back and forth In Menu View Toolbars More Tools Page Navigation Toolbar select Previous View amp Next View 10 Main Screen The main screen of HD Audio Solo presents four active areas File Explorer View Window on the left Project View Window in the middle Control Panel Window on the upper right Status View Window on the lower right Deleteicon Ripicon PortSettings Online
18. produces convincing improvements for different kind of music To convert stereo audio to 5 1 surround output 1 Import audio track s from Explorer pane to Project pane 2 From Project pane select one or more stereo tracks that you want to convert to 5 1 surround 3 Set VST First stage to V I Custom 1 or a V I program of control settings that you added for converting to 5 1 surround audio V I Custom 1 is a pre added V I Program liu cia Record Enhance A Click Tale of track 1 5 Oxygene 4 Audio file path C Audio 5 Oxygene 4 wav Picture file paths 5 dc GSD nt Output Sampling rate kHz 44 be 9 Bits 16 24 Channels e e 9 Play time 05 05 413 05 05 413 Position 00 00 No VST first stage select V I for stereo to 5 1 go No VST Firet chana laait O Ene nen tn E 1h KIVI Custom 1 Select VST program here Demo 6 dap Gear project Load project Save project 4 Upsample or downsample audio track s if you want select Output Sampling rate and Bits to desired values from the drop down lists click the button next to Output Sampling rate or Bits to open the list 65 5 When Output resolution of a 5 1 track is set to 24bit 96kHz or 24bit 88kHz the bitrate of the 5 1 track becomes too high for export to DVD Audio disc HD Audio Solo will set some channels of the track to a lower resolution group 2 to reduce the overall bitrate to below 9 6Mbi
19. screen One track in a directory Double click or single click to select and then drag amp drop the track to Project view A block of contiguous tracks Single click the first track Shift click the last track and then drag amp drop selected tracks to Project view A block of non contiguous Single click the first track Ctlr click the next track and so on tracks until all the tracks are selected then drag amp drop selected tracks to Project view All tracks in a directory Drag amp drop the directory to Project view e Import multi channel audio track consiting of mono channel files Import audio tracks from CD e Import audio tracks from audio CD to Project View i Import track names to Project View Some tracks on CD See above Import audio tracks on hard disk on how to import one or more track names at a time AII tracks on CD Drag amp drop the CD icon to the Project View ii Rip extract track from CD to hard disk On Project View select the track names and then click the Rip icon E or drag and drop the track s to the Rip icon Attention 1 You must rip the tracks from the CD to the Rip directory on the hard disk prior to exporting the project to disc or files Unripped CD tracks will be deleted from the Project and will not be exported to DVD disc Blu ray disc or audio files 2 Change the Output kHz Bits and Channels after tracks are ripped to hard disk The Rip directory is configured in Set
20. tracks are imported to Project View Open the Settings gt Preferences tab on Control Panel Check the box Auto RIP FreeDB Database FreeDB is a free Internet CD and music data base service When you open the folder of a CD drive in File Explorer View you have the option of displaying the descriptive CD track titles retrieved from an Internet database called FreeDB provided your system is connected to the Internet To enable automatic access to FreeDB to lookup track titles of the music CD Click Settings on Control Panel Click Preference tab Check Use FreeDB 51 Rip DVD Audio disc HD Audio Solo can extract tracks from DVD Audio disc unencrypted and non MLP encoded 1 Specify a rip directory for the DVD Audio disc if you wish Select a directory on Explorer view drag and drop the directory to the Rip directory box on Settings gt Preferences tab Click the button Clear Project on the Import gt Files tab to clear the contents on Project view On File Explorer view click the DVD drive containing the DVD Audio disc to expand the disc folder Drag and drop the icon of the DVD drive containing the DVD Audio disc to Project view to import the track list of the DVD Audio disc On Project view Select the track s in the current group that you want to rip and then click the Rip icon When all the selected tracks are ripped go to the next group using the right arrow next to the Group name r on top of Project
21. AV FLAC WMA AIF A52 MKV AAC files e Support audio tracks up to 192kHz 32 bit sample size 5 1 channel Record audio tracks from analog sound card up to 192kHz 24 bit sample size 5 1 channel e Input audio file formats supported WAV AIF MP3 FLAC WMA including lossless no DRM M4A AAC iTunes file DTS HD for Blu ray disc only e Support iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists e Professional quality upsampling of stereo tracks at 44 1kHz 16 bit up to a maximum of 192kHz 24 bit e Upmix and upsample stereo tracks 44 1kHz 16 bit to 6 channel up to 96kHz 24 bit e Support navigation menus for Blu ray DVD Audio and DVD Video discs e Support still video for each audio track for DVD Audio Video discs and Blu ray discs e Write to all recordable DVD discs including double layer Blu ray BD R and BD RE discs up to 25GB e Rip and play DVD Audio discs unencrypted and non MLP encoded e Host to VST Plugins allowing user to add audio functions to HD Audio Solo e UNICODE language support to accept texts in any languages and character sets such as Asian Chinese Japanese Eastern European Hungarian Polish and etc e Accessibility to visually impaired users with full support for keyboard operations and spoken messages ASPI5 compatible Specifications e Support input audio file formats WAV PCM AIF MP3 FLAC CUE Sheet WMA including lossless with no DRM M4A AAC iTunes file DTS HD for Blu ray discs on
22. D Audio Resolution Video Resolution Override output Still picture on Overlay track title Stop after BDMV Set Blu ray physical medium to Blu ray disc Check this option to use a BD 25 Blu ray disc 25GB Set Blu ray physical medium to DVD disc Check this option to use a DVD disc 4 7GB or 8 5GB AVCHD is a subset of Blu ray content format that can be recorded on DVDs Note Not all Blu ray players support AVCHD playback check yours The resolution of all the audio tracks on the target disc Either as imported or after resampling Valid values are 16 48kHz 24 48kHz 16 96kHz 24 96kHz 16 192kHz 24 192kHz The resolution of the still picture video Valid values are 480i NTSC 576i PAL 720p 1080i 1080p The video is encoded using the high quality H 264 video format Override the output resolutions setting of individual tracks to resample to the panel s specified audio resolution Generate a slide show from the pictures attached to each track Otherwise generate a dark screen Check this option if you want each track title overlaid onto the bottom of the still picture s associated with the track Authoring will stop after generating the Blu ray file structure folders BDMV CERTIFICATE Select this option for additional external processing on BDMV folder or using an external disc burning software to write the BDMV to a Blu ray disc The Export gt Write tab provides an option to write BDMV folde
23. D TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE MediaInfo Lib Copyright 2002 2011 MediaArea net SARL All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with modification are permitted provided that the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 3 of the License or any later version is met Dynamic or static linking to this software are not deemed a modification THIS SOFTWARE IS
24. D discs in uncompressed LPCM format for all input audio formats supported excluding DTS HD Audio Solo Ultra can record DTS and DTS HD master Audio fils up to 7 1 channels 24 bit 96kHz on Blu ray disc in the same DTS DTS HD format as the input files Blu ray supports a higher audio bitrate than DVD Audio allowing 5 1 channels 24bits 96kHz LPCM audio When authoring to DVD Audio selective downsampling of some of the channels of a 5 1 channel 24 bit 96kHz audio is required due to the 9 6Mbit Sec bitrate limitation Picture support e You can add up to 20 still pictures to an audio track and choose high definition video resolution up to 1080p 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels progressive 16 9 ratio for still pictures of the disc e or add one video file 264 or MP4 to each track in the same group Video files for tracks in the same group must all have the same video resolution Reminder 1 Do not add still picture files to some tracks and video files to other tracks in the same group 2 Video resolution setting on Export gt Blu ray tab is used for still pictures only 3 When navigation menus is not selected on Export gt Blu ray tab all video files must be at the same video resultion To author a Blu Ray disc 1 Create an Audio project by importing tracks and set Output resolution as desired 2 Open the Export gt Write panel and select the Blu Ray check box 3 Open the Blu Ray settings tab set Audio resolut
25. DVD disc Before starting to export the audio project check the following If you are importing tracks from CD the tracks are ripped to the hard disk If you use upsampling Output kHz bits on Import gt Files tab are set to the intended values The project is ready for Export to DVD disc Blu ray disc or files Insert a writable disc to the Blu ray DVD writer Open the Export panel by clicking the Export button on the Control Panel located on the right of the screen wait for HD Audio Solo to complete initializing the disc drive and report a valid writable disc type Open the Export gt Write tab select Blu Ray DVD Audio or DVD Video or both for Universal DVD disc Select Blu ray settings or DVD settings to desired values or leave them to default values Open the Export gt Write tab click the Write button to start the export process to create the Blu ray or DVD disc also known as burning See also Configure writing Universal DVD disc if you are authoring DVD Video disc See also Blu ray authoring if you are authoring Blu ray disc After a short settling time the estimated time to completion will be displayed above the progress pie It may take up to 30mn to write a DVD disc depending on the amount of audio data to write and the writing speed of the DVD writer Warning During the Write disc process avoid running Windows applications that require substantial memory or accesses hard disk heavily If HD Au
