Korg AudioGate4 User guide

Brand: Korg

Model: AudioGate4

Type: User guide

This manual is also suitable for

DS-DAC-100m

USER’S GUIDE

AudioGate 4.5

E 2

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Switching Between Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Player View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Edit/Recording View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

The Songlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Master Volume/Input Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Peak/Level Meter and Clip Indicator . . . . . . . . . .5

Using the Peak/Clip Hold Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Clearing the Peak Hold and Ckip Indicators Manually6

AudioGate Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Registering Files and Projects . . . . . . . . . 7

Song Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Registering an MR project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Registering an Audio File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Registering an iTunes Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Registering a new Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Selecting a Registered Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Removing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Sorting the Songlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Using Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Creating a new Empty Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Creating a new Playlist by Selecting a Song . .11

Sorting the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Removing, Exporting, and Writing a Playlist to

Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Playing Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Playing Back a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Contents of the Upper Viewer Display . . . . . . .14

Direct Locate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Repeat Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Shuffle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Audio Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Input/output devices for KORG products . . . . . . . . 16

Automatic Sample Rate Switching . . . . . . . . . .17

Playing Back 1-bit Audio Files Directly . . . . . .18

Playback Volume Auto Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Playing an Audio CD/DSD Disc . . . . . . . 20

Eject Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Contents of the Upper Viewer Display . . . . . . 22

Recording Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Recording File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Recording Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Editing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Editing the Current Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Editing the Text Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Editing the Picture Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Editing the Control Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Batch Editing—Song Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Batch Editing—Multiple Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Dividing a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Combining Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Channel Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Normalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Marks that can be Imported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Marks that can be Exported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Editing Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Undo and Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Reverting an Edit (Undo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Re-executing the Edit (Redo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Converting Songs for Export . . . . . . . . . 38

Exporting an Audio File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Optional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Creating an Audio CD or DSD Disc . . . . . . . . 46

Optional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Auto Update Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Manually Checking for Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Automatically Checking for Updates . . . . . . . 52

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Changing the Folder where Temporary Files are

Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Resetting the Warnings of All Dialog Boxes . 53

Checking the real-time conversion processing

. . . . 54

Switching Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Supported Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Supported File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Supported Disc Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

List of Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Introduction

WelcometotheKorgAudioGateHighResolutionMusicPlayer.

AudioGateisanadvancedmusicplayerand audiorecorder,aswellasaflexiblefileconversionapplication.Bestof

all,AudioGate is fully compatiblewith 1‐bitDSD audio.When Installed on your computer, AudioGatecan play,

manage,andconverttheformatofyo

urdi

gitalaudiofilessothatyoucanenjoyhearingthemreproducedwiththe

highest levels of clarity—including direct playback of 1‐bit digital audio files. Combined with certified audio

devices—suchastheKorgDS‐DACSeries—AudioGateallowsthedirectrecordingof1‐bitaudiodata.

Inaddition,AudioGateallowsprojectsorfi

lescr

eatedusingtheKorgMRSeriesofDSD1‐bitrecorders,DS‐DAC‐

10R,orNuI*tobeconvertedintoanyaudiofileformatyouchooseforexportortocreateanaudioCDorDSDdisc.

Convenientfile‐editingfeaturesincludingcut,fade,andnormalizeaddprofessionaledgetoyo

urfi

nishedproduct.

Pleasenotethatregardlessofformat,eachaudioelementinanAudioGateSonglistisreferredtoasaSong.

*NuIissoldonlyinJapan.

Switching Between Views

Nearlyallof theAudioGatefeaturesandfunctionsareaccesseddirectlyfromtheViews.ThePlayerViewprovides

access to the features related to playing an audio file or Playlist. Controls and  parameters related to editing or

recordinganaudiofileareavailableintheEdit/RecordingView.Toswitchbetweenviews,simplyclickontheEdi

ttonatthetopofthescreen.TheviewcanalsobechangedbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[View]—

[SwitchView].ThesizeoftheViewcanbefreelychangedlikeacommonwindowframe.

