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| AUDIO SPLENDOR™ HOW TO USE IT |
PROGRAM
AUDIO SPLENDOR consists of two parts: a set of Excel workbooks for controlling and storing the sound,
and BURWEN BOBCAT for digital signal processing. BURWEN BOBCAT is a plug-in for various hosts,
including the Windows Media Player and audio editors.
AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS is a huge 51 MB Excel workbook that contains 1,400,000 long formulas for
generating all the tone control, reverberation, mix and NO SCREECH parameters it sends to BURWEN
BOBCAT. It has almost 300 sliders that control tone and mixing for up to 7.1 channels via shelf-type and
peaking controls. Most music is controlled simply by using only 12 of the sliders that control all channels.
Sliders that are rarely used are peaking tone controls, tone difference controls for various combinations of
channels, input mixing, and reverberation mixing. Buttons allow comparison of present settings vs. saved
settings, or flat. In addition more than 300 buttons select different high frequency reverberation
characteristics. Accurate graphs show the system frequency response and channel differences.
SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS stores the TONE CTRL settings for each piece of music. When recalling
your settings it retrieves the reverberation parameters from AMBIANCE NORMAL LIBRARY.XLS, and
other settings from MIX, RVRB MIX, SPKR COMP, and SOURCE COMP libraries in AUDIO
SPLENDOR.XLS. You can save a custom mix in the MIX LIB worksheet of SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS,
and a custom reverberation mix in the RVRB MIX LIB worksheet of AMBIANCE LIBRARY.XLS.
Plugged into the Windows Media Player (WMP), BURWEN BOBCAT processes sound when ripping,
burning, listening to CDs, and converting music files at high-speed. Bobcat delivers stereo or multi-channel
output from stereo input. Three windows have buttons that select preset stereo and multi-channel sounds.
Communication from Excel substitutes custom sounds. Clicking a track in the WMP Library that has a
subtitle automatically recalls its saved sound and control settings.
Hosted by BURWEN AUDIO, Bobcat processes stereo and 1 to 8 channel Analog inputs, or files played via
the Burwen Recorder-Player. When remastering, once the optimum sound for one track has been set, the
sound and control settiings can be saved in libraries and used to convert at high speed folders full of files
by dropping them on the Burwen Recorder-Player Window. Processed output files can be MP3, WMA, or
WAV types at supported resolutions up to 64 bits and sample rates of 44.1, 48, 88.2, or 96 kHz.
As a DirectX plug-in the BURWEN BOBCAT FILTER brings the selections of BURWEN BOBCAT and the
fine control of AUDIO SPLENDOR to professional audio editors and music players that accept DirectX
plug-ins.
AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS can send new SOUNDS to BURWEN BOBCAT, either on this computer or over your
network to BURWEN BOBCAT on another computer, for wireless remote control.
New sounds can be saved two ways: in the SPLENDOR LIBRARY for recalling control settings, and as a
small SOUND preset file in C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS which automatically makes BURWEN BOBCAT
process with the desired sound by clicking on a track in WMP that has a matching Subtitle.
and BURWEN BOBCAT for digital signal processing. BURWEN BOBCAT is a plug-in for various hosts,
including the Windows Media Player and audio editors.
AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS is a huge 51 MB Excel workbook that contains 1,400,000 long formulas for
generating all the tone control, reverberation, mix and NO SCREECH parameters it sends to BURWEN
BOBCAT. It has almost 300 sliders that control tone and mixing for up to 7.1 channels via shelf-type and
peaking controls. Most music is controlled simply by using only 12 of the sliders that control all channels.
Sliders that are rarely used are peaking tone controls, tone difference controls for various combinations of
channels, input mixing, and reverberation mixing. Buttons allow comparison of present settings vs. saved
settings, or flat. In addition more than 300 buttons select different high frequency reverberation
characteristics. Accurate graphs show the system frequency response and channel differences.
SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS stores the TONE CTRL settings for each piece of music. When recalling
your settings it retrieves the reverberation parameters from AMBIANCE NORMAL LIBRARY.XLS, and
other settings from MIX, RVRB MIX, SPKR COMP, and SOURCE COMP libraries in AUDIO
SPLENDOR.XLS. You can save a custom mix in the MIX LIB worksheet of SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS,
and a custom reverberation mix in the RVRB MIX LIB worksheet of AMBIANCE LIBRARY.XLS.
Plugged into the Windows Media Player (WMP), BURWEN BOBCAT processes sound when ripping,
burning, listening to CDs, and converting music files at high-speed. Bobcat delivers stereo or multi-channel
output from stereo input. Three windows have buttons that select preset stereo and multi-channel sounds.
Communication from Excel substitutes custom sounds. Clicking a track in the WMP Library that has a
subtitle automatically recalls its saved sound and control settings.
Hosted by BURWEN AUDIO, Bobcat processes stereo and 1 to 8 channel Analog inputs, or files played via
the Burwen Recorder-Player. When remastering, once the optimum sound for one track has been set, the
sound and control settiings can be saved in libraries and used to convert at high speed folders full of files
by dropping them on the Burwen Recorder-Player Window. Processed output files can be MP3, WMA, or
WAV types at supported resolutions up to 64 bits and sample rates of 44.1, 48, 88.2, or 96 kHz.
As a DirectX plug-in the BURWEN BOBCAT FILTER brings the selections of BURWEN BOBCAT and the
fine control of AUDIO SPLENDOR to professional audio editors and music players that accept DirectX
plug-ins.
AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS can send new SOUNDS to BURWEN BOBCAT, either on this computer or over your
network to BURWEN BOBCAT on another computer, for wireless remote control.
New sounds can be saved two ways: in the SPLENDOR LIBRARY for recalling control settings, and as a
small SOUND preset file in C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS which automatically makes BURWEN BOBCAT
process with the desired sound by clicking on a track in WMP that has a matching Subtitle.
NORMAL LISTENING
Windows
For normal listening, two windows, TONE CTRL and RVRB SEL provide all the controls you need for all
your channels. There are more controls, raising the total to about 300 sliders and more than 350 buttons,
using PgDn and the MIX and RVRB tabs, but they are rarely needed. Read the green and red instructions
in each window for help. The HELP button links to these burwenaudio.com web pages.
Tone Controls
In the TONE CTRL window set the 43-position INPUT CH - SPKRS horizontal slider at “2 - ALL” for stereo
input or “8 - ALL, FC MIX” for multi-channel input. Set the GAIN slider at right at -5 dB. Set the VOL slider
to your desired level. To change the sound click PROCESS AUDIO. The VOL slider will change the volume
when you release the left mouse button. All the other sliders and buttons except WMP, OFF, ANALOG, and
MUTE require clicking PROCESS AUDIO to take effect. Your computer does not have enough processing
power for real-time operation of the controls.
Adjust the sound to your taste using the 11 tone sliders at left and occasionally adding one or more at the
right. You can see the composite frequency response or that of a single slider by clicking GRAPH.
Compare 2-channel Bypass to your multi-channel settings by repeatedly clicking 2BP. Try other INPUT
CH - SPKRS mixes, and fine tune with the RVRB and REAR level controls. LEFT-RIGHT BAL is at top left.
Compare your current settings (click EQ) vs. library saved settings (click FILE) vs. flat (click FLAT).
The frequency names below the sliders denote the frequency at which the half the boost or cut in dB
occurs. To create a broad rise or dip in a particular frequency range slide adjacent controls in opposite
directions. For example setting the 400 Hz slider at -3 dB and the 800 Hz slider at +3dB creates a + 1 dB
hump at 560 Hz. This hump is much wider than that produced by either the 420 Hz or the 1.2 kHz peaking
control at the right.
When you click GRAPH in each of the three modes you can see that the volume is automatically adjusted
by each tone slider for nearly the same loudness.
Reverberation
In the RVRB SEL window select a pleasing ambiance. Try many of the more than 300 selections and check
mark your favorites. The newest most advanced ambiance selections have the highest numbers toward the
window bottom. As you become a more experienced listener you will realize the importance of subtle
differences in transient response, smoothness, ambiance, clarity, fullness, distance, and the apparent size
and shape of the listening space. At the right of each button are the maximum delay times for each
channel.
