Managing Registered Soundfiles

The Soundfile Manager supervises all restoration experiments (declicking, denoising, dehissing, dehuming, fading in/out, filtering, equalizing) which involve root soundfiles as well as files derived from root files called derivative soundfiles.

The names of derivative soundfiles are automatically generated and have the form <rootname[xy].wav>, where [xy] is a non-zero two-digit serial number assigned by the system. More importantly, the Soundfile Manager attaches to all renovated soundfiles 'birth certificates' containing generation information (the name of the source soundfile), information about processing details (processing tool, mode and range of processing, processing parameters) and some statistical data (total number of interventions, processing time / real time ratio). This information is displayed each time you click the INFO button for an active derivative soundfile.

A very simple rule is used to decide if the renovated signal should overwrite the content of an existing file or whether an additional derivative soundfile should be created:

If the destination soundfile is not indicated (no destination checkbox is selected), the Soundfile Manager creates a new derivative soundfile.

If the destination soundfile is marked, the Soundfile Manager simply overwrites its content (the previous results are lost in this case).

NOTICE

The system will refuse to overwrite a selected destination soundfile if its 'parent' soundfile differs from the current source file (e.g. if the destination soundfile belongs to a different family than the source file, i.e. rootnames do not match). This restriction is needed to guarantee consistency of the root-oriented soundfile database.