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  • Page 1 FIDELIA USER GUIDE...
  • Page 2 DEVELOPED IN MINNEAPOLIS COPYRIGHT © 2012–2014 BY AUDIOFILE ENGINEERING, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior...
  • Page 3 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.
  • Page 4 THE GUIDE AT A GLANCE BASICS PREFERENCES SUPPORT FIDELIA REMOTE CREDITS...
  • Page 5 CHAPTER 1 BASICS LICENSING THE PLAYER LIBRARY...
  • Page 6 LICENSING...
  • Page 7 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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  • Page 8 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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  • Page 9 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.
  • Page 10 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.
  • Page 11: The Player

    THE PLAYER...
  • Page 12 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"...
  • Page 13 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.
  • Page 14 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.
  • Page 15 LIBRARY...
  • Page 16 CHAPTER 1 / LIBRARY THE LIBRARY TO ACCESS THE LIBRARY, SELECT WINDOW > LIBRARY...
  • Page 17 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.
  • Page 18: Song Section

    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.
  • Page 19 CHAPTER 2 PREFERENCES GENERAL COMMANDS FORMAT ITUNES OUTPUT FHX™ ADVANCED...
  • Page 20 GENERAL...
  • Page 21 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.
  • Page 22 COMMANDS...
  • Page 23 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.
  • Page 24 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."...
  • Page 25 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.
  • Page 26 FORMAT...
  • Page 27 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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  • Page 28 ITUNES...
  • Page 29 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" 
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  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    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.
  • Page 31 OUTPUT...
  • Page 32 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.
  • Page 33 FHX™...
  • Page 34 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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  • Page 35 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.
  • Page 36 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.
  • Page 37 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.
  • Page 38 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.
  • Page 39 ADVANCED...
  • Page 40 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.
  • Page 41 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.
  • Page 42 CHAPTER 3 SUPPORT...
  • Page 43 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.
  • Page 44 CHAPTER 4 FIDELIA REMOTE...
  • Page 45 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 
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  • Page 46 CHAPTER 5 CREDITS...
  • Page 47: Special Thanks

    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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