Unequal left and right maximum delay times spread the sound wider than the distance between speakers.
Often you can get a pleasing spatial effect and clarity by combining a wide reverberation selection with the
PHONES+ALL mix which narrows the stereo image in compensation by partially blending left and right.
Unlike ordinary or sampled reverberation, all the selections have greatest effect at extreme high
frequencies. Buttons labeled Analog or Subtle have more direct (dry) sound than reverb (wet) sound and
are most neutral. Buttons labeled Extreme have more reverb than direct sound and are most effective in
fixing bad recordings. Others are in between. Judge each reverb selection only in combination with tone
control settings for any particular recording. All are designed for almost no effect at the lowest frequencies
because low frequency reverberation makes the bass sound muddy. RECITAL, WARM, and EXTREME
reverbs have more reverb energy near 100 Hz than others.
No Screech
Many vocal recordings and instrumentals can be equalized to sound good during soft passages,but burn
your ears with screechy high notes. No Screech dynamically attenuates the 4000 Hz region only during the
loudest high notes without muffling the quiet passages. As you approach the optimum slider setting, use it
like a tone control, adjusting in steps of 0.2 dB. Start with a normal setting of 8.4 dB for each recording.
For normal listening, two windows, TONE CTRL and RVRB SEL provide all the controls you need for all
your channels. There are more controls, raising the total to about 300 sliders and more than 350 buttons,
using PgDn and the MIX and RVRB tabs, but they are rarely needed. Read the green and red instructions
in each window for help. The HELP button links to these burwenaudio.com web pages.
Tone Controls
In the TONE CTRL window set the 43-position INPUT CH - SPKRS horizontal slider at “2 - ALL” for stereo
input or “8 - ALL, FC MIX” for multi-channel input. Set the GAIN slider at right at -5 dB. Set the VOL slider
to your desired level. To change the sound click PROCESS AUDIO. The VOL slider will change the volume
when you release the left mouse button. All the other sliders and buttons except WMP, OFF, ANALOG, and
MUTE require clicking PROCESS AUDIO to take effect. Your computer does not have enough processing
power for real-time operation of the controls.
Adjust the sound to your taste using the 11 tone sliders at left and occasionally adding one or more at the
right. You can see the composite frequency response or that of a single slider by clicking GRAPH.
Compare 2-channel Bypass to your multi-channel settings by repeatedly clicking 2BP. Try other INPUT
CH - SPKRS mixes, and fine tune with the RVRB and REAR level controls. LEFT-RIGHT BAL is at top left.
Compare your current settings (click EQ) vs. library saved settings (click FILE) vs. flat (click FLAT).
The frequency names below the sliders denote the frequency at which the half the boost or cut in dB
occurs. To create a broad rise or dip in a particular frequency range slide adjacent controls in opposite
directions. For example setting the 400 Hz slider at -3 dB and the 800 Hz slider at +3dB creates a + 1 dB
hump at 560 Hz. This hump is much wider than that produced by either the 420 Hz or the 1.2 kHz peaking
control at the right.
When you click GRAPH in each of the three modes you can see that the volume is automatically adjusted
by each tone slider for nearly the same loudness.
Reverberation
In the RVRB SEL window select a pleasing ambiance. Try many of the more than 300 selections and check
mark your favorites. The newest most advanced ambiance selections have the highest numbers toward the
window bottom. As you become a more experienced listener you will realize the importance of subtle
differences in transient response, smoothness, ambiance, clarity, fullness, distance, and the apparent size
and shape of the listening space. At the right of each button are the maximum delay times for each
channel.
Unequal left and right maximum delay times spread the sound wider than the distance between speakers.
Often you can get a pleasing spatial effect and clarity by combining a wide reverberation selection with the
PHONES+ALL mix which narrows the stereo image in compensation by partially blending left and right.
