The Sony CD Architect application will produce professional audio CDs to Red Book specification. Newly updated version includes CD text reading and writing, and updated drive support.
Perform full PQ code editing, trim events from full-length media and add as new tracks, import regions from Sound Forge software as tracks, master audio by applying over 20 real-time DirectX effects to events and the master output, and perform disc-at-once CD burning.
CD Architect software provides the most precise audio CD mastering and burning tools available. Arrange your CD Architect project using simple drag-and-drop operations. Produce complex crossfades and DJ-style megamixes.
Generate multiple takes of a song to use in your project before burning. Create live-style CDs with audio in the time between tracks, apply volume envelopes and event ASR envelopes – even create hidden tracks. CD Architect software supports a long list of drives, including many FireWire and USB devices.
Here are some key features of "Sony CD Architect":
CD Text support:
· Support for up to 32-bit, 192kHz source audio
· High-quality resampling and dithering with noiseshaping
· Single or multi-file playlisting
· Volume and ASR envelopes for any event
· Multiple levels of undo/redo
· Override validation errors option
· Mono-to-stereo conversion on the fly
· CD transport controls
· Direct file open into Sound Forge software
· Track creation from Sound Forge regions
· Trimmer window
· Media Explorer
· Ripple editing
· CD Image file rendering
· Automatic crossfades
· Greater than 1:1 time zoom
· Reading and extraction of PQ data along with audio tracks
· Complete control over tracks, marker placements, and indices
· Preview multiple tracks or ranges of audio before extraction from a supported CD device
· Stereo master volume fader and adjustable envelope controls for any region.
· Media Pool
· Multiple file format support without conversion
· Autosave crash recovery
· Undo/redo history list
· Supports MP3, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media Audio, and more
Mastering:
· Over 20 real-time DirectX plug-ins
· Event and master bus effects model
· Audio layering to create complex crossfades
· Event Normalization
· Real time pitch shift/time stretch
· Slip trimming
· Audio phase invert
· Audio scrubbing
· Unlimited volume envelope points
CD Design:
· Full PQ code editing support, including track and index positions and pause times
· Absolute times for replication
· Print cue sheets and format CD liner notes
· Up to 99 tracks
· Up to 99 subindices per track
· Smart track reordering
· Automatic pause time indication
· Relative times for liner notes
· Timeline event locking
· Adjustable pause times
· Audio CD player un-mute fade emulation
CD Writing:
· Burns disc-at-once premaster CDs for professional replication
· USB, FireWire, SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD-R and CD-RW drive support
· Overburn support of 80 minute and other size CD-Rs
· Buffer underrun protection
· Test burn mode
· PQ list verification for Red Book compatibility prior to burn
· Burn speed selection
· Copy-inhibit flags
· Pre-emphasis flags
· Audio clipping detection
· International Standard Recording Codes (ISRC)
· Universal Product Codes (UPC)
· Media Catalog Numbers (MCN)
Requirements:
· 500 MHz processor
· 150 MB hard-disk space for program installation
· 128 MB RAM
· Windows-compatible sound card
· CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD only)
· Supported CD-Recordable drive
· DirectX Media 9.0 Run Time (included on CD-ROM)
· Internet Explorer 4.0 or later
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· Nag screen
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed an issue writing Red Book CD ISRC information
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