Player View

Edit/Recording View

Level Meter

Menu button

Edit/Recording button

Master

Volume

Songlist

Controller

Song waveform

display

Attached picture

Search Window

Side bar

Display button

Context

menu icon

Menu button

Clip

Indicator

Level Meter

Master Volume

(Editing)/

Input Level

(Recording)

DS-DAC-10R

Search Window

Side bar

Display button

Context

menu icon

Edit/Recording button

Input Monitor

Settings button

Songlist

Controller

Song waveform display L

Song waveform display R

The Songlist

TheSonglistsectionlocatedinthelowerhalfofthescreenwilldisplayeitherinformationabouttheSongs(audio

files)registeredintheAudioGateLibrary(seepage7),ortheSongsinthecurrentlyselectedPlaylist(seepage10).

ClicktheSidebarDisplaybuttontoopentheLibrary/Playlistselectionscreen.

Master Volume/Input Level

TheMasterVolume/InputLevelsliderscanbeadjustedbysimplydraggingthemupanddown.

Playback/Master Volume:

In addition to the playback Gain settings saved individually (see page 29) with each song, AudioGate offers an

adjustableMasterVolumecontrolforplayback.

Recording/Input Level:

WhentheKorgDS‐DAC‐10Risconnected,duringrecording(evenwhenpaused)andinp

tmonitoringthiscontrol

willdeterminetheinputleveloftheDS‐DAC‐10R.

Input Monitor Settings

UsetheInputMonitorsettingstosetyourinputlevelsandto monitortheaudioinputasyourecord.Clickthe

InputMonitorSettingsbuttonwhenstoppedtomonitortheinputdevicesound.Clickthebuttonagaintocancel

settingtheinputmonitor.

Peak/Level Meter and Clip Indicator

Player View:

Duringsongplaybackandduringexport,theAudioGateLevelMetershowsthepeakvaluesoftheoutputdata—

followinganysamplerateconversion.

Edit/Recording View:

When configuring the input monitor settings and when recording (including pause), the Level Meter shows the

leveloftheincomingaudiosignal.WhenusinganNuIorDS‐DAC‐10

Randthephono

equalizerforrecordingis

selectedintherecordingsettings,thelevelofthesignalaftergoingthroughthephonoequalizerwillbeshown.

Whentheincomingaudiosignallevelistoohigh,clippingmayoccurandcouldadverselyaffectyoursound.Inthis

casetheClipindi

catorwi

lllight,andyou shouldre‐adjust theinputlevel,oradjusttheoutputleveloftheaudio

source.TheclipindicatorisonlydisplayedintheEdit/RecordingView.

Using the Peak/Clip Hold Function

TheAudioGatelevelmeterisequippedwithapeakholdfunctionandaclipindicatorholdfunction.Thisfeat ure

allowsyoutoeasilyseethehighestinputlevelwithoutconstantlyobserving the meters. Youcansetholddurati on

ofpeakandclip—thelengthoftimedisplayedbeforereset—separately.

Hereʹshow:

1. Right‐click(M

ac:Control+

click)thelevelmeter.

2. Choose[PeakHoldDurationofLevelmeter]or[HoldDurationofClipIndicator]andselectthedesiredtime

fromtheoptionsshown.

ThisfunctioncanalsobeaccessedbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[View]‐[PeakHoldDurationofLevel

meter]or[HoldDurationofClipIndicator].

Clearing the Peak Hold and Clip Indicators Manually

ClickingonthelevelmeterwhenitisinusewillimmediatelyclearthePeakHoldandClipindicators.

AudioGate Information

ClicktheMenubuttonandselect[Help]todisplaythelatestinformationaboutAudioGate.

Registering Files and Projects

InorderforAudioGateto workwiththeaudiofiles andMRprojects(createdusingaKORG MR Seriesrecorder)

savedonyourcomputer,theymustfirstberegisteredwiththeAudioGateLibrary.

EachregistereditemisreferredtoasaSong.

RegisteringaSongdoesnotcreateacopyofthe fi

leinAu

dioGate.Instead,fileinformationneededtoworkas

the Song in AudioGate is registered. Before you proceed, we recommend tha t projects recorded on your MR

Seriesunitbecopiedtothe harddriveofyourcomputer.