Unlike ordinary or sampled reverberation, all the selections have greatest effect at extreme high
frequencies. Buttons labeled Analog or Subtle have more direct (dry) sound than reverb (wet) sound and
are most neutral. Buttons labeled Extreme have more reverb than direct sound and are most effective in
fixing bad recordings. Others are in between. Judge each reverb selection only in combination with tone
control settings for any particular recording. All are designed for almost no effect at the lowest frequencies
because low frequency reverberation makes the bass sound muddy. RECITAL, WARM, and EXTREME
reverbs have more reverb energy near 100 Hz than others.
No Screech
Many vocal recordings and instrumentals can be equalized to sound good during soft passages,but burn
your ears with screechy high notes. No Screech dynamically attenuates the 4000 Hz region only during the
loudest high notes without muffling the quiet passages. As you approach the optimum slider setting, use it
like a tone control, adjusting in steps of 0.2 dB. Start with a normal setting of 8.4 dB for each recording.
FOR SPECIAL PROBLEMS
Difference Controls
Separate tone controls of the same types as the main controls allow you to make fine differences in the
front center FC, rear plus sides R + S, left-right L - R, side - rear S - R, rear left - rear right RL - RR, and
side left - side right SL – SR. These controls are especially useful for compensating asymmetry in your
speaker and room, and saving the response to be selected by the SPEAKER compensation slider.
The optionally separate FC NO SCREECH control is for movies and vocals. A HUM filter can notch out 50,
100, and 150 Hz or 60, 120, and 180 Hz with hardly any effect on the music. For restoring or cutting off
low bass or extreme high frequencies use the bottom 15 Hz and 25 kHz peaking controls in addition to
identical controls at the top of the TONE CTRL window.. Together they boost or attenuate as much as 60
dB in 0.1 dB steps, providing more than 12 dB/octave. GRAPHS show the frequency response curves of all
the controls in dB.
MIXER and RVRB MIX
The input mixes, and corresponding reverberation mixes, selected by the 43-position INPUT CH - SPKRS
selector (duplicated in each window), are displayed above the sliders in each control window. In the MIXER
and RVRB MIX windows you can customize each type of mix by clicking its MIX button and setting the
controls to your liking. Compare your settings (click MIX) vs. saved custom settings (click FILE) vs.
NORMAL (click NORMAL) settings for each of the 43 positions. The check boxes invert phase.
SAVE YOUR SOUND FOR RECALL IN WMP
In the TONE CTRL window, If you click SOUND when you have finished setting EQ, it makes a preset file
C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS\SOUND.88.bin. Give your track a Subtitle in WMP – an abbreviated track
name, 8 to 16 characters. Then rename SOUND.88.bin to your subtitle.88.bin, the same as in WMP. When
you click on any track that has that subtitle, Bobcat searches C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS\ and if it finds
the matching name, it plays with that preset sound. Copy C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS to C:\SOUNDS or
another drive so you will have a backup.
If you have saved all your control settings and named a Subtitle in SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS, after recalling
those settings, the subtitle name will display above the Sound button. Copy the Subtitle (CTRL C) and
paste it (CTRL V) into the Subtitle field of at least the first track in WMP for which you want to apply that
sound. When you click that track WMP will play with your preset sound until it plays a track with a different
subtitle or you send a new sound by clicking PROCESS AUDIO.
SAVING YOUR SETTINGS
MIX LIB and RVRB MIX LIB
If you are using a custom mix or reverberation mix, you must both save and recall your custom mix before
saving the TONE CTRL settings. Your recalled settings will display in FILE mode. If you forget, and
leave the settings in MIX mode, a dialog box will remind you when you try to save the TONE CTRL
settings.
In the MIXER window, clicking SAVE MIX copies the current mix settings to the MIX LIB window in SPLENDOR
LIBRARY.XLS, appearing as the CURRENT mix on line 11. Copy line 11 and paste special, values, into
the desired row according to green instructions on line 13. Press CTRL + S to save the workbook.
Recall the new mix by selecting its entire line (click its line number at left) and clicking MIX SET (or CTRL +
SHIFT + T).
RVRB MIX works the same way and your new mix appears at AMBIANCE LIBRARY.XLS, RVRB MIX LIB,
line 11.
