WaveRobot - CLEVER LOOP EDITING _______________________________ Version History: ________________ Version 3.01 ____________ Changes: - New WaveRobot 3 operation manual included. Version 3.00 ____________ New Features: - Loop Overlay WaveRobot Wouldn’t it be great to see how the regions around the loop points in a sample match each other when moving loop markers? WaveRobot 3 can overlay the dedicated regions in all zoom settings. You will find the "Loop Overlay" button in the Display section of WaveRobot underneath the marker buttons. - Autogain SampleRobot/WaveRobot Some samples are really hard to loop. Mostly it is because of phase problems in the crossfade area causing the sound to gain or to drop volume. SampleRobot 3 comes with newly developed Autogain cross-fades that can compensate phase problems and optimize the level in the crossfade area. The "Autogain" function can be activated in WaveRobot in the "Loop Functions" section underneath the "BF-X- Fade Type". Autogain is also avaiolable in SampleRobot's "Multi-Sample RECORD Settings" and in the Note/Loop/Release Editor. Autogain is an option for all cross-fade types. - Preferences Menu SampleRobot/WaveRobot Length of Click/Pop Reduction Fades: Now for all exported "Note" and "Release" samples a fade-in and fade-out length can be specified in number of samples. This new export option can be used to render micro-fades into all exported samples at Note-In and Note-Out as well as Release-In and Release- Out. This function helps to avoid clicks and pops and can make attack transients smoother. It will only affect the exported samples. - "Auto-Note for all" SampleRobot/WaveRobot The transient recognition for the "Auto-Loop for all" operation in the edit menu has been optimzed. There is a new option "Set all Silence Markers equal the loaded Key-Sample's Silence Markers" in the "Auto- Note/Auto-Loop for all" dialog. If you experience Note-In markers that are not adjusted properly by SampleRobot, just increse the silence length by moving the Silence markers in WaveRobot. Then redo the Auto-Note recognition with the option above. Version 2.50 ____________ New Releases: - All SampleRobot® and WaveRobot products are now available as CAKEWALK SPECIAL EDITION download products. The SPECIAL EDITIONs are distributed via CAKEWALK online. See www.cakewalk.com for more details. The distribution of the packaged versions of all SampleRobot® and WaveRobot products is handled via ESI Audiotechnik's international distributor's network. See www.esi-audio.com for more details. New Features: - Help menu WaveRobot A new screen "Quick Help: Key Commands" was added to the help menu. On this page you will find all important editing commands and keyboard short cuts to speed up your workflow in WaveRobot. Changes: - GUI For the CAKEWALK SPECIAL EDITION all credit screens and startup windows have been changed, now including the CAKEWALK logo. - WaveRobot naming In the Information section in the lower left corner of the WaveRobot window the name Bars (Loop) was renamed to Beats (Loop). The entry field shows the beats not the bars in a loop. Version 2.40 ____________ WaveRobot (stand-alone) RELEASE! New Features: - Information display New display "Bars (Loop)" was added to the information section in the lower left corner of WaveRobot. In front of the display there is a lock button. Furthermore there was the new "Bpm (Loop)" display added underneath the Bars display. You will find a lock button for this display as well. These two displays are very helpful, if you try to loop tempo- based audio material. When the display is locked you can enter a value by right-clicking on the dedicated display. E.g. you have found a perfect loop and you want to know what tempo it is: Just count the bars of the loop and enter it in the Bars display (lock button must be active). Now the dedicated tempo is displayed in beats per minute underneath. If you now move loop markers, you will see that the tempo information will change while you drag a marker, based on the bar information that you entered. If you know the tempo of the loop it makes sense to lock the Bpm display. Now you can adjust loop markers and you will see directly how many bars are included in the loop. - File menu Two new entries were added to the file menu: "Open" loads a WAV file into WaveRobot. If the WAV file contains loop information and/or root key information those information will be used in WaveRobot. As an alternative to open a file you can simply drag a WAV file to WaveRobot's waveform window. "Save as" saves the loaded WAV file including all WaveRobot marker settings. Except from loop and root key information this additional information can only be used by WaveRobot. Use the "Render Key-Sample" option in the File menu to export edited samples for other applications. - GUI New minimize and maximize buttons were added to the window title bar. - Activation process There are two buttons "English" and "Deutsch" added to the Activation dialog. By pushing these buttons you can connect to the dedicated SampleRobot® website for product activation. - Help menu The new entry "Internet Links" was added to the Help menu. You can now directly connect to the SKYLIFE Online Shop, SampleRobot® and WaveRobot websites and to other related links like support sites and tutorial sites. - Edit menu New menu entry added: "Edit->Set Root Key" [Ctrl+K] With this option you can manually set a root key for the loaded sample. - File handling You can open a Wave file by simply dragging and dropping it onto WaveRobot's waveform display. If there is a sample already loaded before this operation, the message box "Discard changes of loaded Sample?" appears. Click on "Cancel" to abort loading. Changes: - View/Display Menu The menu entries "View/Display->WaveRobot's Window->*" are greyed out. These function only makes sense in conjunction with SampleRobot®. - Edit Menu The menu entry "Edit->Auto-Note/Auto-Loop for all" is greyed out. These function only makes sense in conjunction with SampleRobot®. - Program startup New startup screen added. Known Issues: - Autogain feature not included yet. _____________________________________ Copyright (C) 2005-2008 SKYLIFE MUSIC www.samplerobot.com www.samplerobot.de www.waverobot.com www.waverobot.de www.skylife.de