thanks for the response, Brian (although, I must say, I was hoping you'd come in here and post a detailed, color-coded 15-step procedure to get Samplitude working exactly like I think it should in my head)
your help with my first question is exactly what I needed. I just hadn't noticed that marker that automatically got set at the start of the file. but deleting that first marker gets it just how I want it.
In regards to my 2nd question, I agree, its not really a big deal. I can delete that file.
and for my 3rd question. after I posted I realized that I can quickly and easily use SHNtool to strip out the extra RIFF chunks before I generate my .wav .md5's. while it's not ideal (because it's an extra step), if Samplitude can save me 2 or 3 extra steps elsewhere, it may be worthwhile. For the time being, I'm going to resist the urge to fall back to my familiar WaveLab, and plow ahead with Samplitude.
and now, two more questions (which I'll call (4) and (5), for the sake of clarity).
4) I've got all my CD track markers set up in the VIP. Before I export the tracks into separate .wav files, what is the best way to add fades (in the VIP) to just the start of the first track and the end of the last track. I see a whole lot of info about cross-fades, but I'm having trouble finding the fade in/outs. (however, at this point, my trouble might just be because I've been fiddling around with Samplitude for hours, and I'm getting pretty tired. perhaps in the morning, this stuff will become more obvious to me).
and
5) Dithering. Because, in this instance, I'm starting out with a 16 / 44.1 file and I'm not really doing any editing that would require dither, I assume I want to choose the
No dithering, math rounding of sample value option, yes? My thinking is that the 32 bit value that Samplitude has stored really just has 16 zeroes tacked onto a regular 16 bit sample (because there's no processing going on), the "rounded" 16 bit sample should be identical to the original 16 bit sample, yes?
thanks again
- Jason