26. FLAC A52 or MKV Files are exported to ExportDir_group under the directory specified in Settings gt Preferences Rip Export Directory where is the project group number MKV is a container format for encapsulating both video and audio in a file for playback from a Media center or disk based multimedia player It is possible to include a picture slide show to MKV file To select output file format for Export e Open the Export gt Write tab e From the drop down list of Destination DVD Files select one of the file formats e This is optional you may specify the name postfix for all the exported files in this project Open the Export gt File Settings tab enter a Name postfix Write destination media DYD Audio DYD Video disc D PIONEER DVD RW DYVR 112D 1 09 E LITE ON DYD RW LDW 4015 ESOM Audio files To set the directory where files will be exported e Open the Settings gt Preferences tab e Locate the directory from Explorer pane the left pane drag and drop the directory to Rip Export Directory Warning Solo will overwrite the file with the same name in the Export Directory by the exported file To reduce name collision specify a Name postfix for the exported files on Export gt File Settings tab 37 1 Click The 1 Click combines the functions of up mix up sample write disc or to files into a single click 1 Click can be used to convert a CD or a folder of CD quality audio files to a DVD Bl
27. HD AUDIO Solo Ultra Version 4 4 User s Manual Document date October 6 2015 CIRLINCA Table of Contents New features in HD Audio Solo Ultra 4 related 4 Update Historical ear ii 5 What is HD Au dio Solo Ultra cieli 7 M n FeatireS rrna E RO A T E a ei a a a 7 OLANE TEE TS NEETA N E e cs do EN T lele EAE AE EE N E 8 Learn to use HD Audio Solo Ultra QuiIckly riionintonitia ranieri iii 10 Main Screen OV ervic wis arr an ii 11 NES aan 11 Pale Explorer Vie Wenen eee e a coattons staal a a E a eaea aoa a a a 12 Project Villani 12 Stat s WIR etica a iaia aa Ea 13 Control Panels taen ea ae Oe Oe a 14 OWek staff tcn e hi oc dee id deere dine de lee sile 29 Input audio file formats supported cari ari lr rai 29 Export audio formats SUppornedis isusialaeii aiar 30 Video file formats SUP DOE CD ella 30 Still pict re formats supported iicusaeaale lea sia 30 How to author a Blu Ray DVD Audio DVD Video or Universal DVD disc 31 How to remaster audio files for export to fileS 31 Create Audio projectes fallaci 31 Export audio project to Blu ray or DVD disc ererrrrrrerereee cere rine zz ere serie eee ninizeeienioienenie 35 Export to WAV FLAC WMA AAC A52 MKV files 37 EC k rela EA 38 Configure writing Universal DVD disc DVD Audio and DVD Video eee 40 Frequently asked questions FAO sala delie 41 Install Softwarednd VST PU S rila
28. LAC Lossless compression A 52 Lossy compression Default is set to PCM WAV Menus Settings panel is used to configure the navigation menus e g thumbnail and background pictures font size and color etc See Navigation Menus for descriptions 28 Input audio file formats supported The following Audio formats and CUE Sheet are supported for input AIF FLAC WAV PCM WMA lossy and lossless with no DRM DTS DTSHD Blu ray MP3 AAC MAA 32 bit float and integer WAV formats are internally converted to 24 bit depth Valid combinations of sampling rate sample size and channel supported for Input Sample size 16 24 bit Sampling rate 44 1 48 88 2 96 192kHz Audio Format AAC AIF FLAC MP3 WAV WMA WAV64 DTS DTSHD Blu ray only 1 channel Mono Yes 2 channels Stereo Yes 3 channels Yes 2 1 and 3 0 4 channels Quad Yes 5 channels Up to 24bit 96kHz 4 1 and 5 0 6 channels 5 1 Up to 24bit 96kHz Sample size 16 24 bit Sampling rate 44 1 48 88 2 96 192kHz Audio Format AAC AIF FLAC MP3 WAV WMA WAV64 DTS DTSHD Blu ray only 1 channel Mono DVD A amp BD up to 24 bit 192kHz DVD V up to 24 bit 96kHz 2 channels Stereo DVD A amp BD up to 24 bit 192kHz DVD V up to 24 bit 96kHz 3 channels 2 1 and 3 0 DVD A amp BD up to 24 bit 96kHz DVD V AC3 compressed up to 24 bit 48kHz 4 channels Quad DVD A am
29. LFE 46 How to name the mono files of a multi channel track Multi channel mono files must be named using one of the following formats 1 HD Audio Solo multi channel track mono channel file name format Format of mono file name RootName _ ChannelAssignment wav RootName Common part for all mono files of the multi channel track An Underscore which is used to precede the ChannelAssignment ChannelAssignment Postfix indicating the unique channel assignment of the mono file Channel combinations supported are Stereo FL FR 3 channels 2 1 FL FR LFE 3 channels 3 0 FL FR C 4 channels Quad FL FR SL SR 5 channels 4 1 FL FR LFE SL SR 5 channels 5 0 FL FR C SL SR 6 channels 5 1 FL FR C LFE SL SR Channel Assignment Postfix FL Front Left channel FR Front Right channel C Center channel LFE Low Frequency Effects channel SL Surround Left channel SL Surround Right channel An example of the 6 mono channel files for the 5 1 surround track Four Seasons Four Seasons_FL wav for Front Left channel Four Seasons_FR wav for Front Right channel Four Seasons_C wav for Center channel Four Seasons_LFE wav for LFE channel Four Seasons_SL wav for Surround Left channel Four Seasons_SR wav for Surround Right channel Reminder i RootName and ChannelAssignment must be separated with an _ underscore 47 2 Samplitude multi channel mono file name format
30. Settings tab select DVD Video Click OK when you are asked to go to the instruction page on Cirlinca s Internet site or go directly to the instruction page http www cirlinca com plugini htm 2 Readthe disclaimer and click the button I agree this will redirect you to a download site for the file DVDAuthorEnhancementPack zip Download the file to a directory of your choice on the computer In Solo open the Settings gt Extensions tab Browse the computer to locate the file DVDAuthorEnhancementPack zip that you just downloaded and then click Install Plugin 6 When the DVD Video Plugin is installed successfully the name DVD Video A 52 Plugin will be added to List of installed Plugins You can start to use the DVD Video feature in Solo How to install VST Plugins One VST Plugin V I Stereo to 5 1 Converter is bundled and installed with HD Audio Solo you do not need to install it separately There are commercial and free VST Plugins available on Internet that you can use with HD Audio Solo Install VST Plugin to HD Audio Solo 1 Install the VST Plugin on the computer hard disk following the installation instructions of the VST Plugin 2 Add the VST Plugin to HD Audio Solo How to install the Blu ray plugins HD Audio Solo does not directly encode to Blu ray format it interfaces to free third party software Plugins for Blu ray related encodings The third party applications required for Blu ray encodings are ava
31. ads the still pictures If you do not want any gaps at all turn off Still Pictures Check this option if you want to display still picture s while the music is playing from the DVD Audio disc Check this option if you want each track title overlaid onto the bottom of the still picture s associated with the track This option is applied to DVD Audio and DVD Video disc Check this option to include navigation menus top menu and group menus to the disc Check this option to display still picture s with the music Select one of the following audio encoding A 52 multichannel compressed audio stereo and multichannel music PCM 16 48kHz Stereo not compressed 16bit 48kHz stereo only PCM 24 48kHz Stereo not compressed 24bit 48kHz stereo only PCM 16 96kHz Stereo not compressed 16bit 96kHz stereo only PCM 24 96kHz Stereo not compressed 24bit 96kHz stereo only Warning When PCM encoding is selected multichannel audio file and audio files with output resolution different from the Encode Audio setting will be skipped and not exported to DVD Video Note On a DVD Video disc one resolution for all the tracks While on a DVD Audio disc you can have up to 8 different resolutions and channels combinations per group e g Group1 Track1 stereo 24 96kHz Group1 Track2 6 channel 16 88kHz Check this option to include navigation menus top menu and group menus to the disc 25 Blu ray Settings panel Blu Ray AVCH
32. and separate the original multitrack audio into separate channels but it can extract ambience information embedded in the stereo audio and redistribute it among 5 1 channels for playback on home theater equipment capable of decoding surround sound information Recording engineers audio engineers and enthusiasts have been doing this kind of thing for years in one way or another V I simply combines some of their techniques in one VST plugin Here are its main features e Usable in several multichannel hosts e Width correction helps compensate for source files that were mixed too narrow or too wide e Independent controls for adding ambience to the front or rear soundstage 70 e Movie Mode switch redirects some dialog frequencies from front left and right channels to the center channel to enhance dialog while still maintaining a good stereo soundstage e Pass through of original left and right signals ensures accurate reproduction of original stereo imaging when not in Movie mode e On off control for A B monitoring of effect e Switchable LFE channel V I CONTROLS WIDTH CORRECTION Even if you ve started with the highest quality source you can find carefully removed DC offset etc your source file s stereo mix might not be ideal for a good stereo to surround conversion You can t go back into the studio and change this but you can adjust the width of the stereo image with the WIDTH CORRECTION control This helps you in the fo
