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Paste Over
Paste Over allows you to insert the portion of the .wav file located on the clipboard over the top of a different location in your .wav file or to other .wav files. (This operation will delete the portion of the .wav file that previously had been in the particular location, installing the temporary file in that position instead.) The “Copy” and “Paste Over” feature in DCArt10/DC Forensics10 can also be used to manually “de-click” or “de-pop” a sound source (see tutorials under “Copy”). This function can also be accessed using the Ctrl + V Hotkey or by right clicking the mouse after you’ve copied or cut a portion of the .wav file. For various tutorials of Copy and Paste Over, you can refer to the Copy section of this manual.
Paste Insert
Unlike Paste Over, Paste Insert does not wipe out the sector of the .wav file where you desire to place the contents of the “Copy” temporary file. Instead, “Paste Insert” adds the contents (from your clipboard) to the area of interest. In other words, you are pasting into the targeted area and the Diamond Cut system just shifts the existing material over in time. This process lengthens the time duration of a .wav file.
Paste Mix
Paste Mix allows you to add or “mix” one file (or a portion thereof) to a second file. This feature is useful for creating “voice-overs,” or inserting special effects on top of a previously created sound track. This feature works in conjunction with the Copy function. In many cases it will require that two files be opened, one in the Source Workspace, and a second in the Destination Workspace. But this is not mandatory in that you can “paste mix” a portion of a file back onto itself if desired. The file that you open in the Source Workspace can be the file onto which you will be mixing. The File which you will be establishing as the “voice over” or special-effect, might be the one opened in your Destination Workspace. In other words, you can mix the Destination file into the Source File, in this example. The process can also be performed in reverse, wherein you can mix a portion of the Source file into the Destination File. These processes are undo-able, so that you can experiment until you are satisfied with the result. To use this feature, you will be highlighting the portion of the Destination File that you want to mix into the Source file. You will then use the Copy command to place it on a clipboard. Then you will highlight the Source file location in which you want the voice-over mixed in. When you run Paste Mix, you will be able to adjust the Source and Destination gain settings over a range of from +12 dB to – 100 dB.
Paste Crossfade
Paste Crossfade is the cousin of the Paste Mix feature. It operates in a similar manner, with the difference that there is a time varying function applied to the gain settings, so that a “cross-fade” effect can be produced. This feature is useful when you want to fade one song (or file) into another, with no “dead-air” in between. When you run Paste Crossfade, you will be able to adjust the File-1 (clipboard) Start and Stop Gain settings as well as those for the target file (File-2). You have available four gain controls in total. You will also be able to control the dynamics of the cross-fade by selecting Linear In, Log In, or Log Out. This feature is undo-able when executed under the Edit Menu. The “Crossfade” feature is also available under the Filter Menu.
Using the Paste Cross-Fader Tutorial (Classic Edit Mode Only)
This method of cross fading is undo-able.
Paste Over allows you to insert the portion of the .wav file located on the clipboard over the top of a different location in your .wav file or to other .wav files. (This operation will delete the portion of the .wav file that previously had been in the particular location, installing the temporary file in that position instead.) The “Copy” and “Paste Over” feature in DCArt10/DC Forensics10 can also be used to manually “de-click” or “de-pop” a sound source (see tutorials under “Copy”). This function can also be accessed using the Ctrl + V Hotkey or by right clicking the mouse after you’ve copied or cut a portion of the .wav file. For various tutorials of Copy and Paste Over, you can refer to the Copy section of this manual.
Paste Insert
Unlike Paste Over, Paste Insert does not wipe out the sector of the .wav file where you desire to place the contents of the “Copy” temporary file. Instead, “Paste Insert” adds the contents (from your clipboard) to the area of interest. In other words, you are pasting into the targeted area and the Diamond Cut system just shifts the existing material over in time. This process lengthens the time duration of a .wav file.
Paste Mix
Paste Mix allows you to add or “mix” one file (or a portion thereof) to a second file. This feature is useful for creating “voice-overs,” or inserting special effects on top of a previously created sound track. This feature works in conjunction with the Copy function. In many cases it will require that two files be opened, one in the Source Workspace, and a second in the Destination Workspace. But this is not mandatory in that you can “paste mix” a portion of a file back onto itself if desired. The file that you open in the Source Workspace can be the file onto which you will be mixing. The File which you will be establishing as the “voice over” or special-effect, might be the one opened in your Destination Workspace. In other words, you can mix the Destination file into the Source File, in this example. The process can also be performed in reverse, wherein you can mix a portion of the Source file into the Destination File. These processes are undo-able, so that you can experiment until you are satisfied with the result. To use this feature, you will be highlighting the portion of the Destination File that you want to mix into the Source file. You will then use the Copy command to place it on a clipboard. Then you will highlight the Source file location in which you want the voice-over mixed in. When you run Paste Mix, you will be able to adjust the Source and Destination gain settings over a range of from +12 dB to – 100 dB.
