Korg DS-DAC-100m User guide

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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
3
Introduction
WelcometotheKorgAudioGateHighResolutionMusicPlayer.
AudioGateisanadvancedmusicplayerand audiorecorder,aswellasaflexiblefileconversionapplication.Bestof
all,AudioGate is fully compatiblewith 1bitDSD audio.When Installed on your computer, AudioGatecan play,
manage,andconverttheformatofyo
urdi
gitalaudiofilessothatyoucanenjoyhearingthemreproducedwiththe
highest levels of clarity—including direct playback of 1bit digital audio files. Combined with certified audio
devices—suchastheKorgDSDACSeries—AudioGateallowsthedirectrecordingof1bitaudiodata.
Inaddition,AudioGateallowsprojectsorfi
lescr
eatedusingtheKorgMRSeriesofDSD1bitrecorders,DSDAC
10R,orNuI*tobeconvertedintoanyaudiofileformatyouchooseforexportortocreateanaudioCDorDSDdisc.
Convenientfileeditingfeaturesincludingcut,fade,andnormalizeaddprofessionaledgetoyo
urfi
nishedproduct.
Pleasenotethatregardlessofformat,eachaudioelementinanAudioGateSonglistisreferredtoasaSong.
*NuIissoldonlyinJapan.
4
Switching Between Views
Nearlyallof theAudioGatefeaturesandfunctionsareaccesseddirectlyfromtheViews.ThePlayerViewprovides
access to the features related to playing an audio file or Playlist. Controls and parameters related to editing or
recordinganaudiofileareavailableintheEdit/RecordingView.Toswitchbetweenviews,simplyclickontheEdi
t
bu
ttonatthetopofthescreen.TheviewcanalsobechangedbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[View]—
[SwitchView].ThesizeoftheViewcanbefreelychangedlikeacommonwindowframe.
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
5
The Songlist
TheSonglistsectionlocatedinthelowerhalfofthescreenwilldisplayeitherinformationabouttheSongs(audio
files)registeredintheAudioGateLibrary(seepage7),ortheSongsinthecurrentlyselectedPlaylist(seepage10).
ClicktheSidebarDisplaybuttontoopentheLibrary/Playlistselectionscreen.
Master Volume/Input Level
TheMasterVolume/InputLevelsliderscanbeadjustedbysimplydraggingthemupanddown.
Playback/Master Volume:
In addition to the playback Gain settings saved individually (see page 29) with each song, AudioGate offers an
adjustableMasterVolumecontrolforplayback.
Recording/Input Level:
WhentheKorgDSDAC10Risconnected,duringrecording(evenwhenpaused)andinp
u
tmonitoringthiscontrol
willdeterminetheinputleveloftheDSDAC10R.
Input Monitor Settings
UsetheInputMonitorsettingstosetyourinputlevelsandto monitortheaudioinputasyourecord.Clickthe
InputMonitorSettingsbuttonwhenstoppedtomonitortheinputdevicesound.Clickthebuttonagaintocancel
settingtheinputmonitor.
Peak/Level Meter and Clip Indicator
Player View:
Duringsongplaybackandduringexport,theAudioGateLevelMetershowsthepeakvaluesoftheoutputdata—
followinganysamplerateconversion.
Edit/Recording View:
When configuring the input monitor settings and when recording (including pause), the Level Meter shows the
leveloftheincomingaudiosignal.WhenusinganNuIorDSDAC10
Randthephono
equalizerforrecordingis
selectedintherecordingsettings,thelevelofthesignalaftergoingthroughthephonoequalizerwillbeshown.
Whentheincomingaudiosignallevelistoohigh,clippingmayoccurandcouldadverselyaffectyoursound.Inthis
casetheClipindi
catorwi
lllight,andyou shouldreadjust theinputlevel,oradjusttheoutputleveloftheaudio
source.TheclipindicatorisonlydisplayedintheEdit/RecordingView.
6
Using the Peak/Clip Hold Function
TheAudioGatelevelmeterisequippedwithapeakholdfunctionandaclipindicatorholdfunction.Thisfeat ure
allowsyoutoeasilyseethehighestinputlevelwithoutconstantlyobserving the meters. Youcansetholddurati on
ofpeakandclip—thelengthoftimedisplayedbeforereset—separately.
