If you register the original archive soundfile as a root soundfile, the DART XP Pro librarian, called the Soundfile Manager, will help you to organize and keep track of all renovation experiments involving that file. Soundfile Manager creates and updates special database files <rootname.sfm> which contain information about all files derived from a given root file and form a 'family tree' called an audio tree. By evoking an audio tree, you can easily review and listen to the results obtained for a particular root soundfile - see Using audio trees .
In order to convert any soundfile into a root file:
1. Make the corresponding soundfile window active.
2. Choose the Register command from the File menu or press the INFO
button situated on the toolbar and click the Register
button placed in the File info dialog.
3. Decide whether you want the system to copy the contents of the registered soundfile to a new file (Copy) or just to rename the original file (Rename) - the second option is recommended for long audio files and/or when you run into storage problems.
Since the names of root files must have a standard form <rootname00.wav> where <rootname> is any name, you will be asked to:
4. Accept the name as suggested by the Soundfile Manager or specify a new name.
An extended DART XP Pro information window will be displayed allowing you to
5. Type in some further details (recording source, sound card) and comments.
From this point on, complete DART XP Pro information will be displayed each time you ask for it, by clicking the INFO
button placed on the toolbar (the displayed information will always concern the content of an active soundfile window).
NOTICE
Pressing ENTER
will not change the line in the 'Comments' textbox of the information window - you have to use CTRL+ENTER
instead.
WARNING
If you change a soundfile's name to <rootname00.wav> outside the Soundfile Manager, the database file <rootname.sfm> will not be created, i.e. the corresponding soundfile will remain unregistered.