WhenmanySongsareregisteredatatime,itwilltaketi me for themtoappearintheSonglist.Inaddition,the

Songwa

formdisplayrequirestimetobeanalyzedduringregistration,sotheSongwaveformmayalsotakea

whiletoappear.

Song Registration

Registering an MR project

WhenregisteringdatathatwascreatedonaKorgMRSeriesdigitalrecorder,itispossibletoregisterjusttheaudio

file.However,itisbestpracticetoregister the entireMRproject.Thisway,AudioGatecanalsoaccess any Marks

thatwereaddedduringrecording,anddividedaudiofileswillbeau

tomaticallyjoinedsotha

ttheycanbehandled

asasingleSong.

•DragtheMRproject(theentireMRprojectfolder)thatyouwanttoregisterintothesonglist.

Alternatively,youcanclicktheMenubuttonand select[File]‐[AddAudioFiles...]andthenchoosetheMRProj‐

ectbyselectingthe.pr

jf

ilefromwithinthefolder.

WhentheLibrarySonglistisdisplayed,theMRprojectisregisteredtotheLibraryassongs.

WhenaPlaylistisdisplayed,theMRprojectisregisteredtotheselectedPlaylistaswellastothe Library.

SimplyregisteringanMRprojectintheAudioGatelibrarydoesnotcreateaba

kupofthefile.Werecommend

thatyoumakeacopybeforehandofprojectsrecordedonaKorgMRSeriestotheharddiskofyourcomputer.

drag & drop

Registering an Audio File

AudiofilescanberegisteredasSongsforusewithAudioGate.AnyfileinoneofthemanyformatswhichAudio‐

GatesupportscanbeimportedandregisteredasaSong(seepage56).

• Dragtheaudiofilethatyouwanttoregisterintothesonglist.

Alternativ ely,youcansimplyclicktheMenubuttonandselect[File]‐[AddAudioFiles...].

WhentheLibrarySonglistisdisplayed,theaudiofileisregisteredtotheLibraryassongs.

WhenaPlaylistisdisplayed,theaudiofileisregisteredtotheselectedPlaylistaswellastotheLibrary.

 WhentheLibrarySonglistisdisplayed,youcannotregisteraSongthathasalreadybeenregistered.Yo

uare

ignoredwhenitdrag‐and‐drop.

Registering an iTunes Song

YouriTunessongscanalsoberegisteredintotheAudioGateLibrary.

1. Clickthemenubuttontoselect[File]‐[AddiTunessongs].

2. TheselectediTunessong(s)isnowregisteredintotheLibrary.

YouriTunessongswillonlyberegisteredintotheAudioGateLibrarywhentheyareselectedusingtheproce‐

duredescribedabove[AddiTunessongs].ASongalreadyregister

edinthelibrarywillnotregisteredindupli‐

cate.

Registering a new Recording

WhenrecordingusingAudioGate,assoonasrecordinghasstopped,thenewrecordingwillbeautomaticallyregis‐

teredintotheAudioGateLibraryaswellasintothecurrentPlaylist.

drag & drop

Selecting a Registered Song

IntheSonglistarea,simplyclickontheSong.

TheselectedSongwillbedisplayedinbold.

Toselectmultiplesongs,hold downtheCtrlkey(Mac:Commandkey)andwhileclickingindividuallyoneach

Songyouwishtoselect.

Removing a Song

Movethemousepointerontothetargetedsong,andclicktheContextMenuiconthatappearsontherightsideof

theTitletoselectthe[RemoveSongs]option.

Alternatively,youcanselect[File]‐[RemoveSongs]byclickingtheMenubutton.

Youcanalso accessthe[RemoveSongs] optionbyright‐clickingonthesel

ection(W

indows)orcontrol‐clicking

(Mac).

Removingsongsdeletesthesongsfromtheplaylist.Inaddition,removingthesongsfromtheplaylistdoesnot

deletethesongsfromthelibrary.

Sorting the Songlist.

