Live Editing How To

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Drew's Easy How To Turn-
"It Isn't Very Good."
Into
"It Is Very Good."
Remove just the N'T To Learn How to Edit.
Then You'll Know How To Edit Anything

If you can hear it, you can Record It and Edit It with the DAK Wave Editor/Recorder.

IN A NUTSHELL Don't be locked out of your sound files any more. Now your sound files are as open to you to edit, change and augment as the letters in a word or a sentence in a letter you have on your word processor. Below you'll see how to edit even a partial word. Imagine how easy it will be for you to take out Ohs, AHs and UHs and to combine parts of narrations or music with this editing power.

Here's a quick example of removing HALF A WORD from a sentence so you can see how easy it is to do. With the power of the DAK Wave & MP3 Editor PRO on your computer, there's really no limit to what you can do. In this case, I've effortlessly changed the meaning of this sentence just for fun.

Your computer is truly the most powerful recording and editing and post-production studio you can get. You really can do as much on your computer as many professional studios can do with all their fancy dedicated equipment and you can do it all with DAK's new Wave Editor/Recorder.

So while this example is just taking out part of a word, you'll do so much more. Don't worry about starting over when you're recording a song or speech if you make a mistake. Just start the measure or bar over again, NOT THE WHOLE THING. Or, start from the last paragraph or you name it. Then just paste the two parts together and nobody will ever be the wiser. You'll have the best parts from all your efforts as your final product.

And you'll have full 20-20,000Hz recording with no hum or noise. And there's so much you can do. You can effortlessly create sound on sound.

Mix from a file you already made. You can be a single voice, your own duet, trio or even chorus. It's all easy with DAK's new .WAV, MP3 and .WMA Editor/Recorder.

And by following my example below, you'll know virtually all you need to know to make any type of recording and edit anything from now on.

WHY IS THE WAVE EDITOR
LIKE A CASSETTE DECK ON STEROIDS?

Think of it this way. If you type a letter on a typewriter, you can type the words but you can't spell check, grammar check or change the words around and add or subtract words and ideas later. That's why a computer is so good. Well, duh.

It's the same with DAK's Wave & MP3 Editor and Recorder. Think of it as a cassette deck on steroids. Just like a cassette deck, you can record your music, your voice or anything you want. But that's where the similarity ends. Now you can also edit it, mix it, make it louder or softer, Fade In, Fade Out and a hundred other things you could never do on a cassette deck.

Do instant sound on sound. Mix in a 2nd voice. Mix from one file to another. Oh, and add lots of effects too. The list just goes on and on. Be a duet, a trio, a quartet or even a choir. You can have 20-20,000Hz frequency response and 100db signal to noise ratio and dynamic range; you really can make terrific recordings.

Plus, it's really easy to use because you see everything. It uses the power of your computer to allow you to access your sound files like never before outside of a very sophisticated recording studio with lots of expensive equipment and technical expertise.

Don't be locked out of your sound files any more. Now they are as open to you to edit, change and augment as the letters in a word or a sentence in a letter you have on your word processor.

OK, Let's Record The Words, "It Isn't Very Good."

OK, it really is easy to record anything. For this quick example of editing, which really took me only about 3-1/2 minutes to do, we are going to record a sentence using a microphone. Here is my sentence.

"It isn't Very Good."

Now just for fun, we are going to change the word ISN'T to IS. Here we go. Let's make the recording, Then you'll know 1) how to record, and 2) how to edit.

OK, here we go.

Arrow 1.) Make sure that microphone is selected. You would use Line In for records and cassettes and 'What You Hear' or 'Stereo Mix' to record from the Internet.

Arrow 2.) Set the recording Volume. Set it so that as you look at the Wave windows above, about 60% of the vertical space is used. Oh, and I'm recording in stereo, but for voice, you might only want to record Mono.

Arrow 3.) Click Record and do your thing. THIS IS THE ACTUAL RECORDING PROCESS.

Arrow 4.) Click Stop. You're finished with your recording. You can hear it back if you'd like by clicking the Play Arrow to the left of Record.

Wasn't recording just as easy as I said?