TONE CTRL
Click SAVE at upper left to copy all your settings to SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS, TONE LIB, PROGRAM
LIBRARY, line 15. Type the music information you want including an 8 to 16 character Subtitle, and click
PROG SAVE. This copies line 15 to the library, sorts it alphabetically, and renumbers the entries. If you
are replacing previously saved settings, first select the library line and delete it (use the delete key). Click
CONCERT to go to a library section where you can copy and paste special, values - the entries you want
for a special occasion.
Press CTRL + S to save the entire SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS.
Recall your settings by selecting the entire desired line and then click TONE SET (or CTRL + SHIFT + T).
In the TONE CTRL window the new Subtitle label will appear above the SOUND button. Copy the Subtitle
(CTRL C) and paste it (CTRL V) into the Subtitle field of at least the first track in WMP for which you want to
apply that sound. Click SOUND and it will create a sound preset file C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS\Subtitle.
88.bin. Bobcat will search for the file with a matching Subtitle when WMP plays that track, and you will hear
the entire sound setup you saved.
For use with professional editors at different sample rates you can compensate the EQ by setting the
appropriate sample rate using the SAMPLES PER SECOND slider in the right column (PgDn). If you have
selected ANALOG, setting Options automatically moves the slider to the new sample rate.
SPEAKER and SOURCE COMPENSATIONS
After acquiring some skill at optimizing your sound and saving settings, you should save compensations
for your speaker system and headphones. The SPEAKER slider at left in the TONE CTRL window
(PgDn) selects up to 15 different tone and balance characteristics for various rooms, speakers with or
without a subwoofer, and headphones. Using highest quality music sources find tone control settings that
are a best compromise for balanced sound and extended high and low frequencies. When you save the
settings they appear not only at SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS, TONE LIB, PROGRAM LIBRARY, line 15, but
also in the SPKR LIB section of the same window, line 49995, and in the SRC LIB, line 59995.
Click the SPKR LIB button to get to line 49995. Type a suitable name and remarks, click line number
49995 to select the entire line. Then copy and paste special, values, to any of compensation numbers 1 –
15. Click SAVE LIB to copy this library to AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS where it is accessed by the SPEAKER
slider in the TONE CTRL window.
Similarly you can save compensation for each particular source such as a radio or tape player in the SRC
LIB section. Clicking SAVE LIB in the SOURCE LIBRARY will copy this library to AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS
where it is accessed by the SOURCE slider in the TONE CTRL window.
After making library changes, be sure to save SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS by selecting a blank cell and
clicking CTRL + S. Also, save AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS using the SAVE button in the right hand column or
click CTRL +S after clicking a blank cell at far right.
Difference Controls
Separate tone controls of the same types as the main controls allow you to make fine differences in the
front center FC, rear plus sides R + S, left-right L - R, side - rear S - R, rear left - rear right RL - RR, and
side left - side right SL – SR. These controls are especially useful for compensating asymmetry in your
speaker and room, and saving the response to be selected by the SPEAKER compensation slider.
The optionally separate FC NO SCREECH control is for movies and vocals. A HUM filter can notch out 50,
100, and 150 Hz or 60, 120, and 180 Hz with hardly any effect on the music. For restoring or cutting off
low bass or extreme high frequencies use the bottom 15 Hz and 25 kHz peaking controls in addition to
identical controls at the top of the TONE CTRL window.. Together they boost or attenuate as much as 60
dB in 0.1 dB steps, providing more than 12 dB/octave. GRAPHS show the frequency response curves of all
the controls in dB.
MIXER and RVRB MIX
The input mixes, and corresponding reverberation mixes, selected by the 43-position INPUT CH - SPKRS
selector (duplicated in each window), are displayed above the sliders in each control window. In the MIXER
and RVRB MIX windows you can customize each type of mix by clicking its MIX button and setting the
controls to your liking. Compare your settings (click MIX) vs. saved custom settings (click FILE) vs.
NORMAL (click NORMAL) settings for each of the 43 positions. The check boxes invert phase.
