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GoldWave (R) v5.65 -------------------------------------------------------------Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.

0 GoldWave Features Installation, Uninstall Important Additional Notes Evaluation, Copyright & Distribution, Warranty Contacting the Developer

-------------------------------------------------------------1.0 GoldWave Features -------------------------------------------------------------GoldWave is a sound editor, player, recorder, and converter for Windows. Use it to record audio from a microphone, turntable, cassette deck, or Internet streams, copy songs from CDs, or edit and restore audio. Features: * Multiple resizable sound windows with time axis, amplitude axis, and overview box. * Independent left/right channel editing and viewing * Detailed zoom to magnify to a sub-sample level for accurate editing * Vertical (amplitude) zooming * Direct editing with the mouse * Fast non-destructive editing functions: undo, cut, copy, paste, trim, mix, delete * Multiple levels of undo * Intelligent editing that automatically converts sampling rates, bits, and channels when copying and pasting to different file formats * Configurable temporary storage: hard drive or RAM * Tool bars for editing, zooming, opening files, and effects * Status bar with configurable time and range displays * Standard effects: echo, volume, reverse, envelope shaping, panning, filters, resample, transpose, doppler, dynamics, noise reduction, flange, parametric EQ, time warp, and more * Ability to save preset parameters and shapes for effects * Independent and resizable Controls window with realtime visuals, LED meters, and controls * Play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, record, volume, balance, and speed controls * Realtime playback during rewind and fast forward * Realtime waveform, spectrum, 3D bar, spectrogram, analog meter, and more visuals * Flexibility to choose playback/recording devices * User configurable play control * Configurable recording options: loop, countdown timer, level activated, monitor * Support for WAV, OGG, VOC, IFF, AIF, AFC, AU, SND, MP3, MAT, DWD, SMP, VOX, SDS, AVI, MOV, WMA, FLAC, MP4, as well as the ability to open RAW files as 8-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, mu-Law, A-Law, ISDN A-Law, IEEE floating point, ASCII text, Dialogic ADPCM

* Cue points tool with the ability to automatically split large files into smaller CD compatible tracks * CD Reader tool to digitally read audio from a CD * Effect Chain Editor tool to chain effect together * Speech conversion tool to convert text to/from audio * Expression evaluator for any type of sound generation and manipulation * Complete help on all commands * Evaluation version has no features disabled! -------------------------------------------------------------2.0 Installation, Uninstall -------------------------------------------------------------2.1) Installation Download the self-install program from the website, then run it to begin installation. 2.2) Uninstall Use the Windows "Add or Remove Programs" feature under Control Panel to remove GoldWave. To manually uninstall, delete the entire GoldWave folder. -------------------------------------------------------------3.0 Important Additional Notes -------------------------------------------------------------3.1) Windows XP or later is required to run this version. Do not install on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. 3.2) Video display must be configured 32-bit colour. 3.3) For MPEG Layer 3 support (MP3) you must have the L3CODEC?.ACM codec installed. To save MP3 files, LAME_ENC.DLL needs to be installed. GoldWave will install that file automatically if required. 3.4) Apple QuickTime or iTunes must be installed for the QTFile plug-in to open Movie (MOV) and iTunes (M4A) files. However Media Foundation on Windows Vista/7 may allow M4A support too. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ 3.5) Updates for GoldWave can be downloaded from the GoldWave website: http://www.goldwave.com 3.6) This program uses open source software. GoldWave Inc. acknowledges and thanks the following: * zlib library Copyright (c) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. http://www.zlib.net * Info-Zip unzip library (not included) Copyright (c) 1990-2005 Info-ZIP. http://www.info-zip.org

* Ogg Vorbis library Copyright (c) 2005, The Xiph.Org Foundation http://www.xiph.org Optimized Lancer libvorbis.dll created by Blacksword http://homepage3.nifty.com/blacksword/ * LAME module (not included) Many contributors http://lame.sourceforge.net/ * FLAC library Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Josh Coalson http://flac.sourceforge.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------4.0 Evaluation, Copyright & Distribution, Warranty -------------------------------------------------------------4.1 Evaluation -------------GoldWave is not free software. Although the evaluation version is fully functional, the program will expire after a reasonable amount of use. A license is required if you decide to keep the program. To purchase a license and encourage further development, please follow the ordering directions in the help or on the website. 4.2 Copyright & Distribution ---------------------------GoldWave ("the package") includes the following software and documentation: GoldWave.exe GoldWave program file GWSpeed.dll Accelerated multithreaded code GoldWave.chm GoldWave help GoldWave.htm GoldWave manual Images (*.PNG) All images associated with the manual GWPreset.reg Presets, settings, and shapes ReadMe.txt Important notes/information WhatsNew.txt A revision change history FLACFile.pig FLAC file plug-in OggFile.pig Ogg Vorbis file plug-in WMAFile.pig Windows Media Audio file plug-in QTFile.pig QuickTime Movie and iTunes plug-in GWVST.pig VST effect wrapper The package is copyright (c) 2011 by GoldWave Inc. You are prohibited from: charging a fee or requesting donations for the package; renting the package; defeating evaluation limits or using unauthorized licenses; distributing/including the package in commercial products; sharing licenses; modifying or reverse engineering the package. GoldWave is a registered trademark of GoldWave Inc. All other trademarks/registered names acknowledged. 4.2.1 Distribution of "Beta" or "Release Candidate" Versions -----------------------------------------------------------Packages designated as 'beta' or 'release candidates' may NOT be redistributed under any conditions. Such packages

are considered under development and are not suitable for general use. Only "Release" versions may be redistributed. 4.2.2 Distribution of Release Versions -------------------------------------You may copy and distribute the package through web and ftp sites. Only the unmodified self-installing file may be distributed or copied. The package may be distributed on CD-ROMs and DVDs when download sites issue discs of their collections. The package may be distributed on cover and companion CD-ROMs and DVDs included with magazines and books. 4.3 Warranty -----------The package is provided as is, without warranty of any kind. GoldWave Inc. shall not be liable for damages of any kind. Use of this software indicates you agree to this. -------------------------------------------------------------5.0 Contacting the Developer -------------------------------------------------------------Website: http://www.goldwave.com Please refer to GoldWave Help for further information.

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