GoldWave (R) v5.

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Table of Contents
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1.0 GoldWave Features
2.0 Installation, Uninstall
3.0 Important Additional Notes
4.0 Evaluation, Copyright & Distribution, Warranty
5.0 Contacting the Developer
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1.0 GoldWave Features
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GoldWave is a sound editor, player, recorder, and converter
for Windows. Use it to record audio from a microphone,
turntable, cassette deck, or Internet streams, copy songs
from CDs, or edit and restore audio.
Features:
* Multiple resizable sound windows with time axis, amplitude
axis, and overview box.
* Independent left/right channel editing and viewing
* Detailed zoom to magnify to a sub-sample level for
accurate editing
* Vertical (amplitude) zooming
* Direct editing with the mouse
* Fast non-destructive editing functions: undo, cut, copy,
paste, trim, mix, delete
* Multiple levels of undo
* Intelligent editing that automatically converts
sampling rates, bits, and channels when copying and
pasting to different file formats
* Configurable temporary storage: hard drive or RAM
* Tool bars for editing, zooming, opening files, and effects
* Status bar with configurable time and range displays
* Standard effects: echo, volume, reverse, envelope shaping,
panning, filters, resample, transpose, doppler,
dynamics, noise reduction, flange, parametric EQ,
time warp, and more
* Ability to save preset parameters and shapes for effects
* Independent and resizable Controls window with
realtime visuals, LED meters, and controls
* Play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, record,
volume, balance, and speed controls
* Realtime playback during rewind and fast forward
* Realtime waveform, spectrum, 3D bar, spectrogram,
analog meter, and more visuals
* Flexibility to choose playback/recording devices
* User configurable play control
* Configurable recording options: loop, countdown timer,
level activated, monitor
* Support for WAV, OGG, VOC, IFF, AIF, AFC, AU, SND, MP3,
MAT, DWD, SMP, VOX, SDS, AVI, MOV, WMA, FLAC, MP4, as well
as the ability to open RAW files as 8-bit, 12-bit,
16-bit, 32-bit, mu-Law, A-Law, ISDN A-Law, IEEE floating
point, ASCII text, Dialogic ADPCM
* Cue points tool with the ability to automatically split
large files into smaller CD compatible tracks
* CD Reader tool to digitally read audio from a CD
* Effect Chain Editor tool to chain effect together
* Speech conversion tool to convert text to/from audio
* Expression evaluator for any type of sound generation
and manipulation
* Complete help on all commands
* Evaluation version has no features disabled!
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2.0 Installation, Uninstall
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2.1) Installation
Download the self-install program from the website, then
run it to begin installation.
2.2) Uninstall
Use the Windows "Add or Remove Programs" feature under Control
Panel to remove GoldWave.
To manually uninstall, delete the entire GoldWave folder.
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3.0 Important Additional Notes
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3.1) Windows XP or later is required to run this version.
Do not install on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.
3.2) Video display must be configured 32-bit colour.
3.3) For MPEG Layer 3 support (MP3) you must have the
L3CODEC?.ACM codec installed, which is included with Windows.
To save MP3 files, LAME_ENC.DLL may need to be installed.
GoldWave will install that file automatically if required.
3.4) Apple QuickTime or iTunes must be installed for the QTFile
plug-in to open Movie (MOV) and iTunes (M4A) files. However
Media Foundation on Windows Vista/7 may allow M4A support too.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
3.5) Updates for GoldWave can be downloaded from the GoldWave
website:
http://www.goldwave.com
3.6) This program uses open source software. GoldWave Inc.
acknowledges and thanks the following:
* zlib library
Copyright (c) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
http://www.zlib.net
* Info-Zip unzip library (not included)
Copyright (c) 1990-2005 Info-ZIP.
http://www.info-zip.org
* Ogg Vorbis library
Copyright (c) 2005, The Xiph.Org Foundation
http://www.xiph.org
Optimized Lancer libvorbis.dll created by Blacksword
http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/
Recent version available from
http://www.rarewares.org/ogg-libraries.php
* Opus library
Copyright (c) 2001-2012 Xiph.Org, Skype Limited,
Octasic, Jean-Marc Valin, Timothy B. Terriberry,
CSIRO, Gregory Maxwell, Mark Borgerding,
Erik de Castro Lopo
* LAME module (not included)
Many contributors
http://lame.sourceforge.net/
* FLAC library
Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Josh Coalson
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
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4.0 Evaluation, Copyright & Distribution, Warranty
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4.1 Evaluation
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GoldWave is not free software. Although the evaluation
version is fully functional, the program will expire after a
reasonable amount of use. A license is required if you decide
to keep the program. To purchase a license and encourage
further development, please follow the ordering directions in
the help or on the website.
4.2 Copyright & Distribution
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GoldWave ("the package") includes the following software
and documentation:
GoldWave.exe GoldWave program file
GWSpeed.dll Accelerated multithreaded code
GoldWave.chm GoldWave help
GoldWave.htm GoldWave manual
Images (*.PNG) All images associated with the manual
GWPreset.reg Presets, settings, and shapes
ReadMe.txt Important notes/information
WhatsNew.txt A revision change history
FLACFile.pig FLAC file plug-in
OggFile.pig Ogg Vorbis file plug-in
OpusFile.pig Opus file plug-in
WMAFile.pig Windows Media Audio file plug-in
QTFile.pig QuickTime Movie and iTunes plug-in
GWVST.pig VST effect wrapper
The package is copyright (c) 2013 by GoldWave Inc.
You are prohibited from:
charging a fee or requesting donations for the package;
renting the package;
defeating evaluation limits or using unauthorized licenses;
distributing/including the package in commercial products;
sharing licenses;
modifying or reverse engineering the package.
GoldWave is a registered trademark of GoldWave Inc.
All other trademarks/registered names acknowledged.
4.2.1 Distribution of "Beta" or "Release Candidate" Versions
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Packages designated as 'beta' or 'release candidates' may NOT
be redistributed under any conditions. Such packages
are considered under development and are not suitable for
general use. Only "Release" versions may be redistributed.
4.2.2 Distribution of Release Versions
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You may copy and distribute the package through web and ftp
sites. Only the unmodified self-installing file may be
distributed or copied.
The package may be distributed on CD-ROMs and DVDs when
download sites issue discs of their collections.
The package may be distributed on cover and companion CD-ROMs
and DVDs included with magazines and books.
4.3 Warranty
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The package is provided as is, without warranty of any kind.
GoldWave Inc. shall not be liable for damages of any kind.
Use of this software indicates you agree to this.
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5.0 Contacting the Developer
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Website: http://www.goldwave.com
Please refer to GoldWave Help for further information.