SAVE YOUR SOUND FOR RECALL IN WMP
In the TONE CTRL window, If you click SOUND when you have finished setting EQ, it makes a preset file
C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS\SOUND.88.bin. Give your track a Subtitle in WMP – an abbreviated track
name, 8 to 16 characters. Then rename SOUND.88.bin to your subtitle.88.bin, the same as in WMP. When
you click on any track that has that subtitle, Bobcat searches C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS\ and if it finds
the matching name, it plays with that preset sound. Copy C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS to C:\SOUNDS or
another drive so you will have a backup.
If you have saved all your control settings and named a Subtitle in SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS, after recalling
those settings, the subtitle name will display above the Sound button. Copy the Subtitle (CTRL C) and
paste it (CTRL V) into the Subtitle field of at least the first track in WMP for which you want to apply that
sound. When you click that track WMP will play with your preset sound until it plays a track with a different
subtitle or you send a new sound by clicking PROCESS AUDIO.
SAVING YOUR SETTINGS
MIX LIB and RVRB MIX LIB
If you are using a custom mix or reverberation mix, you must both save and recall your custom mix before
saving the TONE CTRL settings. Your recalled settings will display in FILE mode. If you forget, and
leave the settings in MIX mode, a dialog box will remind you when you try to save the TONE CTRL
settings.
In the MIXER window, clicking SAVE MIX copies the current mix settings to the MIX LIB window in SPLENDOR
LIBRARY.XLS, appearing as the CURRENT mix on line 11. Copy line 11 and paste special, values, into
the desired row according to green instructions on line 13. Press CTRL + S to save the workbook.
Recall the new mix by selecting its entire line (click its line number at left) and clicking MIX SET (or CTRL +
SHIFT + T).
RVRB MIX works the same way and your new mix appears at AMBIANCE LIBRARY.XLS, RVRB MIX LIB,
line 11.
TONE CTRL
Click SAVE at upper left to copy all your settings to SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS, TONE LIB, PROGRAM
LIBRARY, line 15. Type the music information you want including an 8 to 16 character Subtitle, and click
PROG SAVE. This copies line 15 to the library, sorts it alphabetically, and renumbers the entries. If you
are replacing previously saved settings, first select the library line and delete it (use the delete key). Click
CONCERT to go to a library section where you can copy and paste special, values - the entries you want
for a special occasion.
Press CTRL + S to save the entire SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS.
Recall your settings by selecting the entire desired line and then click TONE SET (or CTRL + SHIFT + T).
In the TONE CTRL window the new Subtitle label will appear above the SOUND button. Copy the Subtitle
(CTRL C) and paste it (CTRL V) into the Subtitle field of at least the first track in WMP for which you want to
apply that sound. Click SOUND and it will create a sound preset file C:\BURWEN AUDIO\SOUNDS\Subtitle.
88.bin. Bobcat will search for the file with a matching Subtitle when WMP plays that track, and you will hear
the entire sound setup you saved.
For use with professional editors at different sample rates you can compensate the EQ by setting the
appropriate sample rate using the SAMPLES PER SECOND slider in the right column (PgDn). If you have
selected ANALOG, setting Options automatically moves the slider to the new sample rate.
SPEAKER and SOURCE COMPENSATIONS
After acquiring some skill at optimizing your sound and saving settings, you should save compensations
for your speaker system and headphones. The SPEAKER slider at left in the TONE CTRL window
(PgDn) selects up to 15 different tone and balance characteristics for various rooms, speakers with or
without a subwoofer, and headphones. Using highest quality music sources find tone control settings that
are a best compromise for balanced sound and extended high and low frequencies. When you save the
settings they appear not only at SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS, TONE LIB, PROGRAM LIBRARY, line 15, but
also in the SPKR LIB section of the same window, line 49995, and in the SRC LIB, line 59995.
Click the SPKR LIB button to get to line 49995. Type a suitable name and remarks, click line number
49995 to select the entire line. Then copy and paste special, values, to any of compensation numbers 1 –
15. Click SAVE LIB to copy this library to AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS where it is accessed by the SPEAKER
slider in the TONE CTRL window.
Similarly you can save compensation for each particular source such as a radio or tape player in the SRC
LIB section. Clicking SAVE LIB in the SOURCE LIBRARY will copy this library to AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS
where it is accessed by the SOURCE slider in the TONE CTRL window.
