Effects

With Fidelia, savvy music lovers have the ability to further personalize audio playback by installing third-party Audio Unit or VST plug-ins. For example, Fidelia reaches beyond the narrow parameters of typical built-in equalization controls, allowing users to install higher-quality EQ and other effects plug-ins to suit any taste or listening environment.

Sync with iTunes Library

Enjoy seamless and continuously updated access to your iTunes library, including user-generated playlists. If and whenever you like, decide for yourself which portions of your iTunes collection to reformat or reorganize in Fidelia.

Create Playlists

Craft your own personalized playlists in seconds. Simple click-and-drag controls allow you to draw from your complete Fidelia library to build lists of any size or style, mixing and matching file formats at will.

Multiple Formats, Maximum Control

Heavily compressed audio files aren't for everybody. That's why Fidelia gives discriminating listeners robust control over how their songs are captured and stored. Tracks can be imported in AIFF, WAV, CAF, AAC, Apple Lossless, Ogg Vorbis or FLAC formats. You can also convert existing files to any of the above.

What is sample rate conversion?

For an analogy, think of high-definition video, which can display more detailed information by way of higher resolution. Likewise, higher sample rates can represent a wider range of sonic frequencies than lower ones, delivering a truer and more complete listening experience.

If the sample rate of a song file is significantly higher or lower than an audio playback system can handle, the sample rate must be converted. When an audio player reduces the sample rate of a file, it's important to remove frequencies that can't be represented at the lower rate. If they aren't removed, such incompatible frequencies can lead to distortion or noise that compromises the original sound.

That's where iZotope's 64-bit SRC comes in. All audio files played back in Fidelia benefit from iZotope's precise, leading-edge sample rate conversion. For a more thorough description of this technology, we invite you to visit the iZotope website.

What is dither?

Another attribute of audio files is bit depth. While most artists and engineers record music at a depth of 24 bits or higher, the conversion to CD (which is limited to 16 bits) makes it necessary to reduce bit depth. Sound quality is inevitably compromised in this process as it introduces a layer of noise known as quantization distortion. The same holds true when you play a 24-bit audio file using a 16-bit DAC, for example. Dither is essentially a method for controlling this kind of distortion and redirecting it into less audible ranges.

The easiest way to understand dither is to see it. Visit the iZotope website for a nicely illustrated primer.

When creating Fidelia, Audiofile Engineering specifically chose to incorporate iZotope's MBIT+ dither technology because it was designed with music listening in mind. Its development was based on actual music, not an assortment of test tones, bleeps and buzzes. The result is an application that was built from top to bottom with music lovers in mind.

Our Vision

Audiofile Engineering began in a recording studio, not in a corporate boardroom in an office building. As musicians and engineers who have invested blood, sweat, and tears into the world of creative audio software, we are too often surprised by an ugly truth: end-user support is seriously lacking.

From day one at Audiofile Engineering we have devoted ourselves to keeping in touch with our user base. We believe that the center of our business, and even the process of creating our software, rests within each and every one of our customers. And if you run into trouble, we want to be there to help.

Not Your Parents' Help Menu

Actual, honest-to-goodness, end-user tech support is built-in to every one of our apps. Look in each application's menu for Support and check it out.

Learn more by watching our tutorial Screencasts, check for an update of the software, read Release Notes and new features, manage your License keys, or communicate with a real, living, human being on our Support staff.

The Help Desk tab is where you can let us know when you believe you've found a bug, or when you have a great idea for a future feature, and even review all past communications with the Support Team. No more digging through emails, or following links in your web browser. We've put the most important bits right at your fingertips.

We're All In This Together

We work hard to provide unparalleled technical support, and strive to keep improving our development workflow and quality control to prevent issues from happening in the first place. We utilize modern and effective tools that allow us to support you in the best way possible, no matter where in the world you are.

For example, we keep track of every feature request submitted by users. When we see one particular feature pile up, it gets added to our public Roadmap. At that point, you can vote on each feature and help us rank which ones should take priority. (This system really works - we've just added an Leq meter to Spectre due to popular demand.)

So tell us when you need help, let us know when things aren't working the way you expect and especially when they seem unclear. Send us your most desired feature requests, and share stories about how you are using and enjoying the software we've created. This feedback will give us what we need to continue to build and refine the most useful and enjoyable applications you've ever used. We aren't perfect, but we wont give up trying to be!

When in doubt, just email us directly at support@audiofile-engineering.com.