Sonique Help System - Audio Enhancement

SONIQUE™ CONTEXTUAL HELP SYSTEM - AUDIO ENHANCEMENT

ADDITIONAL HELP TOPICS

The Sonique Navigation Console Audio Enhancement Screen

INDEX:
In Brief
1) The Audio Enhancement Screen
2) Audio Enhancement EQ Graph and Options
3) Audio Enhancement Control Tray

In Brief:

The Audio Enhancement Controls allow the user various options for modifying the sound output of Sonique. These include a 20 band graphic equalizer, amplitude and balance control and pitch control. The controls are located in the drop down tray (4) while the screen is the right most menu item in the Navigation Console.

1 : : The Audio Enhancement Screen

The Audio Enhancement Screen is the area of the NC where you will be able to enable, manipulate, and save settings of the Sonique 20 band Graphical Equalizer. When you open the Audio Enhancement Screen, the Audio Enhancement Control Tray automatically slides out of the bottom of the Navigation Console. The EQ graph is the largest thing on the Audio Enhancement Screen and is basically a representation of the EQ settings in the Audio Enhancement Control Tray. Below the graph are two options, "equalizer enabled" and "spline tension." Below the options is the Save / Load Tab. These are described in the next section below.

2 : : Audio Enhancement EQ Graph and Options

As described in the previous section, the EQ graph is a representation of the settings in the Audio Enhancement Control Tray. By default, the graph and EQ are set to zero. The two options below the graph are "equalizer enabled" and "spline tension." The "Equalizer enabled" option enables the Sonique EQ. The "Spline tension" option forces the graphic equalizer into curves. So if you move the 9th band, the bands aroundit will move as well to create a curve. This is a feature that was added because we recognised that most people have their EQ in a curve anyway and this would save time.

How to Load and Save EQ settings - You use the Save / Load Tab (located directly below the EQ options) to save and load EQ settings. The Load button will cause a window to slide in over the EQ graph. Merely select a preset and Sonique will load that setting. Saving is a similar process, if you click on the save button, a window will slide in over the EQ graph that will allow you to save your current EQ in a preset slot. You can have a total of ten EQ presets in Sonique. In addition, there are five EQ presets that come built into Sonique. You can scroll through them by clicking on the small green arrows on the right side of the Save / Load Tab.

3 : : Audio Enhancement Control Tray

The Audio Enhancement Control Tray automatically slides out of the bottom of the Navigation Console when you open the Auto Enhancement Screen. The Tray allows you to set the 20 band Graphic Equalizer and manipulate the pitch, balance, and amplitude of the sound file. Setting the 20 band Graphic EQ is easy, just slide the desired slider up to increase the volume of that frequency band. The left side of the EQ represents the bass of the song where the right side represents the treble. So, generally, increase the left sliders to increase bass, the middle sliders to increase mid-tones, and the right sliders to increase the treble.

The Audio Enhancement Control Knobs
	This knob controls the amplitude output of the decoder. Sonique can increase or decrease the amplitude at which audio is decoded in addition to normal voluem control. This is useful for softer songs or songs that were recorded at too low a level. You can use the amp knob to get a louder sound even if the volume knob is turned up all the way. Amp takes effect before the vis, so if you have a song that isn't affecting the visualizations very much, you can increase its amplitude and it will.
	This button controls the balance. It shifts the sound from right to left speaker channels.
	The red knob is the pitch control. This knob controls the pitch and speed of the output of the player. You can play sound back as high as twice the recorded speed or as low as half the recorded speed.

ADDITIONAL HELP TOPICS

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