Hereʹshow:
1. Rightclick(M
ac:Control+
click)thelevelmeter.
2. Choose[PeakHoldDurationofLevelmeter]or[HoldDurationofClipIndicator]andselectthedesiredtime
fromtheoptionsshown.
ThisfunctioncanalsobeaccessedbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[View]‐[PeakHoldDurationofLevel
meter]or[HoldDurationofClipIndicator].
Clearing the Peak Hold and Clip Indicators Manually
ClickingonthelevelmeterwhenitisinusewillimmediatelyclearthePeakHoldandClipindicators.
AudioGate Information
ClicktheMenubuttonandselect[Help]todisplaythelatestinformationaboutAudioGate.
7
Registering Files and Projects
InorderforAudioGateto workwiththeaudiofiles andMRprojects(createdusingaKORG MR Seriesrecorder)
savedonyourcomputer,theymustfirstberegisteredwiththeAudioGateLibrary.
EachregistereditemisreferredtoasaSong.
RegisteringaSongdoesnotcreateacopyofthe fi
leinAu
dioGate.Instead,fileinformationneededtoworkas
the Song in AudioGate is registered. Before you proceed, we recommend tha t projects recorded on your MR
Seriesunitbecopiedtothe harddriveofyourcomputer.
WhenmanySongsareregisteredatatime,itwilltaketi me for themtoappearintheSonglist.Inaddition,the
Songwa
ve
formdisplayrequirestimetobeanalyzedduringregistration,sotheSongwaveformmayalsotakea
whiletoappear.
Song Registration
Registering an MR project
WhenregisteringdatathatwascreatedonaKorgMRSeriesdigitalrecorder,itispossibletoregisterjusttheaudio
file.However,itisbestpracticetoregister the entireMRproject.Thisway,AudioGatecanalsoaccess any Marks
thatwereaddedduringrecording,anddividedaudiofileswillbeau
tomaticallyjoinedsotha
ttheycanbehandled
asasingleSong.
•DragtheMRproject(theentireMRprojectfolder)thatyouwanttoregisterintothesonglist.
Alternatively,youcanclicktheMenubuttonand select[File]‐[AddAudioFiles...]andthenchoosetheMRProj
ectbyselectingthe.pr
jf
ilefromwithinthefolder.
WhentheLibrarySonglistisdisplayed,theMRprojectisregisteredtotheLibraryassongs.
WhenaPlaylistisdisplayed,theMRprojectisregisteredtotheselectedPlaylistaswellastothe Library.
SimplyregisteringanMRprojectintheAudioGatelibrarydoesnotcreateaba
c
kupofthefile.Werecommend
thatyoumakeacopybeforehandofprojectsrecordedonaKorgMRSeriestotheharddiskofyourcomputer.
drag & drop
8
Registering an Audio File
AudiofilescanberegisteredasSongsforusewithAudioGate.AnyfileinoneofthemanyformatswhichAudio
GatesupportscanbeimportedandregisteredasaSong(seepage56).
Dragtheaudiofilethatyouwanttoregisterintothesonglist.
Alternativ ely,youcansimplyclicktheMenubuttonandselect[File]‐[AddAudioFiles...].
WhentheLibrarySonglistisdisplayed,theaudiofileisregisteredtotheLibraryassongs.
WhenaPlaylistisdisplayed,theaudiofileisregisteredtotheselectedPlaylistaswellastotheLibrary.
WhentheLibrarySonglistisdisplayed,youcannotregisteraSongthathasalreadybeenregistered.Yo
uare
ignoredwhenitdraganddrop.
Registering an iTunes Song
YouriTunessongscanalsoberegisteredintotheAudioGateLibrary.
1. Clickthemenubuttontoselect[File]‐[AddiTunessongs].
2. TheselectediTunessong(s)isnowregisteredintotheLibrary.
YouriTunessongswillonlyberegisteredintotheAudioGateLibrarywhentheyareselectedusingtheproce
duredescribedabove[AddiTunessongs].ASongalreadyregister
edinthelibrarywillnotregisteredindupli
cate.
