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Powered by Audiofile Engineering's Fidelia Audio System, it gives you the tools and the freedom to savor the sounds that you love, all the way from your hard drive to your eardrums.
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THE GUIDE AT A GLANCE BASICS PREFERENCES SUPPORT FIDELIA REMOTE CREDITS...
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CHAPTER 1 BASICS LICENSING THE PLAYER LIBRARY...
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From this welcome screen you can view relevant screencasts, open the User Guide and subscribe to the Audiofile newsletter. Click “OK” to hide this window and begin your Fedelia experience. To return to this window, choose Help > Welcome to Fidelia. ...
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LICENSES PANE UPON FIRST LAUNCH, YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE LICENSES PANE Fidelia’s Licenses pane allows you to manage all of your Fidelia- related licenses, including those for Fidelia Advanced and FHX™. To add a license, simply click “Add Key” next to the relevant ...
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8 Days Left 15 day trial period. LICENSED MODE LICENSED Fidelia is running in its full-featured mode and licensed to you. UNAVAILABLE MODE Fidelia is unavailable. Either your trial mode ended or your UNAVAILABLE license has become corrupt or invalid. Contact our support team.
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IN TRIAL 8 Days Left TRIAL PERIOD FIDELIA AND ITS FEATURE UPGRADES RUN IN TRIAL MODE FOR 15 DAYS During the trial period, the application functions fully. The App Store does not support trial versions or modes for apps and/or feature upgrades.
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CHAPTER 1 / THE PLAYER TRANSPORT THE TRANSPORT FEATURES PLAYBACK, TRACK NAVIGATION, AND VOLUME CONTROL The volume knob is controlled by moving the mouse along a vertical or horizontal axis (specified in Preferences > General). The "Dim" button lowers the audio by 20dB. The "Mute"...
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CHAPTER 1 / THE PLAYER WAVEFORM, METER & SONG INFO The section in the upper left portion of the Player features the song waveform, meter, and song info (Artist name and Song name). It also features the elapsed or remaining time of a track. Click on the elapsed time to toggle between counting up or down.
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CHAPTER 1 / THE PLAYER FINE DETAILS The file details section is in the upper right corner of the Player. It features track length, file type, and file size information. EFFECTS The bottom portion of the Player is the effect rack. You can host three Audio Units plug-ins in the Player. To view the effect interface, click on the effect name.
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CHAPTER 1 / LIBRARY THE LIBRARY TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY, SELECT WINDOW > LIBRARY...
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CHAPTER 1 / LIBRARY PLAYLIST SECTION The Playlist section is on the left side of the Library window. It features the Fidelia library and iTunes library. Notice that the iTunes library and subsequent playlists contain a lock symbol which means that they are not editable within Fidelia. Of course, the Fidelia library and Fidelia playlists are completely configurable.
CHAPTER 1 / LIBRARY SONG SECTION THE SONG SECTION DISPLAYS ALL THE SONGS IN THE SELECTED LIBRARY/PLAYLIST. Columns can be hidden or revealed using the View menu. Choose as many or as few columns from the list as you wish. Once viewable, a column can also be reordered.
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CHAPTER 2 PREFERENCES GENERAL COMMANDS FORMAT ITUNES OUTPUT FHX™ ADVANCED...
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CHAPTER 2 / GENERAL GENERAL METERING POINT Determines the metering point used to measure level displayed on the meter in the Player. Use the drop-down menu to select a Pre Effects, Post Effects, or Post Volume metering point. VOLUME KNOB Determines which mouse axis controls the Volume Knob on the Player.
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CHAPTER 2 / COMMANDS COMMANDS You can easily assign Keyboard Commands to menu commands. Access the Keyboard Commands panel by selecting Fidelia > Preferences > Commands. BROWSE COMMANDS You can browse commands by expanding the categories and scrolling through the list.
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CHAPTER 2 / COMMANDS ASSIGN COMMANDS Double-click a command in the list and a sheet is displayed prompting you to assign a keyboard shortcut for that item. Type a Keyboard Shortcut and click the "OK" button. You will be warned if the shortcut is already in use. To remove a shortcut, click "Clear."...
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Saved Commands are automatically added to the drop-down menu. RESTORE DEFAULTS… Restores all default commands, removing any user-created commands from Fidelia’s Keyboard Commands library. IMPORT If you wish to import an existing keyboard command, select “Import…” from the drop-down menu.