33. ary and Export directory are specified on Settings gt Preferences tab 77 HD Audio Solo Copyright 2005 2011 Cirlinca Inc All rights reserved VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH VST Plug in Technology by Steinberg GmbH ASIO is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH ASIO Technology by Steinberg GmbH V I VST Plugin Copyright Steve Thomson bundled with permission WiLimiter VST Copyright George Yohng bundled with permission Portions Copyright c the Xiph org foundation 2000 2005 Portions Copyright c Rocket Division Software 2001 2010 Portions Copyright c Dunda Software Ltd 1997 2003 Portions Copyright c DMSoft Technologies 2002 2007 Portions Copyright c 1990 2007 Info Zip All Rights Reserved Portions Copyright c 2007 Ariff Abdullah lt ariff freebsd org gt All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITE
34. ass management circuit THE FULL V I SUITE A suite of V I and related plugins is also available as a freeware download at http stevethomson ca This includes the original V I plugin plus the derived 2 channel input output plugins fLFR CLFE and sLsR which allow you to generate three 2 channel pairs in software packages that do not support multichannel VST plugins You can then create six mono files or one 6 channel file for further processing QUESTIONS COMMENTS For questions about V I s use in the software with which it is bundled please contact the software vendor When you have any questions or comments on V I itself you can check out the Audio Encoding forum at www doom9 org the audio forum at www videohelp com or send email to audio stevethomson ca 74 User interface AII objects on the graphical user interface of HD Audio Solo are accessible from the keyboard as well as from the mouse Alt W Right arrow key Left arrow key Alt J Alt I Alt S Alt O Alt X 1 Select a control panel 2 Up Down key to locate 3 Enter key to select Alt F Alt E Alt H Set the focus on File Explorer view the left window To open a folder To close a folder Set the focus on Project view the middle window Select a control panel through the Menus bar Import panel Settings panel Online panel Export panel Set the focus on a sub panel of a control panel e g Export gt Write tab Access the Fil
35. ate Solo will down the Output bit depth to 16 bit by default 3 You can change the Output sampling rate and bit depth to desired values from the Import gt Files tab Input Sampling rate KHz 96 Bits 24 Channels 6 2 Playtime 06 24 437 06 24 437 Position 00 000 Set downsampling parameters here Alternatively and as a better tradeoff you can select to keep the front channels at original resolution and downsample only the other channels to reduce the bitrate to 9 6 Mbit sec or below as explained here 54 Blu ray authoring The Blu ray format is a new standard on using the Blu ray disc technology to record and playback high definition audio and video A compatible Blu ray content format called AVCHD is also supported by this application for recording on DVD discs Blu ray Content The format of the files containing high definition audio and video Blu ray physical medium The format of the optical disc medium onto which the Blu ray content is recorded Blu ray content can only be playback on a Blu ray compliant player Please note that not all Blu ray players support AVCHD playback Blu ray physical medium supported 25 GB Blu ray discs and ALSO the inexpensive standard DVD discs 4 7GB and 8 5GB Note HD Audio Solo does not support writing to 50GB Blu ray discs HD Audio Solo Ultra can record audio up to 5 1 channels 24bits 96kHz on all Blu ray physical media supported BD 25 and DV
36. button to add a bit of extra oomph go for it Just remember that 1 Anyone playing the resulting disk on a DPLI or II system won t hear anything in the LFE channel and 2 Too much LFE can make the bass muddy Remember LFE DOES NOT EQUAL SUBWOOFER They are two completely different things Depending on equipment settings and design Sound in the LFE channel may be reproduced by your regular speakers and sound in the other channels may be reproduced by your subwoofer It s amazing how many people confuse the two SAVING AND LOADING SETTINGS OR RESTORING DEFAULTS V I features standard VST patch bank loading and saving capabilities V I comes with several standard patches to get you started If you change these settings and wish to restore the defaults simply load in the vi fxb bank file to restore the original defaults A BALANCING ACT USING V I CONTROLS EFFECTIVELY The controls on V I allow you to shape the resulting surround sound output to your tastes To get the most out of them you really need some way of monitoring the sounds before processing the files Even if you don t have a full 5 1 output sound card with speakers you can effectively monitor your mixes with a bit of practice Note that most 2 1 or 4 1 systems do not really have a separate subwoofer output The speaker system s amplification circuit determines the crossover point and sends the sound to the appropriate speakers Therefore these are treated as if they were 2 or
37. de screen TV cinema movie format select 4 3 otherwise Check this option if you want the DVD disc ejected when write disc is completed Uncheck this option if you do not want the project and album files written to the DATA folder of the DVD Blu ray disc to include the paths of the audio files Default still picture which is used for tracks with no user added still pictures You can change to a still picture of your choice by drag and drop the picture from Explorer view to this box A display template for the Overlay track titles Click the Edit button to open the Template Editor to add remove objects from the template change font type and size 24 DVD Audio Settings Mark disc copy protected Autoplay disc Optimize for gapless inter track Still Pictures On Overlay track title Menus DVD Video Settings Still Pictures On Encode Audio to Menus Check this option if you want the DVD Audio disc to be marked copy protected Application supporting this copy protected feature will refuse to make copy of the disc HD Audio Solo will not to read back tracks from DVD Audio disc marked copy protected Check this option if you want the DVD Audio disc to play automatically Please be reminded that some DVD Audio players do not support auto play Check this option if you want gapless transitions between tracks Please be advised that there will be a gap every 20 still pictures when the DVD Audio player pre lo
38. dio Solo reports a problem save your project and exit HD Audio Solo Launch HD Audio Solo again load the saved Project and write the Project to a disc Advices 1 Save the project from time to time and before starting the Export process e g write to a DVD Disc so that when unexpected problem occurs you can exit Solo restart HD Audio Solo reload the Project and resume Before starting a new Project check your local disk to ensure that you have sufficient disk space for your Project s audio files and 4 4 GB disk space 8GB if writing to dual layer disc 25GB to Blu ray disc for HD Audio Solo to store intermediate files that it will generate during the write disc process Solo will need less disk space if you have a smaller Project Use brand name DVD and Blu ray discs In the event that Solo reports write disc error Try again with a new DVD Blu ray disc or save the disc image to ISO file on the Export gt Write panel select Save to ISO option to write the DVD Blu ray disc image to an ISO file and then select the Write from 35 ISO option to write the ISO file to a blank disc 36 Export to WAV FLAC WMA AAC A52 MKV files You can export a project all files in the project to audio files on the hard disk With this feature you can easily convert upsample upmix VST input audio files and save the output to audio files for playback from Media center and Multimedia player The output file format can be set to WAV WMA
39. e Universal DVD disc On Export gt Write tab check mark with a x the options DVD Audio and DVD Video To write DVD Audio disc On Export gt Write tab check the option DVD Audio only To write DVD Video disc On Export gt Write tab check the option DVD Video only Mrite vD Blu ray Files Menus Select DVD Audio Video Blu ray or CD Write destination media E DVD A DH16AAL LHD3 4 0 q X DvD Audio 9 DVD video Bluray OD Fig Export gt Write tab 40 Frequently asked questions FAQ Please see the Support page at www cirlinca com support htm 41 How to Install the AAC and M4A iTunes file Plugin HD Audio Solo does not directly decode AAC and MAA files i e iTunes files it interfaces to an external software in a free package from the Nero A G website for all AAC and M4A decodings To download and install the AAC M4A Plugin follow the procedure below 1 Open the instructions page at http www cirlinca com plugin2 htm 2 Read the disclaimer and click the button I agree this will bring you to the download page 3 Download the file NeroDigitalAudio zip to a directory of your choice on the computer 4 In Solo open the Settings gt Extensions tab Browse the computer to locate the file NeroDigitalAudio zip that you just downloaded and then click Install Plugin 6 When the AAC and MAA Plugin is installed successfully the name AAC M4A Plugin will appea