After making library changes, be sure to save SPLENDOR LIBRARY.XLS by selecting a blank cell and
clicking CTRL + S. Also, save AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS using the SAVE button in the right hand column or
click CTRL +S after clicking a blank cell at far right.
Subwoofer
Adjust extremely flexible low-pass and boost-cut filtering for a single subwoofer at the bottom of the TONE
CTRL window. You can cut off high frequencies at from 6 to 24 dB/octave and boost or cut more than 60
dB with 8 peaking controls from 15 Hz to 50 Hz. Adjust the controls by ear using a variety of wide range
program material. For better fidelity, separate subwoofers for each channel, or at least FL and FR are
preferable, using their manufacturers' crossovers. Use the main tone and difference controls to set up
your saved SPEAKER compensation.
Saved Settings
Actual subwoofer settings, speaker compensation, and source compensation are saved with your tone,
reverberation, and mix settings in the TONE LIB. If you later change your speaker compensation
or subwoofer settings and select the same SPEAKER compensation you will hear the sound with the
new compensation. You can change compensation to another speaker-room combination or headphone
type with this slider to obtain similar sound. The first and all unnamed positions are FLAT; they eliminate
speaker compensation, but use current subwoofer settings. The second SAVED position, in FILE mode,
recalls the original subwoofer and speaker compensation heard at the time the settings were saved.
Named speaker compensation positions recall saved speaker and subwoofer settings for other devices and
rooms. Original SOURCE compensation is always combined into recalled tone settings.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Change the use and library recall actions at the bottom of the MIXER window. If you uncheck "Check to
make library calls set the controls." you can make a three-way comparison of saved settings in FILE mode
vs. new settings in EQ mode vs. FLAT.
Adjust extremely flexible low-pass and boost-cut filtering for a single subwoofer at the bottom of the TONE
CTRL window. You can cut off high frequencies at from 6 to 24 dB/octave and boost or cut more than 60
dB with 8 peaking controls from 15 Hz to 50 Hz. Adjust the controls by ear using a variety of wide range
program material. For better fidelity, separate subwoofers for each channel, or at least FL and FR are
preferable, using their manufacturers' crossovers. Use the main tone and difference controls to set up
your saved SPEAKER compensation.
Saved Settings
Actual subwoofer settings, speaker compensation, and source compensation are saved with your tone,
reverberation, and mix settings in the TONE LIB. If you later change your speaker compensation
or subwoofer settings and select the same SPEAKER compensation you will hear the sound with the
new compensation. You can change compensation to another speaker-room combination or headphone
type with this slider to obtain similar sound. The first and all unnamed positions are FLAT; they eliminate
speaker compensation, but use current subwoofer settings. The second SAVED position, in FILE mode,
recalls the original subwoofer and speaker compensation heard at the time the settings were saved.
Named speaker compensation positions recall saved speaker and subwoofer settings for other devices and
rooms. Original SOURCE compensation is always combined into recalled tone settings.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Change the use and library recall actions at the bottom of the MIXER window. If you uncheck "Check to
make library calls set the controls." you can make a three-way comparison of saved settings in FILE mode
vs. new settings in EQ mode vs. FLAT.
Open Excel. From File Open, open all four .XLS files in C:\BURWEN AUDIO. After the first time, In
Windows XP, Excel will automatically open all the files in C:\BURWEN AUDIO. In Vista you can open all the
files at once in a saved workspace.
When AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS opens you will be prompted to press WMP or ANALOG. The WMP button
opens the Window Media Player and BURWEN BOBCAT. If Bobcat does not open go to Tools, Plug-Ins
and click BURWEN BOBCAT. In WMP 11, if you do not see the Tools menu click CTRL+M to View Classic
Menus. The WMP button connects to BURWEN BOBCAT. If you get into trouble click it again.
The ANALOG button opens BURWEN AUDIO for processing analog inputs and using the Burwen
Recorder-Player. By right-clicking the four-speaker icon at lower right in your Taskbar you can set Options,
view BURWEN BOBCAT, and open the Burwen Recorder-Player. The ANALOG button connects to
BURWEN BOBCAT (labeled BURWEN AUDIO to distinguish it from WMP's BURWEN BOBCAT). If you get
into trouble click it again.
