What's new in DART Pro 98 ?

Enclosed is a list of the newest functions and features provided in the latest release of DART Pro 98

New functions

Real-time processing shell (Real-time) available from the Restore menu - allows you to perform various processing tasks and simultaneously record/listen to the obtained results.

On-line tuning of all major signal processing/restoration functions.

Noiseprint shaping and correction capabilities (NoisePrint Manager).

Elimination of harmonic disturbances (DeHum).

Smart editing tools (Smart mute, Smart cut, Crossfade cut) for spotting and/or removal of unwanted audio material.

DART CD-Recorder utility (previously: Wave Manager) with extended capabilities - supports most of the currently available CDR’s including the IDE ones. Several new functions were added such as partitioning of long recordings by means of detecting silences (Unpack), timer-recording (Timer recording) and conversion of MIDI and MPEG 3 files to a wave format (Convert MIDI to WAV, Convert MP3 to WAV).

Automatic conversion of ‘nonstandard’ recordings (e.g. obtained by means of playing a 78 RPM record on a 33RPM turntable) to a standard format (Adjust RPM rate).

DirectX function providing access to all DirectX Audio Plug-Ins installed on your computer.

Modified functions and new features

New options were added to the Preferences menu (previously: Setup) : Prompt to register, Default resolution, Real-time tuning , Peak hold in ‘Record’ and Clipping lock in ‘Record’.

New resolution option was added to the shortcut menu: Fit to size.

Peak hold and clipping lock were added to volume meters in the Record dialog.

The background processing capability was added - after initializing processing you can minimize DART and turn to other jobs.

The list of recently opened files is provided at the bottom of the File menu.

The list of recently used editing commands is provided at the bottom of the Shortcut menu.

A bypass function was added to the MyFilter dialog - selected blocks can be skipped during processing.

The Add function was included in the Toolbox menu.

A new equalizer was designed and equipped with an extra gain slider and a clipping lock/indicator.

A new mixer was designed, with gain correction capabilities and a clipping lock/indicator.

When normalization is switched off spectral plots are displayed in an absolute scale.

The Spectral view utility allows you to change the analysed soundfile without closing the dialog.

The overview strip was added to the equalizer and to all filters.

If you accept the ‘unlimited’ (default) undo buffer size (set in the the Preferences dialog available from the Options menu), all changes introduced during the last editing operation will be reversed after using the Undo last edit command from the Edit menu (provided there is enough free space on your computer).