40. e le vil Copyright Genre Rock vear 2002 Reminder Meta tags added are not saved to the input files When you want to add Meta tags to your WMA AAC and FLAC files use the Export to audio file feature to save the Meta tags to the exported files 50 Rip CD To ripa CD 1 This step is optional specify a rip directory for the CD if you want Select the preferred directory on Explorer view drag and drop the directory to the Rip directory box on Settings gt Preferences tab If the directory does not exist you can drag and drop the parent directory from Explorer view to the Rip directory box on Settings gt Preferences tab and then add the new directory name to the path Solo will create the new directory 2 Import tracks on CD from File Explorer View to Project View The tracks will appear in the Project View and each has a Yellow Circle icon on its left At this stage the tracks are not extracted to the local disk yet 3 On Project view select the track s and mark the tracks for ripping by clicking the Rip icon at the top of the Project View or drag and drop track s onto the Rip icon A Yellow amp Note Circle icon is used to indicate that a track is in the ripping queue Ripping will proceed sequentially You can unmark one or more tracks in the ripping queue by selecting the track s followed by clicking the Rip icon Alternatively you can configure HD Audio Solo to automatically rip CD tracks when CD
41. e menu Access the Edit menu Access the Help menu When a sub panel e g Import gt Files is selected the cursor is set on the first field Use the Tab key to move to the next field and so on Use the corresponding Alt key to select radio box and check box e g Alt A to select the check box DVD Audio on the Export gt Write tab When the Alt key sequence does not work as expected it is probably caused by that the focus is on a control panel press the Escape key and then try again to enter the Alt key Use Ctrl Shift C Ctrl V to copy paste import selected tracks or CD from Explorer view to Project view Example 75 e Alt W to set focus on File Explorer view e Up Down Shift keys to select the track s e Ctrl Shift C to copy the selected tracks e Alt J to set focus on Projevt view e Ctrl V to import the tracks Note tracks are inserted below the highlighted selected track on Project view Likewise use Ctrl Shift C Ctrl V to add picture s to a track Example e Select a track on Project view Alt J Up Down key e Alt W to set focus on File Explorer view e Up Down Shift keys to select the picture s e Ctrl Shift C to copy the picture file s e Alt I F to set focus on Import gt Files tab e 2 Tabs to select the picture path dropdown e Ctrl V to paste the picture s Speech and Font size HD Audio Solo can speak the status message the progress of an operation To enable this function open the Settings
42. e than once and associate each instance with a different program of control settings e g V I Custom 1 VST V I Plugin with progam Custom 1 V I Max VST V I Plugin with progam Max V I Patch 8 VST V I Plugin with progam Patch 8 Apply VST Plugin to track s After a VST Plugin is added with a program of control settings you can apply the VST Plugin program The audio function to tracks 1 select the track s on the Project pane 2 select the VST program e g V I Custom 1 fila ii Record Enhance 1 Click Title of track 1 5 Oxygene 4 Audio file path C Audio 5 Oxygene 4 wav Picture file paths wi B GED __ Input Output Sampling rate kHz 44 Bits 16 ls B cures e Gl Po Play time 05 05 413 05 05 413 Position 00 000 Demo 6 dap Gear project Load project Save project 64 Convert Up mixing stereo audio to 5 1 surround HD Audio Solo uses a VST Plugin V I developed by Steve Thomson to convert stereo audio to 5 1 surround audio V I is installed to the VST folder under the installation folder of HD Audio Solo 2 0 C Program Files HD Audio Solo VST V I converts a stereo track to a full 5 1 surround by applying Ambisonics principles to recreate the surround Ambiance The quality of the conversion depends on how the input material was originally mixed narrow wide You can experiment with different settings to fine tune the output We found that this VST
43. each have arbitrary bit size of 16 20 24 2 The sampling rates of group 1 and group 2 must be one of the two options below the same for group 1 and group 2 the sampling rate of group 2 is half that of group 1 HD Audio Solo supports many different channel group combinations see Output Channel Group resolutions supported ence Input apra Where group 1 is set to 24 bits 96 kHz Sampling rate kHz 44 i TION i There is a choice of 9 possibilities for Bits E group 2 The selection 6 16 48 ELR Channels 2 o K means Play time 05 05 413 6 16 48 ELR Poski 6 24 48 CELR Output track has 6 channels osition amp 16 48 CELR i Group 2 g g DLE Group 2 includes 3 channels LFE E Surround Left L Surround Right R Group 1 includes the rest of the 6 channels Left Right Center Group 2 is set to 16 bits 48 kHz YI Custom 1 No YST second stage Project file Demo 6 dap Cease Cees aoc 67 Drop Unwanted Channels You can select to drop unwanted channels from the input or up mixed 6 channel track The last combination 4 24 96 LR in the picture above has only 4 channels Left Right Surround Left Surround Right all at 24bit 96kHz The output track will be smaller and you can save spaces on the DVD for more tracks Output Channel Group resolutions supported resolution channel resolution and channel channel 6 2aase ceLR FLFR 6 16 48 CELR FLFR
44. elements from unit of pixel to percentage of screen to scale for all screen resolutions E g With a NTSC 16 9 standard TV 9 horizontal pixels corresponds to 1 screen width and 5 vertical pixels corresponds to 1 screen height Reminder To use old projects with customized Horizontal and Vertical offsets user must change the offsets to the new percentage unit New features enhancements and bug fixes in v4 1 2011 10 10 New Menus support for music Blu ray disc Support input of 7 1 DTS for export to Blu ray disc Corrected a noise problem in converting stereo 32 bit audio to 6 channels 24 bit Improved handling of errors received from the FreeDB CD database server HD Audio Solo is a high definition audio application for authoring DVD Audio Video and Blu ray discs and audio enhancement for Microsoft Windows XP Vista Windows 7 and Windows 8 personal computers Main Features e HD Audio Solo enables users to create DVD Audio and universal DVD discs with audio tracks on the PC hard disk CDs and from live recordings DVD Audio discs only play in DVD players supporting DVD Audio DVD Audio is a standard published by the DVD Forum Universal DVD discs play in all DVD players e Create music Blu Ray discs using BD 25 discs 25GB Blu ray and Blu ray AVCHD discs using the inexpensive 4 7GB and 8 5GB double layer DVD discs e Export enhanced audio to Blu Ray DVD Audio disc audio DVD Video disc universal DVD disc CD disc W
45. er tas 70 ABOUTVI leale ilari alare 70 MICONTROLS elia iaia ai 71 SAVING AND LOADING SETTINGS OR RESTORING DEFAULTS 73 A BALANCING ACT USING V I CONTROLS EFFECTIVELY 73 IHEFULEVISUTE allea A EE a E e E 74 QUESTIONS COMMEN TS es apre ra E REEE E E AEE S AE E E AE 74 Accessibility for visually impaired USsers ii 75 User interface le E sens Sa eases E S A E UAC Sore E Es 75 Spe chand Font SIZE caer scoeiscoucssecs ona dean inns rE alleato 76 Wizards for General Semin nren a T E O E E iaia E 76 Minimum reguirementS oleole la anno 717 Copyright and trademarks sseni ek ALARE ai E a Eas 78 e Navigation Menus for Blu ray DVD Audio and DVD Video discs Automatic generation of the top menu and group menus e User configurable Menu elements background and thumbnail images font type size color and positions of navigation buttons e Custom tool to easily select complementary colors for the menu buttons e Improved Blu ray discs playback compatibility with Blu ray players e Improved pictures aspect ratio and quality e Import of DTS and DTS HD Master Audio compressed lossless tracks for Blu ray projects e New disc burning engine to improve reliability e New export file types AIF and W64 files e Guide on configurations of Navigation Menus Top album menu Group menu CDIDA30E2COD Tk01 E f y a m e IC E Update History New features e
46. f input channels that the second stage VST Plugin requires 62 Add VST and Configure control setting Program A VST Plugin is a Windows dil file a loadable Windows program extension providing a specific audio function e g convert stereo to 5 1 channel To use a VST Plugin you must first add the VST Plugin to the application then select a program of control settings from the Settings gt Enhance panel as described below Open the Enhance panel Open the VST browser by clicking VST add Select the VST Plugin file to be added Select a program i e control settings change the control settings to desired values and click Prog Save to save the changes Open the VST browser GED i L Choose a VST Plugin file nove Bet sites di Grav VST to upmix from stereo to 5 1 File name g Files of pe VST Fies dll a 63 Select a VST Plugin program control settings Everytime a VST Plugin is added it will default to use one of the control setting programs a patch included with the VST Plugin You can change to a program with settings best suits your needs You can modify the settings of a program from the Editor and you can change the program name Remember to save the changes To open the Editor click the Editor button To save new settings of a Program click Prog save To restore Programs of a VST Plugin to factory settings click Defaults You can add a VST Plugin mor
47. format used in North America and Japan PAL is used in Europe Australia and some parts of Asia Add video file to Audio Track For Blu ray project you can add one unique video file to each audio track in a group as follows e Select one audio track on Project view that you have imported e On File Explorer view locate the desired video file 264 or MP4 and then drag and drop the video file to Picture file paths on the Import gt Files tab which is located on the right of the screen Reminder 1 You cannot add the same video file name to a second audio track you have to make a copy of the video file for the second audio track and so on 2 When video file is used you must add a video file to each audio track in the same group and all video files for the group must have the same video resolution 3 Durations of the video file and the associated audio track must be the same 15 Output fields Sampling rate Bits Channels Play time Position The following parameters specify for the selected track on Project view the audio properties of the track to be written to DVD Audio disc Sample rate in kHz User settable to 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 for re sampling depending on the allowed combinations Sample size in bit User settable to 16 24 bit for re sampling depending on the allowed combinations Set number of channels of selected track on Project view User settable when importing multi channel track co