Paste Crossfade
Paste Crossfade is the cousin of the Paste Mix feature. It operates in a similar manner, with the difference that there is a time varying function applied to the gain settings, so that a “cross-fade” effect can be produced. This feature is useful when you want to fade one song (or file) into another, with no “dead-air” in between. When you run Paste Crossfade, you will be able to adjust the File-1 (clipboard) Start and Stop Gain settings as well as those for the target file (File-2). You have available four gain controls in total. You will also be able to control the dynamics of the cross-fade by selecting Linear In, Log In, or Log Out. This feature is undo-able when executed under the Edit Menu. The “Crossfade” feature is also available under the Filter Menu.
Using the Paste Cross-Fader Tutorial (Classic Edit Mode Only)
This method of cross fading is undo-able.
- Open the File (song) into the Source Workspace that you desire to be the first in your cross-fade timing sequence.
- Open the File (song) into the Destination Workspace that will be the second song in your cross-fade timing sequence.
- Highlight, using the mouse drag procedure, the file to which you will be cross-fading in the Destination Workspace. You must highlight the file from the point of segue all the way to the end of the song, assuming that you desire to maintain the entire song in the sequence.
- Click on "Copy" under the Edit Menu. This procedure may take a bit of time as this relatively large file is copied onto the clipboard.
- Next, highlight the end of the file located in the Source Workspace. The area that you highlight will determine the cross-fade timing interval. The longer you make this interval, the slower will be the cross-fade sequence.
- Click on "Paste" under the Edit Menu.
- Next, click on "Paste Cross-fade" under the paste menu.
- Set the gain controls in the dialog box as follows: (default values will work)
- File 1 Levels:
- Start = -100 dB
- Stop = 0.00 dB
- File 2 Levels:
- Start = 0.00 dB
- Stop = -100 dB
- Choose the cross-fade timing that you desire. Linear usually produces a pleasing effect.
- Click on "OK"
- After the processing has been completed, you may click on the play button on the Toolbar to hear your results.
Paste Crossfade Dialog Box
Paste As A New File
This feature provides a convenient means to chop a large file into smaller pieces, and assign new .wav file names to these subset files. It is useful for creating a number of .wav files that could be listed and quantized for CD-R indexing from a single large file such as that which you might have from transferring a Vinyl LP, or a concert tape recording to DCArt10/DC Forensics10. In Forensics applications, this feature is useful to isolate shorter conversations from a large file and then to create a file listing of those conversational snippets. A popup window will appear in which you can redefine a file name for each “chopped” file subset when using this command.
Paste Silence
This command simply inserts a predetermined amount of silence somewhere (your choice) in your .wav file. You can select from the Beginning of the file, End of the File or the Beginning of a selected area. This command will increase the total length of your .wav file.
Paste Bleep (tone)
Insert A Tone To Cover Objectionable Material
The Paste bleep tone feature interjects a 440 Hz Sine wave (A above middle C) at a –10 dB level over the highlighted area of a .wav file. It is intended to be used to “bleep out” unwanted verbiage or other sounds. It is commonly used in the Forensics audio field to redact portions of an audio file. To use this feature, merely highlight the area of the .wav file in the Source Window that you want to “bleep out.” Then, navigate to the Edit/Paste/Bleep (tone) feature. The highlighted area of the .wav file will be replaced with the bleep tone. This is an undoable function (it can be reversed).
Paste As A New File
This feature provides a convenient means to chop a large file into smaller pieces, and assign new .wav file names to these subset files. It is useful for creating a number of .wav files that could be listed and quantized for CD-R indexing from a single large file such as that which you might have from transferring a Vinyl LP, or a concert tape recording to DCArt10/DC Forensics10. In Forensics applications, this feature is useful to isolate shorter conversations from a large file and then to create a file listing of those conversational snippets. A popup window will appear in which you can redefine a file name for each “chopped” file subset when using this command.
Paste Silence
This command simply inserts a predetermined amount of silence somewhere (your choice) in your .wav file. You can select from the Beginning of the file, End of the File or the Beginning of a selected area. This command will increase the total length of your .wav file.
Paste Bleep (tone)
Insert A Tone To Cover Objectionable Material
The Paste bleep tone feature interjects a 440 Hz Sine wave (A above middle C) at a –10 dB level over the highlighted area of a .wav file. It is intended to be used to “bleep out” unwanted verbiage or other sounds. It is commonly used in the Forensics audio field to redact portions of an audio file. To use this feature, merely highlight the area of the .wav file in the Source Window that you want to “bleep out.” Then, navigate to the Edit/Paste/Bleep (tone) feature. The highlighted area of the .wav file will be replaced with the bleep tone. This is an undoable function (it can be reversed).