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Setting user preferences – Escient EWP-2000 V2 User Manual

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EWP-2000 V2 User’s Manual

You can specify which audio encoder (MP3 or FLAC) you want to use for

recording audio to your FireBall. The MP3 format allows the most flexibility

and compatibility for efficiently storing many audio files while the FLAC

format uses considerably more space than MP3 files, but preserves an exact

bit-for-bit recording of the original, using half the space when compared to the

full 44.1k CD audio format..

NOTE: YOU CANNOT STREAM FLAC TO THE WEB PAD. ONLY MP3

FILES CAN BE STREAMED.

Follow these steps to select an audio encoder:

1. Select the SETUP button to display the Setup menu.
2. Select the Recording Preferences menu item under Audio.
3. Select MP3 or CD Quality (FLAC) as your preferred encoder
4. If you selected MP3 as your preferred encoder, select a bitrate.

The MP3 bitrate is used to determine the relative quality and compression level.

The higher the bitrate, the better quality and more space each song will occupy

on the hard drive. Selecting a lower bitrate will provide lesser quality audio

and will use less space for each song, allowing you to store more songs on your

FireBall.

FLAC audio will always take up approximately 50% of the original WAV/

AIFF file size. The FLAC compression level has been optimized to FireBall’s

processor speed and is not user adjustable. Creating a mix CD using FLAC

audio files creates a CD which is identical to the original, thus it is referred to as

“CD Quality”.

SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES

You can specify what to do with new discs inserted into FireBall’s front panel

CD drive. Display and Play will display the information for the disc and then

play the disc. Record and Eject assists in bulk recording, allowing you to insert

disc after disc, automatically recording then ejecting each one.

Follow these steps to set the Disc Insert Preferences:

1. Select the SETUP button to display the Setup menu.
2. Select the Disc Insert Preferences menu item under Audio.
3. Select Display and Play or Record and Eject.

Record and Eject will use the current Recording Preferences to record each disc

to your internal hard drive. The Record Select Guide will not be displayed as

all tracks are automatically selected and recorded to the internal hard drive. Use

the Delete Music feature to delete any unwanted tracks.

MANAGING EXTERNAL CHANGERS

Setting User Preferences