CLEAN / CLEAN PLUS – 7
Using CLEAN
This section gives you a general overview on how to use CLEAN in practise.
It also contains cross-references to the sections that hold the information
about the respective issue.
The basic concept behind CLEAN is that you work on a CD/DVD Project.
To use CLEAN, you must therefore first create a new Project or load one
that you have saved previously. A Project is a file that contains the complete
data set of the CD or DVD you are about to create.
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Start by double clicking the CLEAN icon on the desktop or in the Start menu.
You can also start CLEAN by dragging a Project file on the program icon.
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Select “Create New Project” or “Open existing Project” in the dialog that
appears.
Find more information on file handling on page 88.
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Now you can either choose to use the IntelliAssistant to guide you through
all preparations and automatically carry out the necessary steps, or proceed
as described below.
Please find a description of how the IntelliAssistant works on page 9.
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Import the desired tracks as WAV or MP3 (will be converted into WAV for-
mat) files from CD or hard drive or record them (e.g. from record or tape).
Find more information about these issues on page 12 (Importing tracks from hard disk),
page 13 (Importing tracks from audio CD) and page 18 (Recording audio in CLEAN).
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By selecting an entry from a Category (“Cat.”) pop-up menu, you can inform
CLEAN about the source medium of each track (cassette, record or CD).
This helps CLEAN to select the best possible restoration settings when you use the Auto-
Clean function. See page 28.
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During recording or later, you can let CLEAN automatically check the audio
for silence and have it insert Markers. Markers can also be inserted manu-
ally. You can move and remove them.
Based on the Marker positions you can cut your Recordings into individual
tracks and put them onto the track list.
Please look up “The Record Dialog” on page 18 and “The AutoMarker functions” on page 45.
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You can now play back, name and sort the tracks and determine the gap
time (the length of the pause between any two tracks).
For more information, see page 17 (playback), page 15 (naming and gap time) and on
page 15 (sorting).
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You can shorten track lengths and define a fade-in and/or fade-out for each
track.
See “Setting the track length – The Start and End Markers” on page 43. and “The Fade-
in and Fade-out Markers” on page 44.