SongsintheSonglistcanbequicklysortedbyTitle,Time,Artist,Album,Genre orFormat.Simplyclickonthesec‐

tionheadingsatthetopofthelist.TheSongswillbesortedinAlphabeticalorNu mericalascendingorder.Clicking

ontheheadingasecondtimewillreversethesortorder.

Selected Song

Using Playlists

BycreatingaPlaylist,you cangrouptogetheryourfavoriteSongsregisteredtotheAudioGateLibrarybytheme,

genre,artist,etc.Onceyou’vecreatedaPlaylist,youcanadd,remove,sortandselectindividualsongs,justasinthe

Library.

WhenyouregisteraSongintothePlaylistthathasnotyetbeenr

egisteredint

otheLi brary,theSongwillbeauto‐

maticallyregisteredintotheLibraryaswellasthePlaylist.

WhenSonginformationisupdatedforaSongthatʹsinaPlaylist,theSonginformationwillbeupdatedinthe

Library,soanyotherplaylistsinwhichthesongisregisteredar

ealsoupdat

ed.

Creating a new Empty Playlist

1. ClicktheSidebarDisplaybuttonattheupperleftcorneroftheSonglist.

2. ThePlaylistbarwillappear.Clickthe+buttonintherightcorner.

AnewPlaylistnamed“Playlist”willappear.

3. TochangethePlaylistname,clickonthenamesection.

Ifyoudonotchangethename,newPlaylistswi

llbename

d[Playlistn],withnbeinganumberthatautomatically

increasesby1witheachPlaylistcreated.

4. ClickLibraryabovethePlaylistbartodisplaytheSongsregisteredintheLibrary.

5. SelectSongsintheLibrarytoregisterthemintothePlaylistdisplayedinthesidebar.

Movethe mouse pointer onto the song, and click th

e Context Menu icon

 displayed to the  right of the Title to

selectthe[AddtoPlaylist]functionandregistertheSongtothePlaylist.

Toselectmultiplesongs,holddowntheCtrlkey(Mac:Commandkey)andclick.

Youcanalsoselectthe[AddtoPlaylist

]function

toregistertheSongbyright‐clicking(Windows)orcontrol‐

clicking(Mac).

6. WhenyouselectaPlaylistdisplayedunderthePlaylistbar,theSongsregisteredtothatPlaylistwillappearin

theSonglist.

Side bar

Display button

Context

menu icon

Side bar

Display button

Side bar

Play List bar

Creating a new Playlist by Selecting a Song

MovethemousepointerontotheSongintheSonglist,andclicktheContextMenuicondisplayedontherightside

oftheTitletoselectthe[NewPlaylistfromSelection]function.

Youcanalsoselectandregisterthe[NewPlaylistfromSelection]byright‐clicking(Windows)orcontrol‐clicking

(Mac).

Sorting the Playlist

SongsinaPlaylistcanbesortedusingthesamemethodsusedtosorttheSongsintheLibrarySonglist(seepage9).

Inaddition,selectingasongenablesthedraggingandsortingofSongstoachievethedesiredorder.

Removing, Exporting, and Writing a Playlist to Disc

Right‐click(control‐clickfortheMac)onthenameofthePlaylistyouwishtoremove,andselectRemoveSelected

Playlist.ExportandBurnDisccanbechosenaswell.Formoreinformationontheotherchoicesseepage38(Export)

and/orpage46(BurnDisc).

RemovingthePlaylistdeletestheregisteredin

format

ionoftheSongsinthe selectedPlaylistonly. Thesesame

SongswillremainregisteredintheLibrarySonglistandinanyotherPlaylistsinwhichtheyappear.

Playing Songs

UsingAudioGate,youcanplaybackanySong thathasbeenregisteredintheLibrary Songlist.Thisprovidesause‐

fulway to playback Songs  of any format supported in AudioGate(includes1‐bitaudioformat)inthesamesam‐

plingfrequency,tocheckthefilecontentsortosetaneditingpoint(s

eepage36).

Thepl

aybackprovidedbyAudioGateis a convenientfeaturethatutilizes a high‐speed filter and direct 1‐bit

DSD output. In order to experience the exceptional fidelity provided by 1‐bit audio, please use the Korg DS‐

DACSeries,acertifiedUSBaudiodevice,orade

vicetha

tsupports1‐bitaudio,suchastheKorgMRSeries.

