GoldWave Manual

GoldWave Manual

November 2020

Copyright © 2020 GoldWave® Inc.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Features
    2. How to Use This Manual
    3. Notation

  2. Software Installation
    1. Device Requirements
    2. Install From a Downloaded File
    3. Portable Installation
    4. Configure the Program
      1. Select Audio Devices
      2. Additional Settings
    5. License

  3. Using GoldWave
    1. Interface Overview
      1. Main Window
      2. Toolbar
      3. Status Bar
      4. Sound Windows
      5. Control Window
      6. Playback Marker
        1. Playback Position Window
      7. Progress Window
      8. Mouse Wheel
        1. Wheel Zoom In/Out
        2. Wheel Scroll And Select
        3. Wheel Playback Speed
        4. Wheel Playback Volume
      9. Entering Times
    2. Control Overview
      1. Control Properties
        1. Play Properties
        2. Record Properties
        3. Volume Properties
        4. Visual Properties
        5. Device Properties
        6. System Properties
      2. Playing Sounds
        1. Playback Errors
      3. Pausing Playback
      4. Stopping Playback
      5. Rewinding and Fast Forwarding
      6. Recording Sounds
        1. Recording Streaming Audio
        2. Recording Errors
      7. Volume and Balance Faders
      8. Speed Fader
    3. Editing Overview
      1. Selecting Part of a Sound
      2. Redrawing the Waveform
      3. Cut & Paste, Mixing and Crossfading
        1. Cut & Paste
        2. Mixing
        3. Crossfading
    4. Storage Overview
      1. Hard Drive
      2. Memory
    5. File Overview
      1. File Format
        1. File Format Window
      2. File Format Plug-ins
        1. MP3 Settings
    6. Effects Overview
      1. Common Controls for Effects
        1. Presets
        2. Shape Controls
        3. Preview Controls
        4. FFT Settings
      2. Effect Plug-ins
    7. Accessibility Overview
      1. Interface
      2. Navigation
      3. Editing Keys
      4. View
    8. File Menu Commands
      1. New
      2. Open
      3. Open URL
      4. Recent
      5. Close
      6. Close All
      7. Information
      8. Save
      9. Save As
        1. Select Audio Attributes Window
        2. Encoder Not Found Window
      10. Save All
      11. Save Selection As
      12. Converted Save
        1. Edit File Presets
      13. Batch Processing
        1. Batch Add Folder Window
        2. Batch Add Edit Window
        3. Batch Add Effect Window
        4. Batch Add Logic Window
        5. Batch Command Line
      14. Exit
    9. Edit Menu Commands
      1. Undo
      2. Redo
      3. Cut
      4. Copy
      5. Copy To
      6. Paste and Paste At
      7. Paste New
      8. Mix
      9. Crossfade
      10. Overwrite
      11. Replace
      12. Delete
      13. Trim Menu
        1. Beginning
        2. End
        3. Both
        4. Silence
      14. Mute
      15. Blend At Marker
      16. Find
      17. Insert Silence
      18. Select View
      19. Select All
      20. Channel Menu
        1. Select Channels
        2. All
        3. Channel List
      21. Selection Menu
        1. Set
        2. Previous
        3. Move Start/Finish To Elapsed
        4. Move Start To Beginning/Finish
        5. Move Finish To Start/End
        6. Recall Selection Range
        7. Store Selection Range
        8. Snap To Zero-Crossing
      22. Cue Point Menu
        1. Edit Cue Points
        2. Add Cue Point
        3. Add Cue At Start/Finish
        4. Add And Edit Cue Point
        5. Move Start To Next/Previous Cue
        6. Move Finish To Next/Previous Cue
        7. Split File
        8. Show Cue Lines
    10. Effect Menu Commands
      1. Censor
      2. Doppler
      3. Dynamics
      4. Echo
      5. Compressor/Expander
      6. Filter Menu
        1. Auto Offset Removal
        2. Bandpass/stop
        3. Equalizer
        4. Low/Highpass
        5. Noise Gate
        6. Noise Reduction
        7. Parametric EQ
        8. Pop/Click
        9. Silence Reduction
        10. Smoother
        11. Spectrum Filter
      7. Flanger
      8. Frequency Blend
      9. Interpolate
      10. Invert
      11. Mechanize
      12. Multichannel Mixer
      13. Offset
      14. Pitch
      15. Plug-in Menu
      16. Reverb
      17. Reverse
      18. Stereo Menu
        1. Channel Mixer
        2. MaxMatch
        3. Pan
        4. Reduce Vocals
        5. Stereo Center
      19. Time
      20. Voice Over
      21. Volume Menu
        1. Auto Gain
        2. Change Volume
        3. Fade In
        4. Fade Out
        5. Match Volume
        6. Loudness
        7. Maximize Volume(Normalize)
        8. Shape Volume
      22. Playback Rate
      23. Resample
    11. View Menu Commands
      1. All
      2. Specify
      3. Selection
      4. Preset
      5. Previous
      6. Auto Scroll Lock
      7. Zoom In
      8. Zoom Out
      9. Zoom 10:1
      10. Zoom 1:1
      11. Zoom 1 Second, 10 Seconds, 1 Minute, 1 Hour
      12. Vertical Zoom All
      13. Vertical Zoom In
      14. Vertical Zoom Out
      15. Start and Finish
    12. Tool Menu Commands
      1. Amplitude Statistics
      2. CD Reader
        1. Save CD Tracks Window
      3. Compare Files
      4. Control
      5. Cue Points
        1. Auto Cue Window
        2. Edit Cue Point Window
        3. Split File Window
      6. Effect Chain Editor
      7. Expression Evaluator
      8. File Merger
      9. Speech Converter
        1. Text To Speech (Reading)
        2. Voice Settings Window
        3. Speech To Text (Speech Recognition)
        4. Dictation Settings Window
    13. Options Menu Commands
      1. Apps
      2. Colour
      3. Control Properties
      4. File Formats
        1. Associate Format Window
      5. Keyboard
      6. Language
        1. Language Editor
      7. Plug-in Options Menu
        1. DirectX Audio Plug-in Configuration
        2. GWVST Audio Plug-in Configuration
        3. Plug-In Over Network Audio Plug-in Configuration
        4. GoldWave Audio Plug-in Configuration
      8. Storage
      9. Toolbar
      10. Window
      11. Register
      12. Setup
    14. Window Menu Commands
      1. Cascade, Tile, Minimize, Arrange
      2. Classic, Horizontal, Vertical Control
      3. Window List
    15. Help Menu Commands
      1. Contents
      2. Manual
      3. Check For Updates
      4. About
    16. Command Line Parameters

