Album Window

It displays a list of album titles along with information about each title. You can edit individual titles and the playback properties of the album, check the conformity to the Red Book standards, add and edit CD-Text, add UPC/EAN and ISRC codes, generate an album report, and write an audio CD.

When you select a clip in the Audio Montage window, the corresponding title is highlighted in the Album window.

A title in the audio montage is defined by title markers. Drag and drop to change the order of the titles in the list of titles.

To open the Album window, open an audio montage, and select Tool Windows > Album.

Title List

Play Pre-Roll

Plays back the corresponding title from the start with a pre-roll.

You can also press Alt and click Play Pre-Roll to play back the corresponding title from the start with a short pre-roll.

Play

Plays back the corresponding title from the start.

You can also hold Ctrl/Cmd and double-click a title start marker triangle to start playback from the marker position.

Name

Shows the title name. To change the name, double-click in the corresponding cell, and enter new text.

Group

Allows you to define title groups. If you hover over the group label in the title list, the duration of the title group is displayed.

Pause

Shows the pause between two titles.

Start

Shows the start position of the title.

End

Shows the end position of the title.

Length

Shows the time value from the title start position to the corresponding end or splice marker.

Pre-Gap

Shows the pre-gap of a title.

Post-Gap

Shows the post-gap of a title.

Lock

Indicates a title copy protection flag. CD-ROM drives ignore titles with this flag.

Note

Not all CD-R units are capable of handling a title copy protection flag.

Note

This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.

Emphasis

Informs you if the title was recorded with emphasis or not. Activating/Deactivating this option does not apply emphasis to/remove emphasis from the audio. It just serves as an indication of how the file was created.

Note

This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.

ISRC

Allows you to enter an ISRC code. To change the code, double-click the corresponding cell, and enter a new value.

CD-Text

Allows you to specify the CD-Text. To change the CD-Text, double-click the corresponding cell, and enter a new value.

Comment

Allows you to enter a comment by double-clicking a cell.

Functions Menu

Write Audio CD or DDP: Opens the Write Audio CD or DDP dialog, which allows you to write a CD or DDP.
Check CD Conformity: Verifies that the settings for the audio montage are in accordance with the Red Book standard.
Album Wizard: Opens the Album Wizard dialog, which helps you to generate and adjust title markers.
Edit CD-Text: Opens the CD-Text Editor dialog, which allows you to enter descriptive text for the titles that are written on CD.

Note
This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.
Edit CD Metadata: Opens the CD Metadata editor, which allows you to associate metadata with each title. When rendering titles via the Render function in the Master Section, the audio files inherit this metadata.

Note
This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.
Import ISRC Codes from Text File: Allows you to import a text file that contains ISRC codes.

Note
This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.
Rename Titles as CD Text: Replaces the name of each title with the name that is specified in the CD-Text Title field.

Note
This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.
Generate Album Report: Opens the Album Report dialog, which allows you to create a text report that describes the content of the album.

Note
This option is only available with the mode set to Stereo via the Audio Montage Properties dialog.
Play Previous Title/Play Next Title: Allows you to audition the title before/after the active title, depending on the pre-roll settings.
Play All Title Starts and Ends: Allows you to monitor the transitions between titles. In the Edit Title Playback Times dialog of the Album window, you can set the playback length for this function.

Tip
Set the edit cursor to the title where you want playback to start.
Follow Playback: If this option is activated and you play back an audio montage, a green bar next to the title name indicates the title that is played back.

Options Menu

Audio in CD Pauses: Usually, when you create a CD, only the sections between title markers are written, and the pauses between titles are replaced by silence. However, if Audio in CD Pauses is activated, the exact image of the audio montage is written, including any audio between titles. This makes it possible to hear audio either between titles or before the first title; for example, to create a hidden title.
Preserve Post-Pauses When Reordering: If this option is activated, the pause after a title is preserved when you change the order of the titles. If this option is deactivated, the pause before a title is preserved when you change the order of the titles.
Show Times Relative to Title #1: If this option is activated, the start of title #1 is the timecode reference, excluding any pause before that title.
Show Times Relative to CD’s Absolute Zero: If this option is activated, the beginning of the CD, including any pause before title #1, is the timecode reference.
Timecode with CD Frames: If this option is activated, the timecode is displayed in hours, minutes, seconds, and CD frames.
Timecode with Milliseconds: If this option is activated, the timecode is displayed in hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.
Pre-Roll Mode: If this option is activated, all titles start with a pre-roll time when they are played back via the commands of the Album window.
Play All Title Starts: With the Play All Title Starts and Ends option activated via the Functions menu or the Album toolbar, this option plays back all title starts, allowing you to monitor the title transitions.

Note
To play back title starts and title ends, additionally check Play All Title Ends.

To add a pre-roll to the title starts, activate Pre-Roll Mode.
Play All Title Ends: With the Play All Title Starts and Ends option activated via the Functions menu or the Album toolbar, this option plays back all title ends, allowing you to monitor the title transitions.

Note
To play back title starts and title ends, additionally, check Play All Title Starts.
Edit Title Playback Times: Opens the Edit Title Playback Times dialog, where you can adjust the time values that are related to title playback.
Customize Command Bar: Opens the Customize Commands dialog, which contains options for hiding or showing specific command bar buttons.

Toolbar

The following indicators are only available on the toolbar of the Album window:

Position in Title: Indicates the position of the playback/edit cursor, relative to the start of the title in which it is located.
UPC/EAN Code: Opens the UPC/EAN Code dialog, where you can specify a UPC/EAN code.
Album Title: Displays the name of the album. Click the name to open the CD-Text Editor window.