InAudioGate,thecurrentlyselected Songtitleisindicatedbya Playback/Pauseicontotheleftsideofthetit le.

Theartistname,title,andalbumnamerelatedtotheCurrentSongwillappearintheuppersectionoftheVi

ewer

Display.ThecurrentpositionintheplaybackoftheSongcanbeseenintheTimeInformation.(

Referto“Con‐

tentsoftheUpperViewerDisplay”onpage14.)

Playing Back a Song

Double‐clickonanySongintheSonglisttomakeittheCurrentSong.Playbackwillbeginautomatically.

Ifyou experience problemswithplayback—forexampleifthereisnosoundor if there arefrequentclicksor

popsintheplayback—pleasereferto“Au d io DeviceSettings”onpage16.

Play/Pause

Icon

Double-click the song

you want to play

Transport Controls

TheseTransportButtonscanbeusedtocontroltheAudioGateplaybackfunctions.

Alternatively,youcanselect[Controls]byclickingontheMenubutton.



Therecordbuttoncannotbeusedduringplayback.

ControllerName Function

Play/Pausebutton SwitchestheCurrentSongbetweenthepauseandplaybackmodes.

Stopbutton StopstheplaybackoftheCurrentSong,andre

turnsthecurrentposition

backtothebeginning

oftheSong.

FFbutton TappingthisbuttonadvancesthecurrentpositiontothenextMarklocation.Ifthereisnonext

Mark,thecurrentpositionwillAdvancetothenextSongintheSonglist.Byholdingthisbut‐

tondown,youcanfast‐forwardtheplaybackpoint.

REWbutton

apping this buttonreturnthe current position totheprevious Marklocation.Ifthere is no

previousMark,thecurrentpositionwillreturntothestartoftheSong.Byholdingthisbutton

down,youcanrewindtheplaybackpoint.

Tobutton Ifyouclickthiswhilepaused,atwo‐secondregionendingatthecurr

entposition

willplay.

Frombutton Ifyouclickthiswhilepaused,atwo‐secondregionstartingfromthecurrentpositionwillplay.

Playbackpoint Thecurrentpositionisindicatedbywherethewaveformdisplaychangescolor.Tochangethe

currentplaybacklocationyoucaneitherclickdirectlyonthewaveform,or

slidetheindicator

leftorright.

Edit/Recording View

Player View

REW

Play/Pause

Playback point

FromFFREWTo

Play/Pause

Playback point

Stop

Record

Contents of the Upper Viewer Display

Thetophalfofthedisplay(upperViewerDisplay)providesimportantinformationrelatedtotheCurrentSong.

Item Information

SampleRateof

theAudioDevice

Thesamplerateoftheaudiodeviceisshown.TheCurrentSongisconvertedto

thissamplerateinrealtimeasitplays.

Artist IndicatesthenameoftheartistrelatedtotheCurrentSong.

Title

IndicatesthenameoftheCurrentSong.

Album IndicatesthenameofthealbumrelatedtotheCurrentSong.

SearchWindow YoucansearchtheLibrarySonglistbyAll,Title,Artist,orAlbum.

ClickthemagnifierMarktotheleftsideofthesearchwindowtosearch

Whensel

ectingAl

l,thesearchisexecutedusingalloftheitems(Title,Artistand

Album).IftheSonglistdatacontainsthesearcheditems,theSongsmeetingthis

searchcriteriawillbedisplayed.

Format Indicatesthefileformat,numberofchannels,samplerate,andbitdepthofthe

CurrentSong.Whenplayingfileswithirrev

ersiblecompre

ssion,the“bitdepth”

iconwillshowthe“bitrate”(e.g.,128kbps).

TimeInformation Thecurrentplaybackpositionand theoveralltimeoftheCurrentSongaredis‐

played.

