CD Architect™ 5.2

CD Architect 5.0 Users: A free update to CD Architect 5.2 is available for registered users of CD Architect 5.0. You will need your CD Architect 5.0 serial number during installation. Click here for your free update.

Please Note: Using the default installation path is recommended. The default installation path for Sony CD Architect 5.2 is C:\Program Files\Sony\CD Architect 5.2. Problems such as file format plug-ins stating they are expired or demo beeps occurring when you use Sonic Foundry or Sony audio effects can occur if, during installation, you change the install path to a directory that holds older Sony/Sonic Foundry products.

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                        File       Ver      Build   Size (MB)

            CD Architect

5.2a     153      21.1

            CD Architect Release Notes

                        0.3

            CD Architect Manual

                        1.3

Professional Red Book Audio CD Mastering

Produce professional audio CDs to Red Book specification with CD Architect™ 5 software. Newly updated version 5.2 includes CD text reading and writing, and updated drive support. Perform full PQ code editing, trim events from full-length media and add as new tracks, import regions from Sound Forge® software as tracks, master audio by applying over 20 real-time DirectX® effects to events and the master output, and perform disc-at-once CD burning.

CD Architect software provides the most precise audio CD mastering and burning tools available. Arrange your CD Architect project using simple drag-and-drop operations. Produce complex crossfades and DJ-style megamixes. Generate multiple takes of a song to use in your project before burning. Create live-style CDs with audio in the time between tracks, apply volume envelopes and event ASR envelopes – even create hidden tracks. CD Architect software supports a long list of drives, including many FireWire and USB devices.               

Why CD Architect Software?

Powerful CD Creation Tools

CD Architect™ software provides all the tools you need to produce professional CDs from beginning to end. Perform full PQ code editing, apply effects, create customized crossfades, and generate disc-at-once premasters suitable for professional replication.

Over 20 Real-Time DirectX Effects

CD Architect software gives you the flexibility you need to professionally master your final product. Master your CD projects using over 20 real-time DirectX® effects including EQ, compression, reverb, and noise gate. Apply effects to individual tracks, sections of a track, or the master bus.

Powerful Editing Features

Zoom to sample level and perform precise, real-time edits, fades and crossfades. Move, cut, copy, paste, and split events. Invert audio phase, normalize tracks, and perform audio scrubbing - even apply real-time pitch changes and time stretching.

Media Extraction Tools

Create "best-of" CDs in minutes. Preview and extract tracks of your own music, add them to your project, and burn to CD. Tracks are extracted with full PQ information including track start points, timing information, and more.

Professional Mixing Tools

Create transitions between songs or layer audio to produce complex crossfades and DJ-style megamixes. Create "live" CDs with audio in between tracks, apply volume and ASR envelopes to events and even create hidden tracks!

Powerful CD Design Features

Arrange audio tracks using simple drag-and-drop operations. Create multiple takes of a song to use in your project before burning. Preview and switch between various takes and choose the one that fits best in your project.

Professional CD Burning Features

CD Architect software includes support for a wide variety of CD burners, including FireWire, USB, IDE, and SCSI devices. Perform test burns before writing to CD. CD Architect also supports buffer underrun protection — preventing unusable discs.

Cue sheet printing

Share track list information with other applications or a CD replication house. You can copy track list information, save it to a text file, or print a hard copy directly from the CD Architect application.

Full PQ Code Editing

CD Architect software lets you arrange tracks with speed and precision. Perform full PQ code editing including track and index positions, ISRC codes, and pause times.

Protected Work Environment

Work with confidence - CD Architect software automatically creates and saves a backup copy of your project every five minutes. Plus, use the undo/redo history to restore previous edits with ease. View past edits - even undo or redo whole groups at a time.

Multiple File Format Support

Use multiple file formats in your project - CD Architect software performs the conversion for you. Convert your favorite MP3s to WAV on the fly, burn new audio CD's, and listen to them anywhere. CD Architect software supports popular formats including MP3, AIFF, Windows Media® Audio, Ogg Vorbis, and more.

Fully Customizable Workspace

CD Architect software lets you to customize your environment to fit the way you work. Dock or float windows, including the Playlist, Tracklist, Trimmer, Media Pool and Mixer anywhere on your workspace.

Ultimate Audio Fidelity

Use the highest quality audio in your CD projects, up to 32-bit, 192kHz source audio - no conversion is necessary. Convert your tracks to Red Book audio with high-quality resampling and dithering with noise shaping

What you can do with CD Architect software

            Generate Red Book compliant disc-at-once (DAO) premasters of your music suitable for professional replication.

            Burn CDs using USB, FireWire, SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD recorders.

            Add CD Text that can be read by certain CD players.

            Test burn before writing to your own CD.

            Perform full PQ code editing including media UPC/MCN, and per-track ISRC.

            Extract audio tracks with PQ information from CDs.

            Perform mastering by applying over 20 real-time DirectX® effects to individual events, sections of events, or the master bus.

            Use high-resolution source audio with high-quality conversion to Red Book audio.

            Import regions and markers from Sound Forge® software products as CD tracks and indicies.

            Apply real-time pitch changes and time stretching.

            Create multiple takes of your song to use in your project before burning.

            Quickly adjust track volume levels, add a fade-in/fade-out, crossfade, and define custom volume and event ASR envelopes for each track.

            Layer audio to produce complex crossfades and DJ-style megamixes.

            Create live-style CDs with audio in the time between tracks.

            Perform precise, non-destructive edits and zoom to the sample level and create extremely accurate edits and fades.

            Use the Trimmer window to select portions of media that can be placed as new tracks.

            Convert your favorite MP3s of your own music to WAV files on the fly, burn your new audio CDs, and listen to them anywhere.

            Preview tracks in the Media Pool before adding them to your mix.

            Use high-resolution source audio with high-quality conversion to Red Book audio.

            Import multiple file formats into your project without any conversion.

            Arrange your CD Architect™ project using simple drag-and-drop operations.

            Instantly normalize events to the peak level.

            Copy track list information to the clipboard, save it to a text file, or print a hard copy directly from the CD Architect interface.

            Create hidden tracks by adding audio before the first track or after the last track.

            Use the undo/redo history to restore your project to any previous state.

            Use up to 99 tracks and 99 subindices per track.

            Add International Standard Recording (ISRC), Universal Product Codes (UPC) or Media Catalog Numbers (MCN).

New Features

General Editing

            CD Text support

            32-bit, 192kHz source audio support

            High-quality resampling and dithering

            Trimmer window

            Undo/redo history list

            Multiple file format support

            Media file previewing

            Tabbed/docking windows

            Greater than 1:1 zoom

            Ripple editing

            Dual monitor support

            Toolbar customization

            Media Explorer

            Autosave crash recovery

            Supports MP3, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media® Audio, and more

Mastering

            Over 20 real-time DirectX® effects

            Event/track and master bus effects model

            Audio phase invert

            Event normalize

            Audio layering to create complex crossfades

            Real-time pitch shift/time stretch

            Slip trimming

            Unlimited volume envelope points

            Audio scrubbing

CD Design & Writing

            Expanded drive support including USB and FireWire devices

            Buffer underrun protection

            Smart track reordering

            Multiple takes for events

            Cue sheet printing

            Audio clipping detection

            Automatic pause time indication