  4. General Information
    1. Warranty, Trademarks, and Copyright
    2. Open Source Usage
    3. Support and Updates

  1. Appendix: An Introduction to Digital Audio
    1. Digital Audio Basics
      1. Samples
    2. Digital Audio Attributes
      1. Sampling Rate
      2. Bits
        1. Signed and Unsigned
        2. Big and Little Endian
      3. Channels
    3. Digital Audio Limitations
      1. Aliasing
      2. Clipping
      3. Quantization
      4. Noise
    4. Volume Scales
      1. Amplitude (y)
      2. Percent (%)
      3. Decibel (dB)
      4. Relative vs. Absolute
    5. Frequency and Pitch
      1. Frequency Ranges
      2. Frequency Range and Sampling Rate
      3. Frequency Spectrum Graphs
    6. File Compression
      1. Bitrate
      2. Constant Bitrate
      3. Variable Bitrate

  2. Appendix: Keyboard Commands
  3. Appendix: Expression Evaluator
    1. Overview
    2. Evaluation Range, Variables, and Constants
      1. Using Time in an Expression
      2. Using the Sample Index in an Expression
      3. User Constants x, y, and f
      4. Conversion Between Variables
    3. Presets
    4. Evaluator Operators and Functions
    5. Signal Generation
    6. Custom Filters

  4. Appendix: Tutorial
    1. From Turntable to CD-R
      1. Make Connections
      2. Setup Recording
      3. Restoration
      4. Split into Tracks
      5. CD Burning

  5. Appendix: Troubleshooting and Q&A
    1. Troubleshooting
    2. Common Questions and Answers