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WaveKnife v1.12                  (c) 1998-2000 Second Face Productions
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First for the legal crap: WaveKnife v1.12 is copyrighted freeware.
It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without
any warranty, without even the implied warranty of merchantability
or fitness for any particular purpose.
If this program damages your computer or if it kills your cat it will
be YOUR problem. It works for me but maybe it doesn't work for you.
You have been warned!
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You have got some audio sampling CDs?

You'd like to have all samples in WAV format but you don't want to
spend hours and hours cutting out every sample using a WAV-editor?

Then WaveKnife is what you are looking for!


What do I need to run WaveKnife?

   WaveKnife was developed for MS Windows 9x/NT/2000.


How to use:

1. Use an audio extraction tool like WinDAC or CDDA to extract the
   tracks of the sampling CD into WAV files.

2. Now run WaveKnife. Select the source and destination directories
   and the first file you want to split. (You may select multiple
   files for batch processing.)
   If you want the output files to be monophonic just select the Mono
   option. If the input files are stereophonic the left and right
   channels will be mixed to one channel then.

3. Hit the Count button. WaveKnife counts how many sounds would be
   extracted with the current Noise Level and Gap Length values.
   If you know how many sounds are contained in the source WAV file
   you can check the given result.
 a. If you get less sounds than expected you can try to shorten the
    Gap Length or to increase the Noise Level value.
 b. If you get more sounds than expected you should set a lower Noise
    Level or lengthen the Gap Length value.

4. If the count result matches the number of sounds in the source WAV
   file just hit the Split button and let WaveKnife do the work...


What does the Noise Level value mean?

   WaveKnife has to decide wether a sample within the WAV file
   represents "silence" or "sound". Every sample with a level below
   the Noise Level value will be treated a "silence".


What does the Gap Length value mean?

   On audio sampling CDs there are some short periods of silence
   (gaps) between the sounds. If WaveKnife finds a period of silence
   within the source WAV file which is longer than the Gap Length it
   will split the WAV file at the beginning of the gap. Just play
   around with the sliders and you will get a feeling for it.


I don't understand anything of this stuff. What shall I do?

   Simply delete WaveKnife. It was written for a very special purpose.
   And it was written to fulfill only my needs. For me it does exactly
   what it was meant to do.


If you'd like to see more features or if you find any bugs don't
hesitate to send me an e-mail. But please don't expect to get a
reply as I'm too busy to answer every mail.
But I will read every comment!

Send any feedback to 2ndFace@gmx.net
Visit us online at http://www.spacetaxi.de
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History of changes:
1.10 -> 1.12  - changed Noise Level scale from logarithmic to linear
              - extended Noise Level range (-90.0 dB - 0.0 dB)
              - extended Gap Length range (0.01s - 10.00s)
              - minor internal optimizations

1.07 -> 1.10: - some minor bug fixes (gap/sound detection)
              - fixed progress bar bug for files bigger than 20.5MB
              - added some tickmarks to the trackbars
              - extended Noise Floor range to -30db
              - extended Gap Threshold range (0.01 to 4.00 seconds)
              - renamed "Noise Floor" to "Noise Level"
              - renamed "Gap Threshold" to "Gap Length"
              - new and amazingly improved About window ;-)
              - UPX-compressed executable
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This version of WaveKnife is UPX-compressed. See http://upx.tsx.org
for further details. UPX is (c) 1996-2000 M. Oberhumer & L. Molnar.