Registering a new Recording
WhenrecordingusingAudioGate,assoonasrecordinghasstopped,thenewrecordingwillbeautomaticallyregis
teredintotheAudioGateLibraryaswellasintothecurrentPlaylist.
drag & drop
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Selecting a Registered Song
IntheSonglistarea,simplyclickontheSong.
TheselectedSongwillbedisplayedinbold.
Toselectmultiplesongs,hold downtheCtrlkey(Mac:Commandkey)andwhileclickingindividuallyoneach
Songyouwishtoselect.
Removing a Song
Movethemousepointerontothetargetedsong,andclicktheContextMenuiconthatappearsontherightsideof
theTitletoselectthe[RemoveSongs]option.
Alternatively,youcanselect[File]‐[RemoveSongs]byclickingtheMenubutton.
Youcanalso accessthe[RemoveSongs] optionbyrightclickingonthesel
ection(W
indows)orcontrolclicking
(Mac).
Removingsongsdeletesthesongsfromtheplaylist.Inaddition,removingthesongsfromtheplaylistdoesnot
deletethesongsfromthelibrary.
Sorting the Songlist.
SongsintheSonglistcanbequicklysortedbyTitle,Time,Artist,Album,Genre orFormat.Simplyclickonthesec
tionheadingsatthetopofthelist.TheSongswillbesortedinAlphabeticalorNu mericalascendingorder.Clicking
ontheheadingasecondtimewillreversethesortorder.
Selected Song
10
Using Playlists
BycreatingaPlaylist,you cangrouptogetheryourfavoriteSongsregisteredtotheAudioGateLibrarybytheme,
genre,artist,etc.Onceyou’vecreatedaPlaylist,youcanadd,remove,sortandselectindividualsongs,justasinthe
Library.
WhenyouregisteraSongintothePlaylistthathasnotyetbeenr
egisteredint
otheLi brary,theSongwillbeauto
maticallyregisteredintotheLibraryaswellasthePlaylist.
WhenSonginformationisupdatedforaSongthatʹsinaPlaylist,theSonginformationwillbeupdatedinthe
Library,soanyotherplaylistsinwhichthesongisregisteredar
ealsoupdat
ed.
Creating a new Empty Playlist
1. ClicktheSidebarDisplaybuttonattheupperleftcorneroftheSonglist.
2. ThePlaylistbarwillappear.Clickthe+buttonintherightcorner.
AnewPlaylistnamed“Playlist”willappear.
3. TochangethePlaylistname,clickonthenamesection.
Ifyoudonotchangethename,newPlaylistswi
llbename
d[Playlistn],withnbeinganumberthatautomatically
increasesby1witheachPlaylistcreated.
4. ClickLibraryabovethePlaylistbartodisplaytheSongsregisteredintheLibrary.
5. SelectSongsintheLibrarytoregisterthemintothePlaylistdisplayedinthesidebar.
Movethe mouse pointer onto the song, and click th
e Context Menu icon
displayed to the right of the Title to
selectthe[AddtoPlaylist]functionandregistertheSongtothePlaylist.
Toselectmultiplesongs,holddowntheCtrlkey(Mac:Commandkey)andclick.
Youcanalsoselectthe[AddtoPlaylist
]function
toregistertheSongbyrightclicking(Windows)orcontrol
clicking(Mac).
6. WhenyouselectaPlaylistdisplayedunderthePlaylistbar,theSongsregisteredtothatPlaylistwillappearin
theSonglist.
Side bar
Display button
Context
menu icon
Side bar
Display button
Side bar
Play List bar
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Creating a new Playlist by Selecting a Song
MovethemousepointerontotheSongintheSonglist,andclicktheContextMenuicondisplayedontherightside
oftheTitletoselectthe[NewPlaylistfromSelection]function.
Youcanalsoselectandregisterthe[NewPlaylistfromSelection]byrightclicking(Windows)orcontrolclicking
(Mac).
Sorting the Playlist
SongsinaPlaylistcanbesortedusingthesamemethodsusedtosorttheSongsintheLibrarySonglist(seepage9).
Inaddition,selectingasongenablesthedraggingandsortingofSongstoachievethedesiredorder.