Oh, if you look up at the screen you really can see the words as peaks in the waves. I've superimposed the words "It isn't very good" to help you see it for the first time. But this really is how these words look as waves in the wave editor. Of course you won't really see the words, but you'll see the waves which are the same thing.

OK, Onward.

Let's Save What We've Recorded

This is even easier.

Arrow 1.) Save our work. Just Click Save As and give this file a name. It's always a good idea to save your work along the way.

Arrow 2.) You won't be using this here, but I wanted to point it out to you. Save Select is one of the real powers of the editor. When you select anything, like a track from a record, a measure from some music or a few words, you can save it as a separate file instantly by highlighting the section and just choosing Save Select As.

So Save as saves everything and Save Select saves only what's selected. Easy?

SPECIAL RECENT MENU NOTE: The editor shows you the last 6 files you've opened or saved so that you can instantly reopen them for editing.

Let's Make A Selection

OK so let's get rid of the N'T from ISN'T. It's really easy. Here's all you do.

Arrow 1.) You want to drag your mouse across the part that you want to delete. Where is it? How do you know?

Arrow 2.) You can grasp the small yellow triangles to increase or decrease the amount you've selected.

Arrow 3.) First highlight, then Click the Play Button. It will play what you have selected so you can be sure that it's exactly what you want to eliminate.

Arrow 4.) Zoom in if you want a closer look. You can zoom in to 1/4 of a second or more. So you can edit out just about anything.

It's really just that easy to find and select what you want to delete. Or if you wanted, you could save the selected part too.

Here's How To Zoom In & Out. Ah Now I See Everything.

What's this? Well my example was really short. So it was really easy to see. But I want you to know that you'll see anything you record or edit, just this easy. Here I've zoomed in on just the N'T part of Isn't. Wow, you can take out anything.

Arrow 1.) You can play just this part. Or click anywhere and play another part.

Arrow 2.) Just because you are zoomed in doesn't mean you are locked into just this part of the file. This green bar is really a handle. Grab it to go anywhere you like throughout the whole file at this zoomed in level.

Arrow 3.) I'm just showing you the waveform. You can zoom in more, play or edit any part here. Just click to deselect this part and then reselect another part if you like.

Arrow 4.) Click the Zoom- to go back to the whole file view again. Zooming in or out has no audible effect on the file. It just lets you see the part you want up close, really close.

OK, back to our task.

Let's Delete What We've Selected.

OK, so now that you've zoomed in and checked that you are happy with what you are going to delete, let's do it.

Arrow 1.) You can Click Delete Selected or you could just hit delete on your keyboard. That's it, the N'T is gone.

That's all there is to editing out a part of a word or anything. If you're just taking out an 'Ah' or 'uh' from a speech it's even easier to make your presentation totally pro.

Let's Just See What It Looks Like AFTER We Delete

After you delete, you're left with the file you wanted with the deleted part gone. There are no pops or noises added so you are safe to delete anything you like. Nobody will ever know you did it. It's precise, perfect digital editing.

Arrow 1.) This is where the Isn't was. Now it's just IS, the N'T is gone.

Arrow 2.) You can Play the section and you won't know N'T was ever there.

Arrow 3.) UNDO - But what if you don't like what you did? What if you want it back? Well use the UNDO button to go back up to 99 steps for most changes. You can sure do some pretty fancy editing with this editor.

Do It UNDO It, REDO It. Make IT 100% Perfect

This is so important I've repeated what I said above and animated the picture to show you. The main thing in digital editing is to feel free to try it. Do what you want and if you love it, keep it. Don't like it, UNDO it. Got it?

Arrow 1.) Here's the IS after I removed the N'T.

Arrow 2.) Play it to see that the IS is perfect. (It will be).

Arrow 3.) Not perfect? OK, click UNDO.

Arrow 4.) Instantly it's undone. Now you can listen to the original. But even this partial word removal is so easy and so perfect, I'm going to keep it.

Arrow 5.) So I just click the REDO button and keep what I did. Again the trick to digital is that you are free to try anything and UNDO or REDO at will

OK back to the tutorial.

Here's How To Save Your Masterpiece

Arrow 1) OK this is important. Don't click SAVE, use SAVE AS. Why? Well if you click Save, you'll write over the original. What you want to do is create a new file till you are finished with the project. Then delete any files you don't need.

