GoldWave Manual

GoldWave Manual

November 2020

Copyright © 2020 GoldWave® Inc.

Please note that the mobile version of this manual is still being revised and may contain information related to the desktop version.

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. Configure the Program
      1. Select Audio Devices
      2. Additional Settings
    4. License

  3. Using GoldWave
    1. Interface Overview
      1. Main Window
      2. Toolbar
      3. Sound Windows
      4. Control Window
      5. Playback Marker
        1. Playback Position Window
      6. Progress Window
      7. Entering Times
    2. Control Overview
      1. Control Properties
        1. Play Properties
        2. Record Properties
        3. Visual 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. 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. Close
      4. Close All
      5. Information
      6. Save
      7. Save As
        1. Select Audio Attributes Window
        2. Encoder Not Found Window
      8. Save All
      9. Save Selection As
      10. Export
      11. Cloud Uploads
      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
    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. Playback
      8. Plug-in
      9. Record
      10. Storage
      11. Toolbar
      12. Window
      13. Register
      14. Purchase Saves
    14. Help Menu Commands
      1. Contents
      2. Manual

  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

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