Xara Audio Cleaning Lab MX - 18.0 Owners Manual

2 Copyright

Copyright

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duplication, circulation, and translation, are reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced in the form of copies,
microfilms or other processes, or transmitted into a language used for
machines, especially data processing machines, without the express written
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Errors in and changes to the contents as well as program modifications
reserved.

MAGIX and Cleaning Lab are registered trademarks of MAGIX AG.

VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab uses patent-pending technology.

Other mentioned product names may be registered trademarks of the
respective manufacturer.

MAGIX licensing conditions are included in the installation and also at
www.magix.com under EULA

Copyright © MAGIX AG, 2000-2011. All rights reserved.

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Preface 3

Preface

Congratulations! You now own a high-performance digital audio lab, which is
perfect for cleaning your records, tapes, CD tracks, MP3 collections, audio or
video files, enhancing the sound, combining your media in any order, and
burning or exporting everything in optimum quality directly onto CD or DVD.

The volume and sound on each track can be perfectly synced and equalized.
Various audio formats can be combined, simultaneously edited, and burned.
The method is especially easy and clear, since automatic settings, assistants
and step-by-step instructions make sure that the process goes smoothly and
easily. Neither previous experience using the software nor long processing
time are necessary.

The print manual provides an introduction and tutorial that explains all the
most important features with step-by-step instructions.

In addition, an electronic manual is supplied in PDF, which systematically
explains all of the program's components one after the other. You can also
use the program's help file by pressing "F1". If you prefer to discover the
many possibilities of the program by yourself, then use the PDF manual and
help file simply as a reference. An alphabetical index is included for this
purpose.

Have fun with MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab MX.

The MAGIX team.

4 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Copyright 2
Preface 3
Before You Start 10

Package contents 10
System requirements 10
Installation 10

Support 12
Uninstalling the program 13
Serial Number 14
More about MAGIX 15

MAGIX Online World 15
magix.info 15

Introduction 16

What is MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab MX? 16
What’s new in MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab MX? 16
Features 17

Tutorial 19

Program start 19
Load and play audio files 20
Cleaning 21
Mastering 23
Object effects 23
Spectral Cleaning 24
Cut out undesired passages 25
Retouch short distortions such as cracks 27
Export 30

Overview of the program interface 31
Track window and constant control elements 33

Upper buttons 33
MAGIX News Center 34
The master track 34
Mouse mode 37
Transport control 41
Analyzer 42