And remember that you will see your last 6 saved files for easy access to your project.

Note: there will be one more screen as we give you saving options for both Wave and MP3. But just check the OK button and your file will be saved properly.

Easy Paste From File Or Live From Your Clipboard.

OK, now this is fun. Now I'm going to paste the original file with the word ISN'T back into this file that says IS so I can create the sample you heard when you clicked the listen arrow in my review.

Arrow 1.) Shows you the Paste from File selection that I'm using. Of course if you look lower you see you could mix into the file just as easily. So, if you want to add sound to your file at a specific point, then choose Paste. If you want to mix one sound over another, than choose Mix. Oh, and you can also copy and paste right into the window. So you can select and then copy without saving it to a file. Then just put your cursor where you want to paste and presto. It's pasted right there.

Arrow 2.) Gives you another whole level of very powerful control. Do you see the Dotted Yellow Line? Whenever the program is open, the dotted yellow line shows you where your cursor is and therefore your paste or mix point.

Just set this Yellow Line where you want to add the music or in this case my voice and then click Paste. It will be exactly where you want it regardless of whether it's at the beginning, middle or end. It's totally up to you.

Paste From File & Mix From File Dialog Box.

This is just a Windows dialog box. When you click the Paste From File or Mix From File you'll get this box. Just Navigate to where you have the file that you want to Paste or Mix and you'll be all set.

Arrow 1.) Either double click the file you want, in this case I called it Very Good or type it in the File Name box.

Arrow 2.) Click open and it will load into the Editor at the exact cursor point you have selected. And remember you can zoom way up to set the cursor just where you want it.

Let's Admire Our Work. Both Versions With ISN'T And WITHOUT N'T

OK we are finished. I've Pasted the Original version ahead of the FINAL version. I could have done it the other way. It doesn't matter. Wherever I put my cursor is where I will paste or mix in the new file.

Arrow 1.) Shows you the original WITH ISN'T

Arrow 2.) Shows you our 'corrected' version with IS.

With our powerful Wave & MP3 Editor/Recorder, you'll have all the power you can dream of for recording and editing all your audio from now on.

Easy Sound On Sound Too. Be A Duet, Trio Or Choir. It's Easy. Here's How.

You can be a Duet, a Trio Or a whole Choir. It's easy and here's how easy it is to do. Take your first recording. In this case I recorded myself singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat. But you can record anything and harmonize or sing counterpoint as many times as you want. You can be 100 voices if that's what you choose to do.

Anyway here's what to do. Record your first voice, song or melody. Then put your cursor exactly where you want the 2nd voice to start. See where Arrow 2 is? That's where you've put your cursor.

Now The choice is yours. If you've already recorded your 2nd voice, then just go to the Edit Menu (Arrow 1) and Choose Mix From File. Whatever you have recorded will be mixed in from the cursor onward. That's it. You're done. Remember I did tell you it was easy.

OK that's just how simple it is and you are finished. Just save your new file using Save As and give it a New Name so that if you want to make changes, your originals are still available.

OK, anyone can sing better than I can. So I'm sure your results will be much more pleasing than mine.

But, I wanted to take a minute so you'd see just how easy it is to perform really powerful recording and post production editing that before now couldn't be done outside of the recording studio.

A few last things that I want to mention.

When you are recording and saving, I always recommend that you save your interim work to your desktop. That way you don't have to go looking for it.

Also, I save using sequential numbers so I can always go back. I do this when I'm writing reviews or editing my audio or making the training videos. It's not uncommon to find my files like this.

MY Audio File
My Audio File2
My Audio File 3
My Audio File 4
And so on all the way to 15 or 20.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE save your work and do it like this so you won't loose that all important file when you are writing the great American novel, preparing that PowerPoint presentation or doing anything you don't want to have to start over and do again. Computers do crash, power failures do occur and at least in my case, mistakes are made. Save often and you'll be really glad you did.

I hope you enjoy the power of recording on your computer as much as I do. It used to require thousand of dollars in recording equipment. Now it's just your computer and our DAK MP3 & Wave Editor Recorder and you're all set.

Enjoy. . . Drew

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