Sample Rate of the Audio Device

Title

Artist

Album

Format

Time Information

Artist

Album

Format

Search Window

Sample Rate of the Audio Device

Search Window

Song waveform display L

Song waveform display R

Song waveform display

Direct Locate

Thisfeatureallowsyoutoaccurately specifythecurrentpositiondirectlyfromthekeyboard.

1. WhileaSongisplayingorstopped,clicktheTimeInformationindicator.

2. Thecounterwillbecomeaneditablefield.Fromthekeyboard,enterthenewcounterposition(e.g.,2:30).

Youmayomitthecolon(:)andsimplyenter“230”(interpretedas“2:30”)or

“1204”(interpretedas“12:04”).

3. PresstheEnterkey onthekeyboard.

Notethatthecurrentpositionhaschanged.

Repeat Mode

TheRepeatfeaturehasthreesettings:RepeattheentirePlaylist,RepeattheCurrentSong,andOff(norepeat).Each

timeyouclickontheRepeaticon,itwilladvancetothenextsettingintheorderlistedabove.

RepeatModeisavailableduringplaybackonly(PlayView).

Shuffle Mode

TheShufflefeatureplaysSongsinashuffledorder.ClickontheShuffleicontoturntheShufflemodeOnandOff.

RepeatModeisavailableduringplaybackonly(PlayView).

Click

Audio Device Settings

ToaccessyourAudioDevicesettings,clickontheSampleRateindicatorintheupperViewerDisplay.

IftheSongdoesnotplaycorrectly,pleasecheckthesesettingstomakesurethateachitemisconfiguredproperly.In

addition,youcanalsoclicktheMenubuttonandselect[Edit]‐[Preferences...]todisplaythesetti

ngsoftheAu

dio

Device.Thisisalsowheretherecordinginputdeviceandsamplerateparametersareset.

AfastCPUisrequiredforstableplaybackof1‐bitaudiofilesdirectly,orreal‐timeconversionfromPCMto1‐bit

audiofiles.Ifanyskipornoiseoccursfrequ

ntlyduringplayback,adjustingthebuffersizemayhelpimprove

theperformance.ToavoiderrorsduetoCPUoverloadduringrecording,werecommendthatyousetthistothe

maximumvalue.

Thisiswhereinputdevicesandthesampleratetobeusedforrecordingareset.

Input/output devices for KORG products

*1: Input devices for DS-DAC-100, DS-DAC-100m, and DS-DAC-10 cannot be configured.

*2: DS-DAC-10R and Nu I are sold only in Japan.

Ifthedevicedoesnotsupportthesamplerateforthesong,thesongwillbeplayedbackwhilebeingconverted

inrealtimeusingtheoptimumalgorithm,atthehighestPCMsamplerateforthatdevice.

Drivertype Outputdevicename/inputdevicename*1 NameofsupportedKORGproduct

ASIO(Win) KORGExASIODriver NuI*2

KORG2ch1bitAu

dioDevice DS‐DAC‐10R

KORGUSBAudioDeviceDriver DS‐DAC‐100,DS‐DAC‐100m,DS‐DAC‐10*2

CoreAudio(Mac) KORGExAudioDevice NuI*2

KORG2ch1bitAudioDevice DS‐DAC‐10R

KORGUSBAudioDeviceDriver DS‐DAC‐100,DS‐DAC‐100m,DS‐DAC‐10*2

Click

Automatic Sample Rate Switching

AudioGate can  au tomatically switch the sample rate of the audio device to match the sample rate of the current

song.

1. Clickthedisplaysectionofthesamplerateintheaudiodevice.

YoucanalsoaccesstheseparametersbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[Edit]‐[Preferences...].

2. Clickthe[AudioDevice]tab.

3. Inthe[SampleRate]section,select[A

to].

IfthesamplerateoftheCurrentSongisnotsupportedontheaudiodevice,thesampleratewillbesettothehigh‐

estvalueofthedevice.

Ifthedevicedoesnotsupportthesamplerateforthesong,thesongwillbeplayedbackwhil

ebeingconv

erted

inrealtimeusingtheoptimumalgorithm,atthehighestPCMsamplerateforthatdevice.

