Antares Infinity user manual

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DSP SAMPLE LOOPING TOOLS 
Owner’s Manual 

©2002 Antares Audio Technologies. All rights reserved.
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Antares Audio Technologies
231 Technology Circle
Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA
voice: (831) 461 7800
fax: (831) 461 7801
email: [email protected]
web: www.antarestech.com
Rev 1.0rgb v3.18 11/2002 

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The Antares Infinity software and this User’s Manual are protected by
copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the
prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by
law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law.
Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Infinity
software and its documentation. Use of Infinity is limited by the following
license agreement.
Please carefully read all the...

In the event of breach of any of the terms of this agreement, you shall pay
the attorney’s fees of Antares that are reasonably necessary to enforce the
agreement, plus resulting damages.
LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
INFINITY AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH-
OUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Antares Audio Technologies does not warrant that the functions...

Contents
Welcome
Infinity Technical Support vii
Installation and Authorization viii
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Infinity Features 1
Chapter 2 Introducing Infinity
The Problem with Looping 4
Crossfade Loops 5
The Soundfile Window 7
The Palette: Mode Icons 10
Status Display + Action Icons 11
Get Info 12
Envelope Files 13
Chapter 3 The Basics of Infinity
Basic Commands 15
Viewing the Soundfile 16
Changing the Display Resolution 17
Listening to the Soundfile 20
Editing the Soundfile 21
Editing Functions 24...

Chapter 4 Looping Tools
Managing Loop Points 39
The Crossfade Looper 41
The Freeze Looper 44
The Rotated Sums Looper 48
The SPR Looper 51
The Synthesis Looper 55
How To Loop a Sound 65
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts 67
Index 70 

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Welcome!
e at Antares Audio Technologies offer both our thanks and congratulations
on your decision to purchase Infinity, the world’s best sample-looping
toolkit.
Before proceeding, please register and authorize your copy of Infinity.
(You can skip ahead a few pages to the Authorization and Installation
instructions. We’ll wait.) Also, if you plan to discard that lovely Infinity
jewel case, write down the serial number that appears on the back for
future reference.
As a registered Infinity owner,...

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Technical Support
n the unlikely event that you experience a problem using Infinity, try the
following:
1. Make another quick scan through this manual. Who knows? You may
have stumbled onto some feature that you didn’t notice the first time
through.
2. Check our web page for tips, techniques, or any late-breaking
information: http://www.antarestech.com
3. Call your local Antares dealer.
4. Email our tech support department by pointing your web browser to:...

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Installation and Authorization
INSTALLING INFINITY
To install Infinity, simply copy the Infinity installer to your hard drive,
double-click the installer and follow the resulting directions. If you have
purchased Infinity as a download, decompress the downloaded file and
double-click the installer. In either case, be sure to read the Read Me file for
any late breaking news.
AUTHORIZING INFINITY
To run Infinity, the computer on which it runs needs to be authorized using
a “challenge/response”...

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The Challenge screen displays the Challenge string. To receive the
appropriate Response you will need to provide us with both the
Challenge string and the registration code that was included on the
yellow card in your software package (if you bought a retail package)
or supplied with your download.
To obtain your Response, have your registration code and Challenge
string at hand. (If you will be accessing the web from the same com-
puter that will be running your software, you can press “Copy Chal-...