Clicking WMP closes Burwen Audio. It is possible to operate both WMP and ANALOG Bobcats at the same
time, but your computer is likely to overload and produce dropouts. AUDIO SPLENDOR communicates only
with one or the other as selected by the WMP or ANALOG buttons.
For use without AUDIO SPLENDOR you can open Bobcat from Start, All Programs, Burwen Audio, and click
Burwen Audio or Burwen Audio (Last Settings). Last Settings means the first sound you will hear is the
same as when Burwen Audio was last closed.
WMP's version of Bobcat opens from WMP, Tools, Plug-ins, not from the Start button. Clicking a track that
has a Subtitle plays with its special SOUND. BURWEN BOBCAT in the Subtitle indicates the file itself is
Bobcat processed and it automatically plays in bypass. Tracks ripped from purchased CDs that are
Bobcat processed have a caret (^) at the beginning of their title or the album title, and automatically play in
bypass.
OPERATE BURWEN BOBCAT
In either WMP or ANALOG mode the buttons in any of the three Bobcat windows must be working and
producing correct sound output before AUDIO SPLENDOR can connect. Comparing no bobcat with
bypass produces a 5 DB difference in volume which is immediately audible. If WMP produces no sound,
close Bobcat, check your sound setup in the Control Panel, and get WMP working without Bobcat first.
In ANALOG mode, if the Burwen Recorder-Player is open, analog input will be muted if ANALOG IN is not
checked on the Player.
Windows XP, Excel will automatically open all the files in C:\BURWEN AUDIO. In Vista you can open all the
files at once in a saved workspace.
When AUDIO SPLENDOR.XLS opens you will be prompted to press WMP or ANALOG. The WMP button
opens the Window Media Player and BURWEN BOBCAT. If Bobcat does not open go to Tools, Plug-Ins
and click BURWEN BOBCAT. In WMP 11, if you do not see the Tools menu click CTRL+M to View Classic
Menus. The WMP button connects to BURWEN BOBCAT. If you get into trouble click it again.
The ANALOG button opens BURWEN AUDIO for processing analog inputs and using the Burwen
Recorder-Player. By right-clicking the four-speaker icon at lower right in your Taskbar you can set Options,
view BURWEN BOBCAT, and open the Burwen Recorder-Player. The ANALOG button connects to
BURWEN BOBCAT (labeled BURWEN AUDIO to distinguish it from WMP's BURWEN BOBCAT). If you get
into trouble click it again.
Clicking WMP closes Burwen Audio. It is possible to operate both WMP and ANALOG Bobcats at the same
time, but your computer is likely to overload and produce dropouts. AUDIO SPLENDOR communicates only
with one or the other as selected by the WMP or ANALOG buttons.
For use without AUDIO SPLENDOR you can open Bobcat from Start, All Programs, Burwen Audio, and click
Burwen Audio or Burwen Audio (Last Settings). Last Settings means the first sound you will hear is the
same as when Burwen Audio was last closed.
WMP's version of Bobcat opens from WMP, Tools, Plug-ins, not from the Start button. Clicking a track that
has a Subtitle plays with its special SOUND. BURWEN BOBCAT in the Subtitle indicates the file itself is
Bobcat processed and it automatically plays in bypass. Tracks ripped from purchased CDs that are
Bobcat processed have a caret (^) at the beginning of their title or the album title, and automatically play in
bypass.
OPERATE BURWEN BOBCAT
In either WMP or ANALOG mode the buttons in any of the three Bobcat windows must be working and
producing correct sound output before AUDIO SPLENDOR can connect. Comparing no bobcat with
bypass produces a 5 DB difference in volume which is immediately audible. If WMP produces no sound,
close Bobcat, check your sound setup in the Control Panel, and get WMP working without Bobcat first.
In ANALOG mode, if the Burwen Recorder-Player is open, analog input will be muted if ANALOG IN is not
checked on the Player.
OPEN AUDIO SPLENDOR