Removing, Exporting, and Writing a Playlist to Disc
Rightclick(controlclickfortheMac)onthenameofthePlaylistyouwishtoremove,andselectRemoveSelected
Playlist.ExportandBurnDisccanbechosenaswell.Formoreinformationontheotherchoicesseepage38(Export)
and/orpage46(BurnDisc).
RemovingthePlaylistdeletestheregisteredin
format
ionoftheSongsinthe selectedPlaylistonly. Thesesame
SongswillremainregisteredintheLibrarySonglistandinanyotherPlaylistsinwhichtheyappear.
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Playing Songs
UsingAudioGate,youcanplaybackanySong thathasbeenregisteredintheLibrary Songlist.Thisprovidesause
fulway to playback Songs of any format supported in AudioGate(includes1bitaudioformat)inthesamesam
plingfrequency,tocheckthefilecontentsortosetaneditingpoint(s
eepage36).
Thepl
aybackprovidedbyAudioGateis a convenientfeaturethatutilizes a highspeed filter and direct 1bit
DSD output. In order to experience the exceptional fidelity provided by 1bit audio, please use the Korg DS
DACSeries,acertifiedUSBaudiodevice,orade
vicetha
tsupports1bitaudio,suchastheKorgMRSeries.
InAudioGate,thecurrentlyselected Songtitleisindicatedbya Playback/Pauseicontotheleftsideofthetit le.
Theartistname,title,andalbumnamerelatedtotheCurrentSongwillappearintheuppersectionoftheVi
ewer
Display.ThecurrentpositionintheplaybackoftheSongcanbeseenintheTimeInformation.(
Referto“Con
tentsoftheUpperViewerDisplay”onpage14.)
Playing Back a Song
DoubleclickonanySongintheSonglisttomakeittheCurrentSong.Playbackwillbeginautomatically.
Ifyou experience problemswithplayback—forexampleifthereisnosoundor if there arefrequentclicksor
popsintheplayback—pleasereferto“Au d io DeviceSettings”onpage16.
Play/Pause
Icon
Double-click the song
you want to play
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Transport Controls
TheseTransportButtonscanbeusedtocontroltheAudioGateplaybackfunctions.
Alternatively,youcanselect[Controls]byclickingontheMenubutton.
Therecordbuttoncannotbeusedduringplayback.
ControllerName Function
Play/Pausebutton SwitchestheCurrentSongbetweenthepauseandplaybackmodes.
Stopbutton StopstheplaybackoftheCurrentSong,andre
turnsthecurrentposition
backtothebeginning
oftheSong.
FFbutton TappingthisbuttonadvancesthecurrentpositiontothenextMarklocation.Ifthereisnonext
Mark,thecurrentpositionwillAdvancetothenextSongintheSonglist.Byholdingthisbut
tondown,youcanfastforwardtheplaybackpoint.
REWbutton
T
apping this buttonreturnthe current position totheprevious Marklocation.Ifthere is no
previousMark,thecurrentpositionwillreturntothestartoftheSong.Byholdingthisbutton
down,youcanrewindtheplaybackpoint.
Tobutton Ifyouclickthiswhilepaused,atwosecondregionendingatthecurr
entposition
willplay.
Frombutton Ifyouclickthiswhilepaused,atwosecondregionstartingfromthecurrentpositionwillplay.
Playbackpoint Thecurrentpositionisindicatedbywherethewaveformdisplaychangescolor.Tochangethe
currentplaybacklocationyoucaneitherclickdirectlyonthewaveform,or
slidetheindicator
leftorright.
Edit/Recording View
Player View
FF
REW
Play/Pause
Playback point
FromFFREWTo
Play/Pause
Playback point
Stop
Record
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Contents of the Upper Viewer Display
Thetophalfofthedisplay(upperViewerDisplay)providesimportantinformationrelatedtotheCurrentSong.
Item Information
SampleRateof
theAudioDevice
Thesamplerateoftheaudiodeviceisshown.TheCurrentSongisconvertedto
thissamplerateinrealtimeasitplays.
Artist IndicatesthenameoftheartistrelatedtotheCurrentSong.
Title
IndicatesthenameoftheCurrentSong.
Album IndicatesthenameofthealbumrelatedtotheCurrentSong.
SearchWindow YoucansearchtheLibrarySonglistbyAll,Title,Artist,orAlbum.
