XO Wave: Technical Notes

Important Notice: Although XO Wave will continue to be available for some time, it will be discontinued as we prepare to bring you the next generation Digital Audio Workstation. The new software we are developing is called Xonami and it will have many, but not all, of the features of XO Wave. A discount upgrade path will be available for users who purchased XO Wave September 1^st, 2010.

We realize that there are few professional CD mastering options with the full range of capabilities offered by XO Wave, so we will continue to offer the package as long as possible. However, please keep in mind that as discontinued software:

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Technical Support will be discontinued on November 30th.

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The following technical notes may help explain a technical detail of XO Wave or help you understand one of XO Wave's finer points.

File Formats describes the files used and supported by XO Wave.

Dither in XO Wave describes how Dither is used in XO Wave.

Resolution in XO Wave describes how XO Wave maintains high quality signal throughout the processing chain.

XO Wave Support for Audio Units describes how Audio Units work in XO Wave, and the limitations to be aware of when using them.

Using LAME to Encode MP3s from XO Wave describes using XO Wave with LAME, a very high-quality MP3 encoder, on Mac OS X.

Working with Ogg Vorbis Files in XO Wave describes how to work with Ogg Vorbis files in XO Wave.

Working with MPEG-2 Video Files in XO Wave describes how to work with MPEG-2 Video files in XO Wave.

Using Audio Hijack Pro with XO Wave describes the prerequisites for using Audio Hijack Pro with XO Wave.

CD Track Marker Padding explains what padding and why it's important.

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This page was last modified December 2007.