48. igure default resampling parameters that will apply to each track when it is imported to Project View new resampling settings have no impact on tracks already imported to Project view Resampling is performed when tracks are exported to files DVD or Blu ray discs You may customize upsampling parameters for individual audio file as follows e Select audio file on Project view e Click Import button on Control Panel e Click Files Tab e Enter desired Output sampling rate bit depth and number of channels 2 Add VST Plugin and select control setting program Note Support for VST Plugin is not available in DVD Audio Solo The 1 Click panel is used to configure and start the 1 Click operation 1 Click automates the functions rip CD up mix up sample write DVD into a 1 click operation making it easy for example to transform a CD to high resolution surround sound DVD Audio disc Note 1 Click is not supported in DVD Audio Solo Standard The Group panel contains information about the group such as the thumbnail and background pictures used in Menus or a text description To select pictures click the button or drag drop files from the Explorer view 19 Settings Panel Configure application parameters To open this panel group click the Settings button on the right of the screen It consists of four panels selectable by tabs Preferences Personalize Extensions Accessibility To select a tab click its name at the t
49. ilable in two Plugin packages The first time you select the Blu ray option on the Export gt Write panel you will be asked for authorization to download and install the Plugins Read the disclaimer for these external software Make sure also that your Internet firewall allows HD Audio Solo to access Internet 43 Advice Use on screen Tooltip for description of each screen field Group Support Audio project allows up to 9 groups up to 99 audio tracks per group and a total maximum number of 314 audio tracks The Group feature can be used to organize tracks on a DVD Audio disc e g One group per CD Group and Track are terms used in DVD Audio in DVD Video and Blu ray Group corresponds to Title and Track corresponds to Chapter When a project is exported to Blu ray format all groups are merged into one group when navigation menus is not enabled Change Group i i Group 4 a To change group click the left or right arrow next to the Group name sare located on top of the Project View or use the lt or gt key on the keyboard to go to the previous or next group To go to Group 1 click on Group name 44 Import Multi Channel Track Import a multi channel track consisting of one multi channel file e Drag amp drop the multi channel file from File Explorer View to Project View or double click the file from File Explorer View The Import gt Files tab will display the number of channels and resolution of the audio fi
50. ion and other parameters to desired 55 values 4 Instead of setting the Output resolution on Import gt Files tab for each track you can force resampling by checking the option Override Output track resolution Solo will resample audio tracks where necessary to the Audio resolution selected It is allowed to have one audio resolution per Group of tracks when Menus is enabled in this case you must not use Override Output track resolution 5 Click the button Write on the Export gt Write panel to start the authoring process Input DTS and DTS HD Master Audio files up to 7 1 channels 24 bit 96kHz are allowed to audio project for export to Blu ray DTS HD Master Audio is a lossless compressed format like FLAC with compression ratio up to 50 depending on the original file When a DTS HD file is uncompressed the resulting audio stream is bit exact to the original LPCM representation DTS file is not decoded by HD Audio Solo and only passed through to the Blu ray encoding Plug ins Therefore DTS files cannot be resampled or played by HD Audio Solo There are 2 advantages in Blu ray format over DVD Audio Video e High definition video up to 1080p we recommend 720p as a good tradeoff between quality size and processing speed e Higher audio bitrate allowing full 5 1 channels 24bit 96kHz LPCM even in AVCHD using standard DVD media The high definition video is encoded using H 264 which is the latest technology to encode video
51. le Import a multi channel track consisting of mono channel files An example the mono channels files of 5 1 surround track Moon 6 Moon 6_FL wav for Front Left channel Moon 6_FR wav for Front Right channel Moon 6_C wav for Center channel Moon 6_LFE wav for LFE channel Moon 6_SL wav for Surround Left Moon 6_SR wav for Surround Right To import a 5 1 track consisting of 6 mono channel files 1 Drag amp drop or double click one of the 6 mono files anyone of the 6 mono files will do e g Moon 6_FL wav to import it to Project view On the Import gt Files tab set the Input channel count of the track to 6 This signals to HD Audio Solo that it is a 5 1 track consisting of 6 mono channel files HD Audio Solo will automatically locate and link the rest of the mono files belong to this track and prefix an indicator of 6 in front of the track title to indicate this is a 5 1 track with mono files ktop My Computer ES 3 Proper a G Man dk C a SVALTS AVG 8 Audo i SQ Mai Carrel step 1 drag drop one do Rope _ B CilAuo Muti Channefcon FL wav mono file here Picture file 2 chenel C wav Gi channel Fiomav 2 channel _FR mav Inout charm LJE wav 2 chanel _Sl wav Serpirg channel SR may Postion Step 2 select 6 channels here Note the mono files must be named using the name format described here 45 Input Description Channels Ce Li 5 E 2 1 channels FL FR
52. llowing situations Individual sounds are panned to the extreme left or right Most conversion methods will spread these sounds out to the side too much and even to the surround speakers If this is what you want great If not then it s a problem To fix this move the WIDTH CORRECTION control to its minimum setting on the left WIDTH CORRECTION i i The unwanted sounds on the side or in the surrounds should move to the front soundstage but the overall mix still maintains a reasonable amount of stereo separation Many older recordings from the 60s and 70s sound much more natural with this setting Another way to enhance old recordings with material mixed to the extreme left or right is to try the MOVIE MODE switch The recording is too dry The original ambience is actually there but it s buried in the mix Move the WIDTH CORRECTION control toward its maximum setting on the right WIDTH CORRECTION This boosts the ambience information in the recording which generally gives you a more modern natural sounding mix FRONT AMBIENCE FRONT AMBIENCE i i Unless you ve changed the width of the source stereo signal using the WIDTH CORRECTION control V I passes the original stereo signal to its Left and Right outputs unaltered The center channel is derived by extracting the mono centered sound information and running it through a high pass filter This allows you to improve the clarity of dialog or vocals without straining
53. ly e Import iTunes and Windows Media Player playlists e Export formats supported DVD Audio music DVD Video Universal DVD disc music Blu Ray CD and WAV FLAC WMA AIF A52 MKV AAC file formats e Host to VST Plugins VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH e Support multi channel track in multiple mono channel files or one multi channel file e Support gapless transitions between tracks e Support up to 9 groups up to 99 tracks per group for a maximum total track count of 314 per DVD Audio disc e Sampling frequency of audio sources for import playback and record 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 176 4kHz and 192kHz in 16 bit or 24 bit sample size e Still picture support Each track can be associated with one or more up to 20 still pictures in BMP PNG or JPG file format for slide show like presentation with video capable players HD Audio Solo will automatically resizes still pictures to fit screen format selected e Built in CD ripping with access to the Internet FreeDB service to query the CD album artist and track names requires an Internet connection Rips to the Flac wav wma aac file formats e Built in audio player to preview the tracks before burning e Built in recording facility to record external from audio sources like LP turntable through a capable sound card at up to 192KHz 24bit e Rip DVD Audio disc limited to non copyright protected and non MLP encoded DVD Audio discs e Play DVD A
54. mbience harmonics in the surround signals can sometimes result in them becoming too loud In such a case use the REAR LEVEL control to back off on the surround level This still gives you added ambience in the rear but it also evens out the overall sound image and restores the sense of localization For example an acoustic guitar that s intended to seem as if it s in the front left of the soundstage might sound like it s coming from the side You could use the WIDTH CORRECTION control as mentioned in its description but this might reduce the overall ambience and sense of space in the overall soundfield A more effective approach is to use the REAR LEVEL control as described above As for the LFE Channel button it s up to you whether you use it Remember that V I sends bass frequencies below 60Hz through the LFE channel when this button is toggled on red indicator appears Since these are may also be present in the regular channels you should only use the LFE channel if you want to give your surround mix a slight added bit of deep bass A general rule of thumb is that older recordings benefit more from using this because their deep bass response is generally limited Still you have to experiment to avoid having too much bass If you re not sure or if you re a purist shut it off The other channels in V I are full range so if you don t use the LFE channel the bass in the other channels will be routed to the subwoofer of any playback system by its b