ClickthemagnifierMarktotheleftsideofthesearchwindowtosearch
Whensel
ectingAl
l,thesearchisexecutedusingalloftheitems(Title,Artistand
Album).IftheSonglistdatacontainsthesearcheditems,theSongsmeetingthis
searchcriteriawillbedisplayed.
Format Indicatesthefileformat,numberofchannels,samplerate,andbitdepthofthe
CurrentSong.Whenplayingfileswithirrev
ersiblecompre
ssion,the“bitdepth”
iconwillshowthe“bitrate”(e.g.,128kbps).
TimeInformation Thecurrentplaybackpositionand theoveralltimeoftheCurrentSongaredis
played.
Sample Rate of the Audio Device
Title
Title
Artist
Album
Format
Time Information
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
15
Direct Locate
Thisfeatureallowsyoutoaccurately specifythecurrentpositiondirectlyfromthekeyboard.
1. WhileaSongisplayingorstopped,clicktheTimeInformationindicator.
2. Thecounterwillbecomeaneditablefield.Fromthekeyboard,enterthenewcounterposition(e.g.,2:30).
Youmayomitthecolon(:)andsimplyenter“230”(interpretedas“2:30”)or
“1204”(interpretedas“12:04”).
3. PresstheEnterkey onthekeyboard.
Notethatthecurrentpositionhaschanged.
Repeat Mode
TheRepeatfeaturehasthreesettings:RepeattheentirePlaylist,RepeattheCurrentSong,andOff(norepeat).Each
timeyouclickontheRepeaticon,itwilladvancetothenextsettingintheorderlistedabove.
RepeatModeisavailableduringplaybackonly(PlayView).
Shuffle Mode
TheShufflefeatureplaysSongsinashuffledorder.ClickontheShuffleicontoturntheShufflemodeOnandOff.
RepeatModeisavailableduringplaybackonly(PlayView).
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Audio Device Settings
ToaccessyourAudioDevicesettings,clickontheSampleRateindicatorintheupperViewerDisplay.
IftheSongdoesnotplaycorrectly,pleasecheckthesesettingstomakesurethateachitemisconfiguredproperly.In
addition,youcanalsoclicktheMenubuttonandselect[Edit]‐[Preferences...]todisplaythesetti
ngsoftheAu
dio
Device.Thisisalsowheretherecordinginputdeviceandsamplerateparametersareset.
AfastCPUisrequiredforstableplaybackof1bitaudiofilesdirectly,orrealtimeconversionfromPCMto1bit
audiofiles.Ifanyskipornoiseoccursfrequ
e
ntlyduringplayback,adjustingthebuffersizemayhelpimprove
theperformance.ToavoiderrorsduetoCPUoverloadduringrecording,werecommendthatyousetthistothe
maximumvalue.
Thisiswhereinputdevicesandthesampleratetobeusedforrecordingareset.
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.
Ifthedevicedoesnotsupportthesamplerateforthesong,thesongwillbeplayedbackwhilebeingconverted
inrealtimeusingtheoptimumalgorithm,atthehighestPCMsamplerateforthatdevice.
Drivertype Outputdevicename/inputdevicename*1 NameofsupportedKORGproduct
ASIO(Win) KORGExASIODriver NuI*2
KORG2ch1bitAu
dioDevice DSDAC10R
KORGUSBAudioDeviceDriver DSDAC100,DSDAC100m,DSDAC10*2
CoreAudio(Mac) KORGExAudioDevice NuI*2
KORG2ch1bitAudioDevice DSDAC10R
KORGUSBAudioDeviceDriver DSDAC100,DSDAC100m,DSDAC10*2
Click
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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. Clickthedisplaysectionofthesamplerateintheaudiodevice.
YoucanalsoaccesstheseparametersbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[Edit]‐[Preferences...].
2. Clickthe[AudioDevice]tab.
3. Inthe[SampleRate]section,select[A
u
to].
IfthesamplerateoftheCurrentSongisnotsupportedontheaudiodevice,thesampleratewillbesettothehigh
estvalueofthedevice.
Ifthedevicedoesnotsupportthesamplerateforthesong,thesongwillbeplayedbackwhil
ebeingconv
erted
inrealtimeusingtheoptimumalgorithm,atthehighestPCMsamplerateforthatdevice.