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CREATE PREFERRED VERSION WHEN ADDING TO LIBRARY Create preferred version when adding to Library Toggle this checkbox for Fidelia to create the preferred audio file when a file is added to the Fidelia Library. The converted file is created in the same directory as the original file and does not overwrite the ...
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CHAPTER 2 / ITUNES ITUNES ACCESS ITUNES LIBRARY Toggle this checkbox to allow Fidelia access to your iTunes library. CHANGE Select the "Change..." button to navigate to an iTunes library. You must select the "iTunes Music Library.xml" or "iTunes Library.xml" ...
If your iTunes Library and XML files are out of sync, please utilize Apple's iTunes Support resources to resolve the issue: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ PLEASE NOTE Fidelia syncs with the selected iTunes library on launch. If any changes are made to your iTunes Library click File > Rescan to see those changes in Fidelia.
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CHAPTER 2 / OUTPUT OUTPUT AUDIO OUTPUT Select Fidelia's final audio destination from the list of available system outputs. If the audio output you desire isn't in this list, select the "Configure..." button to launch Audio MIDI Setup.
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CHAPTER 2 / FHX™ USING FHX™ FHX WAS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF ISSUES OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH LISTENING TO MUSIC ON HEADPHONES FHX was designed by mastering engineer Devin Kerr and is a result of extensive research and listening tests. By incorporating several broad spatial characteristics of an ideal loudspeaker ...
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CHAPTER 2 / FHX™ WHAT’S WRONG WITH HEADPHONES In theory: nothing; in the real world: a lot. The main “problem” with headphones is that most music is created (recorded, mixed, mastered) on speakers, with tools that were primarily designed for loudspeaker playback. Hence, a type of auditory translation error occurs when music is instead played back on headphones.
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CHAPTER 2 / FHX™ CROSSFEED The biggest difference between headphone and loudspeaker listening is crossfeed. In the case of stereo loudspeaker listening, a sound fed from the right loudspeaker not only reaches the right ear of the listener, but a portion of the sound also reaches the left, far ear as well.
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CHAPTER 2 / FHX™ EQUALIZATION FHX utilizes a unique, dynamic-range optimized equalization section to maintain the highest possible digital resolution at any setting. So, you’ll never need to worry about digital clipping, distortion, or loss of headroom when using FHX.
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CHAPTER 2 / FHX™ MONITORING The FHX monitoring section offers several key monitoring facilities that are typically reserved for high-end monitor controllers or mastering consoles. Mono enables a user to monitor the mono summation of the left and right channels. This control is post “Balance” and “Phase” processing. Phase allows inversion of the right channel polarity.
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CHAPTER 2 / ADVANCED FIDELIA ADVANCED The "Audio device is exclusive to Fidelia" checkbox toggles what is commonly known as "hog mode". Enabling this makes Fidelia the only application that can access the selected audio device. DITHER SETTINGS For detailed information on MBIT+, please download iZotope's comprehensive dithering guide.
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CHAPTER 2 / ADVANCED MORE ABOUT PRERINGING There are two general types of ringing: pre-ringing and post-ringing. Preringing will smear transients earlier in time, while postringing will smear transients later in time. This control allows users to select pre-ringing, post-ringing, or anywhere in between. A value of 1.0 produces a linear phase filter with equal pre- and post-ringing.
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SUPPORT PANE SCREENCASTS Displays a current list of all video tutorials available for Fidelia. Select a screencast in the left column and it will load to the right. Select "Notify me of new tutorials" if you wish to be notified when new screencasts are posted.
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CHAPTER 4 / FIDELIA REMOTE FIDELIA REMOTE FOR IOS Fidelia Remote for iOS turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a full-featured remote control for the Fidelia music player. Browse your Fidelia library and playlists, adjust playback volume and navigate between or within tracks ...
CHAPTER 5 / CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPECIAL THANKS iZotope 64-bit SRC™, MBIT+™ dither, Consumer Restoration & SonicFit™ The Intrepid Travis "T-Dawg" Burgess, Corey Walo, IZOTOPE.COM Avi Agrawal, Alex Henderson, Chris Smalley, Dan Comerchero, Josh Lynch, Jason Hinze, FHX™ by Devin Kerr David Hearst, Rob Crane, Devin Kerr, Chris Liscio, ...
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