55. n from the Control panel e Click the Files tab e Select one or more track on Project view to display the audio parameters of the track on the Files tab e Set the desired Output audio sampling rate and Bit depth Upsampling is performed during the Export process the upsampled audio is exported to the Destination selected e g DVD disc Save upsampled files to computer hard disk e Select a file format for Export Destination e Open the Settings panel to change the Rip Export directory to your choice Select a directory from Explorer pane drag and drop it to Rip Export directory 69 V I STEREO TO 5 1 CONVERTER COPYRIGHT 2004 2007 BY STEVE THOMSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THIS SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE USE AT YOUR OWN RISK NO WARRANTY AT ALL The software is provided as is without any express or implied warranty of any kind For details of the software license provided with the V I Stereo to 5 1 Converter VST Plugin please see the file VI_license txt provided with the software VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH V I IS BUNDLED WITH CIRLINCA S PRODUCTS WITH STEVE THOMSON S PERMISSION ABOUT V I V I is a VST plugin designed to convert a stereo input to a 5 1 audio output You can then encode this data into a surround sound file using appropriate software STEREO TO 5 1 CONVERTER ON OFF WIOTHR COMRECTION FROWT AMBIENCE REAN AMBDIENCI REAR LEVEL V I cannot go back into a recording studio
56. n the Status window Progress Messages Check this option to hear the progress messages Font size Slide the Font size bar to increase or decrease the font size 21 Online Panel Connect to Cirlinca To open this panel group click the OnLine button on the right of the screen It consists of 2 panels selectable by tabs Activation Support To select a tab click its name at the top of the panel The Activation panel is used for activating HD Audio Solo on the computer HD Audio Solo offers free evaluation for 30 days When you are satisfied with HD Audio Solo you can purchase an unlimited license to the full application for private use e Goto Cirlinca web site www cirlinca com to purchase click the Buy now button e Pay with a credit card or PayPal e You will receive an Activation Key by email for activating permanently HD Audio Solo on your computer e Enter the 3 line activation key to the Activation key box e Click Activate Note Registered users of HD Audio Solo Ultra v3 please contact support cirlinca com for a HD Audio Solo Ultra v4 free upgrade key The Support panel facilitates the reporting of problems To report a problem 1 Reproduce the problem except for problem that causes Solo to terminate 2 Open the OnLine gt Support tab 3 Enter a description of the problem and how to reproduce it 4 Click the button Send report Please report any problems that you encounter we will make every effort t
57. nci 42 How to Install the AAC and MAA iTunes file Plugin i 42 How to install the DVD Video Plugiti urla eee ridi 42 How OBS tal VST Plugins ennnen iE a EE E a dudekelp tossed nin T A asia 43 How to install the Blu ray plugins s seeseseseesssssessesseesresressresrtssesssesressrssressesstesressesseeseresssressse 43 Usine HD Audio Solo Ultra anale iii 44 Group STOPS TU asec ches tenue dies E E ice doo lire io iis ona Rael 44 Import Malti Channel Tracks rele lia 45 How to name the mono files of a multi channel track i 47 Import Gue Sheet ormene usaie ar e a a a o aae e a A A 49 Import iTunes and Windows media Player PlaylistSs 49 Add meta tags to WMA AAC FLAC file 50 RPC ail E ie alan 51 Rip DVD A di GIS Cisne ee E E E EO K EEE EEREN ET aS E A 52 AENA BAYA DETENOS TOM BIE EEEE AE R A E A E E E A E i 53 Downsample Multi ChannelTrack lille iero biu leso 54 Blu ray authoring uit aaa S Navigation MEMIS a silla ire ilari Ea eE a Ea AAEE OE AA EET 57 Sire lele ae a 61 Andale ilaele 62 VERI reale lei 62 Convert Up mixing stereo audio to 5 1 SUrround 65 Configure channels of a track into two resolution groups i 67 Drop Unw nted Channels lla ola 68 Upsample Audio Krake sniha lle tos stcuses ced gies cca cadet condaqiette subs E ehcp tnctnea Rite 69 VI Stereo to 5 1 converter VSTphisians ana earli
58. ng the multi channel track e g FILE Verdi Aida_FL wav WAVE 3 Click or drag and drop the Cue Sheet to Project view the Cue Sheet will be expanded to a list of tracks that it describes 4 On Project view select all tracks from this Cue Sheet set Output Channels to the appropriate number e g 6 for 5 1 surround music Import iTunes and Windows media Player Playlists HD Audio Solo allows to import playlists from iTunes and WMP containing files in formats that Solo supports for input WAV FLAC AIF WMA MP3 AAC There are 2 pseudo folders for iTunes and WMP in the File Explorer pane Expand the playlists folder and then import desired playlist to Project pane by using double click or drag drop My Computer My Network Places ag 4 La wep playlists ame Open playlists here aid iTunes playlists Reminder To import iTunes file you need to first install the AAC and M4A Plugin 49 Add meta tags to WMA AAC FLAC file You can add meta tags to files that will be exported to WMA AAC or FLAC file format e Open the Import gt Files panel e Click Tags e Enter text to the form fields liu Record Enbance 1 Click Title of track 2 Sympathy For The Devi Audio file path C DATA WMA 01 Sympathy For The Devi wma Picture file paths Toggle resolution tags here Album Beggars Banquet Super HD 2 0 Artist The Rolling Stones Comment Licens
59. nhancements and bug fixes in v4 4 2 2015 10 06 Miscellaneous bug fixes New features enhancements and bug fixes in v4 4 1 2014 12 01 Miscellaneous bug fixes New features enhancements and bug fixes in v4 4 2013 10 18 Accelerate the process to create Blu ray structures Added support to save the Menu track count settings to a Project and HD Audio Solo Ultra s configurations Corrected a clock manipulation error Miscellaneous bug fixes New features enhancements and bug fixes in v4 3 2012 12 05 Support Microsoft Windows 8 Miscellaneous bug fixes New features enhancements and bug fixes in v4 2 2012 04 05 Support adding video files in H 264 or MPEG 4 format to audio tracks for music Blu ray disc Support one audio resolution per group instead of one audio resolution for the entire Blu ray disc for Blu ray disc with navigation menus Support multi level sub folders in 1 Click for converting a tree of files to high resolution and or multi channel audio files Exported files are saved to mirrored folders Corrected a picture distortion problem in music DVD Video discs created with 16 9 screen format Improved reliability with added validations New features enhancements and bug fixes in v4 1 Build 1207301 2012 02 17 Corrected positions of buttons on navigation menus Corrected display ratio problems of menus and still picture for 16 9 screen format Changed Horizontal and Vertical offsets for Menus
60. nsisting of mono channel files Play time of current track on Project view User settable Used in conjunction with Position to import part of a track Starting position in minute second millisecond 16 The Record panel is used to record audio track from an analog input and import them to the Project List You need a sound card in your computer that can support the sampling rate and sample size that you select Most sound systems bundled with the PCs do not support sampling rate above 44KHz and sample size above 16 bit CD quality If you want to record high resolution audio at 96KHz and above to take full advantage of the DVD Audio format we recommend to use a quality sound card that supports high resolution audio We have tested Solo with sound cards from Creative Technology Audigy model at www creative com and Terratec DMX 6FIRE model at www terratec com File Settings fields File Name Prefix Recordings are stored to WAV files named using the File Name Prefix and a number from 01 to 99 e g RecordIn01 when the File Name Prefix is RecordIn Audio Settings fields Record Device Select audio device for sound recording Play Device Select audio device for sound playback Source Input Select audio source input from available Recording Control list e g MIDI Synth CD Digital Analog Mix Line CD Aux TAD Microphone Rate Hz Bits Set the recording sampling rate and bit depth Default is 44100Hz and 16 bit Channels
61. o correct the problem 22 Export Panel Control exporting project to DVD BD disc and files To open this panel click the Export button on the right of the screen It features 4 panels Write DVD Settings Blu ray Settings File Settings and Menus Select a tab by clicking the name at the top of the panel The Write panel allows for selecting an export destination DVD Blu ray or audio file format e g select a DVD writer and set the parameters for writing To write the current project to the destination selected click the Write button Write destination Select a DVD Blu ray writer for writing DVD Audio disc DVD Video disc Write speed DVD Audio DVD Video Blu ray CD DVD Image Direct to DVD Write from ISO Save to ISO ISO file path Universal DVD disc or Blu ray disc Select an audio file format for exporting to audio files Select a write speed from the list of available writing speeds Applicable for writing to DVD or Blu ray disc Write DVD Audio disc Select also DVD Video to write Universal DVD disc Write DVD Video disc Select also DVD Audio to write Universal DVD disc Write Blu ray disc Blu ray on BD 25 or AVCHD on DVD disc Write CD disc Tracks will be automatically downsampled or downmixed from 5 1 as necessary Select one of the options below for writing the DVD disc Write the current project to make a DVD Audio Universal DVD or DVD Video disc Write the ISO file containing a