Click
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Playing Back 1-bit Audio Files Directly
WhenusingacertifieddeviceAudioGatecanplay1bitaudiofiles(DSDIFF,DSForWSD)directly,withoutanyPCM
conversion.
You can only use this function with KORG certifiedaudio devices such as the DSDAC series.Please see the
devicelistonourwebsite:
https://www.korg.com/products/audio/audiogate4/
Pleasefollowthestepsbelowwithyouraudiodeviceconnectedtoyourcomputer.
1. Clickthedisplaysectionofthesamplerateintheaudiodevice.
YoucanalsoaccesstheseparametersbyclickingtheMenubu
ttonandsel
ecting[Edit]‐[Preferences...].
2. Clickthe[AudioDevice]tab.
3. Inthe[Driv erType]section,select[ASIO](Mac[CoreAudio]).
4. Selectthecorrectaudiodeviceinthe[OutputDeviceName]section.
5. Select“Autoon[SampleRate].
Whenplayingbackanunsupported11.2MHzfileontheKorgDSDACSe
ries
,thefilewillbeplayedbackwhile
beingconvertedinrealtimeusingtheoptimumalgorithmat192kHz,thehighest PCMsamplingfrequencyfor
thatdevice.
6. SelectasongfromthesonglistinDSDIFF,DSForWSDformattoplayback.
Click
Click
19
Playback Volume Auto Adjust
ThisfeatureenablesyoutoenjoylisteningtoallSongsatnearlythesamevolumelevel,asAudioGateautomatically
adjuststheplaybackvolumeof everySong. The Playback VolumeAutoAdjustworks during playback only, and
doesnotadjustthegainoftheaudiofileitself.
1. Clickthedisplaysectionofthesamplerateinth
eaudi
odevice.
YoucanalsoaccesstheseparametersbyclickingtheMenubuttonandselecting[Edit]‐[Preferences...].
2. Clickthe[Other]tab.
3. Selectthesettingofthe[AutoAdjustPlaybackVolume] feature.
Off:TheAutoAdjustmentPlaybackVolumefunctionwillnotbeapplied.
Song:PlaybackvolumeofeachSongwillbeadju
st
ed.
Album:PlaybackvolumeofeachSong willbeadjustedwhilepreservingthevolumebalancebetweenSongsin
thealbum.
Click
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Playing an Audio CD/DSD Disc
InadditiontoplayingtheSongsregisteredintheLibrarySonglist,AudioGatecanplaybacktheindividualtracksof
anaudioCD/DSDdisc.
Forinformationonhowtoplaybackasong,see“SongPlayback.”
YoucannotloadaDSDdiscusingadrivethatdoesnotsupportDVD.
1. Insertthediscintoyourco
mputersC
D/DVDdrive.
Ifanotherwindow(adifferentapplication)appears,closethatwindow.
If your computer does not detect a disc, the “No audio discsfound” message willbedisplayed.Waitfora
brieftime,andifthediscisstillnotdetected,checkwhetherthedriveiscorrectlyconnectedtoyourcomputer
andmakesuretha
tthereisno
problemwiththediscthathasbeeninserted.
2. Ifnosidebarisdisplayed,clicktheSidebarDisplaybutton.
3. WhenDiscbarisaddedtothesidebar, clickthedisplayedAudioCD”(or“DSDdisc”).
AlistoftheSongsonthedis
cwi
llappearintheSonglist.
Atthistime,noSongsareregisteredtotheLibrarySonglist.
IftheaudioCDyouʹreinsertingintothedrivecontainsembeddedCDTEXTdata,oriftheDSDdisccontains
embeddedID3v2.3data,thetracktitleswillbeusedastheSongnames.
Ifyouwa
nttosaveeachtrackontheAudioCD/DSDdiscasanaudiofile,exportittothedesiredfolderonyour
computer.IfyouʹreregisteringthisintothePlaylistoreditingit,youmustregisteritintotheLibrarySonglist.
(Referto“SongRegistration”onpage7.)
Eject Disc
SelecttheDisctoejectbyrightclicking(Windows)orcontrolclicking(Mac).Alternatively,youcanselect[Controls]
‐[EjectDisc]byclickingthemenubutton.
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