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Playing Back 1-bit Audio Files Directly

WhenusingacertifieddeviceAudioGatecanplay1‐bitaudiofiles(DSDIFF,DSForWSD)directly,withoutanyPCM

conversion.

You can only use this function with KORG certifiedaudio devices such as the DS‐DAC series.Please see the

devicelistonourwebsite:

https://www.korg.com/products/audio/audiogate4/

Pleasefollowthestepsbelowwithyouraudiodeviceconnectedtoyourcomputer.

1. Clickthedisplaysectionofthesamplerateintheaudiodevice.

YoucanalsoaccesstheseparametersbyclickingtheMenubu

ttonandsel

ecting[Edit]‐[Preferences...].

2. Clickthe[AudioDevice]tab.

3. Inthe[Driv erType]section,select[ASIO](Mac[CoreAudio]).

4. Selectthecorrectaudiodeviceinthe[OutputDeviceName]section.

5. Select“Auto”on[SampleRate].

Whenplayingbackanunsupported11.2MHzfileontheKorgDS‐DACSe

ries

,thefilewillbeplayedbackwhile

beingconvertedinrealtimeusingtheoptimumalgorithmat192kHz,thehighest PCMsamplingfrequencyfor

thatdevice.

6. SelectasongfromthesonglistinDSDIFF,DSForWSDformattoplayback.

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Playback Volume Auto Adjust

ThisfeatureenablesyoutoenjoylisteningtoallSongsatnearlythesamevolumelevel,asAudioGateautomatically

adjuststheplaybackvolumeof everySong. The Playback VolumeAutoAdjustworks during playback  only, and

doesnotadjustthegainoftheaudiofileitself.

1. Clickthedisplaysectionofthesamplerateinth

eaudi

odevice.

YoucanalsoaccesstheseparametersbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[Edit]‐[Preferences...].

2. Clickthe[Other]tab.

3. Selectthesettingofthe[AutoAdjustPlaybackVolume] feature.

Off:TheAutoAdjustmentPlaybackVolumefunctionwillnotbeapplied.

Song:PlaybackvolumeofeachSongwillbeadju

ed.

Album:PlaybackvolumeofeachSong willbeadjustedwhilepreservingthevolumebalancebetweenSongsin

thealbum.

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Playing an Audio CD/DSD Disc

InadditiontoplayingtheSongsregisteredintheLibrarySonglist,AudioGatecanplaybacktheindividualtracksof

anaudioCD/DSDdisc.

Forinformationonhowtoplaybackasong,see“SongPlayback.”

YoucannotloadaDSDdiscusingadrivethatdoesnotsupportDVD.

1. Insertthediscintoyourco

mputer’sC

D/DVDdrive.

Ifanotherwindow(adifferentapplication)appears,closethatwindow.

If your computer does not detect a disc, the “No audio discsfound” message willbedisplayed.Waitfora

brieftime,andifthediscisstillnotdetected,checkwhetherthedriveiscorrectlyconnectedtoyourcomputer

andmakesuretha

tthereisno

problemwiththediscthathasbeeninserted.

2. Ifnosidebarisdisplayed,clicktheSidebarDisplaybutton.

3. WhenDiscbarisaddedtothesidebar, clickthedisplayed“AudioCD”(or“DSDdisc”).

AlistoftheSongsonthedis

cwi

llappearintheSonglist.

Atthistime,noSongsareregisteredtotheLibrarySonglist.

IftheaudioCDyouʹreinsertingintothedrivecontainsembeddedCD‐TEXTdata,oriftheDSDdisccontains

embeddedID3v2.3data,thetracktitleswillbeusedastheSongnames.

Ifyouwa

nttosaveeachtrackontheAudioCD/DSDdiscasanaudiofile,exportittothedesiredfolderonyour

computer.IfyouʹreregisteringthisintothePlaylistoreditingit,youmustregisteritintotheLibrarySonglist.

(Referto“SongRegistration”onpage7.)

Eject Disc

SelecttheDisctoejectbyright‐clicking(Windows)orcontrol‐clicking(Mac).Alternatively,youcanselect[Controls]

‐[EjectDisc]byclickingthemenubutton.

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