62. o save it to disk for later use Project file contains paths to audio files and still video files it is important that you don t delete these audio and video files or change their names in the meantime The Picture file paths field contains the paths to still pictures or video file added to a track For Blu ray disc project one unique video file can be added to each track Durations of the video file and the associated audio track must be the same Video file formats supported File type 264 and MP4 Codec H 264 and MPEG 4 AVC Profile High Profile Level 4 or above Still picture formats supported JPEG PNG and BMP Pictures added to a track will be displayed during the playback of the audio track You can use this feature to create a slide show on the TV HD Audio Solo supports up to 20 still pictures per audio track the minimum picture size is 360 horizontal by 240 vertical and the ideal picture sizes are 864 x 480 for NTSC 16 9 640 x 480 for NTSC 4 3 1022 x 576 for PAL 16 9 767 x 576 for PAL 4 3 Add still picture to Audio Track You can add up to twenty still picture file s to an audio track as follows e Select one or more audio tracks on Project view that you have imported e On File Explorer view locate the desired still picture file in JPG PNG or BMP format and then double click the file to add it to the box Picture file paths or drag and drop the selected picture file s to Picture file paths on the Import
63. op of the panel The Preferences panel allows to set directories for Rip Export temporary files Live recording DVD files set the Multithreading and Rip options The Personalize panel allows you to customize the appearance of Solo Language Font size Tooltip At present only English is available If you wish you can contribute to adding a language by translating the english rcs file located in the installation folder i e C Program Files Cirlinca HD Audio Solo and submit it to Cirlinca support support cirlinca com We gratefully accept your contribution Set the font size Standard or Big used on panels and views Alternatively you can increase the font size on the Settings Accessibilty panel Turn on off Tooltip display A Tooltip is the description of an element on Solo s screen displayed when the cursor is above the element e g File Explorer view the Rip icon Import button Files tab etc Choose a new Skin Select a new Skin from the list The Extensions panel is used for installing software plugin DVD Video and A 52 plugin AAC and M4A plugin Blu ray plugins 20 The Accessibility panel is used for configuring accessibility functions for visually impaired users The parameters are Enable spoken messages Turn on this feature to hear the status and progress messages Voice Choose a voice from the list Status Messages Check this option to hear the status message when it is displayed o
64. p BD up to 24 bit 96kHz DVD V AC3 compressed up to 24 bit 48kHz 5 channels 4 1 and 5 0 DVD A up to 24 bit 48kHz or 16 bit 96kHz or combination 96kHz 48kHz BD up to 24 bit 96kHz DVD V AC3 compressed up to 24 bit 48kHz 6 channels 5 1 DVD A up to 24 bit 48kHz or 16 bit 96kHz or combination 96kHz 48kHz BD up to 24 bit 96kHz DVD V AC3 compressed up to 24 bit 48kHz 8 channels 7 1 DTS DTS HD for Blu ray only up to 24 bit 96kHz DVD A DVD Audio DVD V DVD Video BD Blu ray 29 Export audio formats supported Product Export to Audio Files Export to disc HD Audio Solo WAV WMA FLAC AAC A52 DVD Audio DVD Video Blu ray MKV audio video AIF WAV64 HD Audio WAV WMA FLAC AAC A52 Not supported Remaster MKV audio video AIF WAV64 DVD Audio Solo Not supported DVD Audio and DVD Video Video file formats supported Video file formats supported for adding to audio tracks File type 264 and MP4 Codec H 264 and MPEG 4 AVC Profile High Profile Level 4 or above Still picture formats supported Still picture formats supported for adding to audio tracks JPEG PNG and BMP 30 How to author a Blu Ray DVD Audio DVD Video or Universal DVD disc 1 Create audio project 2 Set upsampling and stereo to 5 1 conversion 3 Export audio project to disc How to remaster audio files for export to files 1 Create audio projec
65. r on the List of installed Plugins You can start to import iTunes files How to install the DVD Video Plugin HD Audio Solo does not directly encode to DVD Video and A 52 it interfaces to a set of free third party software plugin for all DVD Video related encodings e jpeg2yuv exe mpeg2enc exe mplex exe jpeg62 dll from the mjpegtools open source suite available at http mjpeg sourceforge net e dvdauthor exe from the dvdauthor open source package available at http dvdauthor sourceforge net e libaften dil from the aften open source package available at http aften sourceforge net e Several DLL files from the cygwin open source package available at http www cygwin com These DLLs are cygwin1 dll cygz dll cygxml2 2 dll cygiconv 2 dll cygjpeg6b dll cygiconv 2 dll To enable DVD Video and A 52 encoding you can use the Easy Installation procedure below recommended or fetch these software all of the above from their respective web sites The DVD Video encoding software must be installed to the sub directory Third Party under the installation directory of HD Audio Solo e g C Program Files Cirlinca HD Audio Solo Third Party 42 Easy Installation of third party DVD Video Plugin The DVD Video encoding software Plugin is available in a file DVDAuthorenhancementPack zip on the Internet To download and install the DVD Video Plugin follow the procedure below 1 In Solo open the Export gt DVD
66. r to disc 26 File Settings panel is used to configure audio file parameters for the Export file format selected on the Export gt Write tab General File Settings Settings for all Exported file formats Name Postfix Specify a text string to be added to file name of the imported file to form the file name of the corresponding Exported file for the purpose of avoiding overwriting existing file information etc FLAC Settings specific to FLAC file exported Compression level 0 to 8 The higher the compression level the longer it takes to compress and the smaller the output Flac file With all values the result is lossless no loss of information Default to 5 Padding size Default to 0 byte WMA Settings specific to WMA file exported Encoding Selections are Pro VBR Pro CBR VBR CBR Lossless Default is Lossless A 52 Settings specific to A 52 file exported CBR or VBR Constant Bit Rate or Variable Bit Rate Default is CBR Quality Audio quality after compression from 0 to 1000 0 gives the lowest quality and smallest audio size and 1000 gives the best quality and biggest audio size Default is 240 Midside Enable Disable Default is enable Block switching Enable Disable Default is enable LFE low pass filter Enable Disable Default is enable Dynamic range Default to None compression 27 MKV Settings specific to MKV file exported Audio stream Encoding format supported encoding PCM WAV Uncompressed F
67. t 2 Set upsampling and stereo to 5 1 conversion 3 Export audio project to WAV FLAC WMA AAC A52 MKV files Note Export to audio files is not supported in DVD Audio Solo product Create Audio project An audio project consists of one to nine groups of audio tracks that you want to export to a DVD or Blu ray disc or audio files on the computer s hard disk A group can contain up to 99 audio tracks the maximum number of tracks in a project is 314 audio tracks as allowed on a DVD Audio disc Tracks are exported to DVD Blu ray disc in the order they appear in a group starting from Group 1 to the last group Groups that contain no track will be skipped Group and Track are names used in DVD Audio in DVD Video and Blu ray Group corresponds to Title and Track corresponds to Chapter The current group name is displayed at the top of Project View use the left and right arrows by the group name to change group The maximum size of audio and picture data allowed in a project is approximately 4 4GB for a single layer DVD disc 8 1GB for a dual layer DVD disc and 25GB for a Blu ray disc Import audio tracks from the PC hard disk Locate the desired audio tracks on your system WAV AIF MP3 FLAC WMA or CUE files on 31 local disks or CDA files on CD in the File Explorer View located on the left of HD Audio Solo s screen e Import audio tracks all channels in one file to Project View located in the middle of the
68. t s You can select from the list the combination of number of output channels i e to drop channel and the channels and resolution for group 2 Sampling rate kHz 44 Bits 16 Channels 16 48 ELR Play time 05 05 413 6 16 48 ELR GE 6 24 48 CELR Position 6 16 48 CELR d 5 ta pape H WI Custom 1 No VST second stage Project file Demo 6 dap Clear project Load project Save project 66 Configure channels of a track into two resolution groups There is a unique feature in DVD Audio allowing a track to divide channels into two resolution groups e g Group 1 channels at 24bits 96kHz group 2 channels at 16bits 96kHz By which it can obtain the optimal audio output allowed by the bitrate limit of 9 6Mbps For example a 6 channel track at 24bits 96kHz bitrate at 13 8Mbps is not acceptable for DVD Audio and downsampling is necessary With the technique of one track two resolution groups it is possble to downsample only the less important channels to a lower resolution e g LFE surround Left surround Right while keeping the main channels at 24bit 96kHz Example A 5 1 surround track at 24bits 96kHz the 6 channels are Front Left Front Right Center LFE Surround Left Surround Right These 6 channels can be divided in two resolution groups Front left Front Right Center at 24 bits 96 kHz LFE Surround Left Surround Right at 16 bits 48 kHz The rules 1 Resolution group 1 and group 2 can
69. tings Preferences panel and is set to a default folder You can change it to a folder of your choice by drag amp dropping a directory from File Explorer view into this field Move audio tracks from one group to another e Select the group containing track s that you want to move e To move a single track left click the track to select it e To move a block of tracks click the first track click the last track while holding the Shift key 32 e Press Ctrl X to cut the track s selected e Go to the destination group e Press Ctrl V to paste the track s to current group Re arrange audio tracks on Project view You can rearrange the order of audio tracks on Project view by drag and drop the track to where you want it to be on the list To delete a track select it and then drag and drop it over the Delete icon x or click the Delete icon or press the Delete key Add Still Picture to audio track You can add one or more up to 20 still picture to each audio track HD Audio Solo supports still picture in jpg png and bmp file formats e Select one or more audio tracks on Project view that you have imported e On File Explorer view locate the desired still picture file in JPG PNG or BMP format and then double click the file to add it to the box Picture file paths or drag and drop the selected picture file s to Picture file paths on the Import gt Files tab which is located on the right of the screen Note Use drag and
70. to select Top Group 1 to Group 9 Click the button to preview the menu name that you selected You can add a thumbnail image to represent a group group 1 to group 9 The thumbnail image is displayed on the Top menu for navigating to the group that it represents When no image is added a default image will be used You can add a backgroud image to a menu name e g The top menu When no image is added a default image will be used Configure the parameters for a menu element Select a menu element to configure 5 elements on a menu Title Tracks Previous Next and Top You can change the name of an element for display on the Menu Enter a text string to the box E g Title element is renamed to Bach Inventions as shown in Fig Menu elements You can enter a new name for each menu element except the Tracks element The Title element is also accessible on the Import Group panel Set the font type size and color for the menu element selected e g Tracks Highlight color is sugested based on font color Click the button to open the complementary color editor to change font and highlight colors Click the button to swap the font and highlight colors Shift the position of a menu element from its suggested position Set Horizontal offset to L to shift left R to shift right Set Vertical offset to U to move up D to move down offset in unit of percentage of screen L U a negative number e g 5 R D
71. u ray disc a folder and sub folders of CD quality audio files to high resolution and or surround audio files If the total size of the output tracks exceeds the capacity of the DVD Blu ray disc user can manually select the setting for downsizing the output check Pause on warning or let HD Audio Solo to auto select a downsizing resolutions combination check Auto resize Files ji Record Enhance fisa 1 Click convert from CD resolution Drop folder here CD Drive Folder from D PIONEER DVD RW DVR 112D 1 09 Export format to D PIONEER DVD RW DYVR 112D 1 09 g Upsample Upmix VST parameters Rate kHz ss Bis 24 Channels 6 VST prog V I Custom 1 il Pause after ripping Pause on size warning Auto resize To use 1 Click to convert a CD to a DVD Blu ray disc e Open the Import gt 1 Click panel click the Import button and then 1 Click tab e Set CD Drive Folder From to the CD Drive in which you put the CD or a folder by drag drop it from Explorer pane to the down button of the field Note The folder cannot contain any sub folders e Set Export format To to a DVD drive which can be the same as the CD Drive or a file format from the drop down list files will be exported to Rip Export directory specified on Settings gt Preferences tab e Set Upsample parameters kHz and Bits for upsampling and Upmix parameters Channels and VST program for creating surro
72. udio disc limited to non copyright protected and non MLP encoded DVD Audio discs e Integrated DVD and Blu Ray writing engine to write directly to disc e Export audio project directly to DVD or Blu ray disc or save the disc image to an ISO file on the PC hard disk for later writing to DVD or Blu ray disc e Export audio project to CD with automatic downsamplig or downmixing as needed e Save Load Audio project descriptions to from a file to restore projects across executions Build aggregate projects from smaller projects e g load a group from an existing project e Move tracks within a group with drag amp drop Move tracks across groups with cut amp paste e 10 application skins to choose from e Tooltip for quick help on using HD Audio Solo e Professional quality upsampling processed on the fly without the need to save intermediate files to the hard disk e Write to DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW DVD R DL Double Layer recordable DVD discs at up to 8X Average time to write a full 4 3Gb DVD disc is 12mn at 4X e Write to 25GB BD R and BD RE Blu ray discs Support NTSC and PAL video systems Support 4 3 and 16 9 screen formats Requires Microsoft Windows XP Vista Windows 7 or Windows 8 with a minimum of 34Mb for installation 1Gb of RAM and 15 Gb of free hard disk space for temporary files Learn to use HD Audio Solo Ultra quickly Use the Tooltip facility A Tooltip is a small window which opens when you move the
73. ultiple tracks by Ctrl clicking on each track that you want to select e A block of tracks by Shift clicking You can e Move selected track around by drag and drop one track at a time e Delete selected track s by single click the X icon drag and drop track s on the X icon or hit the Delete key e Rip selected track s by single click the Rip icon Cy or drag and drop track s on the Rip icon Play selected track s by single click the Play icon below the Project view e Set Output audio parameters for selected track s To export the project to DVD Blu ray disc and audio files see also Export Panel 12 Status Window The Status Window is located on the lower right of the screen It displays the progress information of previous and current operations You should check it regularly To clear its content select top menu Edit sub menu Clear Status 13 Control Panels Import Panel Input audio files and set output enhancement This panel controls importing audio files and audio enhancement settings To open this panel group click the Import button on the Control Panel located on the right of the screen It consists of 5 tabs Files Record Enhance 1 Click Group To select a tab click the name at the top of the panel The Files panel displays information of the currently selected track On Project view It also has a section to load save a project from to disk Once you have created a project you may want t
74. und audio e Click Go 38 When you use the same CD DVD BD drive to rip CD and write DVD Blu ray you will be asked to replace the CD with a blank DVD when ripping is completed insert a blank disc and click OK to continue When Solo opens the Export Write tab to begin DVD authoring you can select the preferred DVD writing speed Sequence of automated events To use Rip the CD if from CD Convert the stereo track to 5 1 surround if the option is set The default is to use the VST V I Custom 1 for the conversion Apply up sampling Optimize selected channels of each rack to reduce bitrate to meet requirement automatically resize the project where necessary Burn to DVD Blu ray or export to audio files depending on the Export format selected Delete the ripped tracks 1 Click to convert a folder and sub folders of audio files to audio files on hard disk Open the Import gt 1 Click panel click the Import button and then 1 Click tab Set CD Drive Folder From to a folder by drag drop the folder from Explorer pane to the down button of the field The folder can contain sub folders Set Export format To to a file format from the drop down list Files will be exported to Rip Export directory specified on Settings gt Preferences tab under respective mirrored sub folders Set Up sample parameters kHz and Bits for up sampling and Up mix parameters Channels and VST program for creating surround audio Click Go
75. view and repeat step 5 Note HD Audio Solo can only rip extract tracks from unencrypted and non MLP encoded DVD Audio disc i e non commercial DVD Audio discs 52 Play DVD Audio Disc HD Audio Solo can playback DVD Audio disc unencrypted and non MLP encoded 1 On Explorer view click the DVD Drive containing the DVD Audio disc to expand it once query drive is completed drag and drop the Drive icon to the Project view A list of tracks will appear on the Project view 2 Play Track from Project view On Project view select one or more tracks in the current group and then click the Play icon located below Project view Group To change group use the left and right arrows next to the Group name 53 Downsample Multi Channel Track The DVD Audio standard specified the mandatory maximum bitrate to be 9 6Mbit Sec An uncompressed 5 1 surround audio track at 96kHz 24 bit or 88kHz 24 bit with bitrate above 9 6Mbit Sec is not allowed for DVD Audio disc In order to comply with the bitrate limit these tracks require down sampling to a lower resolution HD Audio Solo supports the following downsample resolutions 5 1 track original Downsample resolutions resolution supported 96kHz 24 bit 96kHz 16 bit or 48kHz 24 bit 88kHz 24 bit 88kHz 16 bit or 44kHz 24 bit To set the downsampling parameters 1 Import the 5 1 track to Project view 2 If the track exceeds the 9 6Mbit Sec bitr

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