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Zikfire

A screenshot of a computer screen that has two graphs of sound waves. There are menu buttons at the top and the usual play, record, fast forward buttons at the bottom.
Manufacturer Name: 
Compuzik

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Product Description: 

Zikfire is audio editing software to export and/or convert songs into mp3 format, designed for use by the visually impaired.

Main Features: 

  • All its features are accessible by keyboard shortcuts or directly in the menus.
  • Capable of reading and processing all audio formats (WAV, MP3, WMA, etc.).
  •  Editing functions (copy, cut, paste) and an unlimited Undo / Redo system, which allows the user to return to a previous step at any time, without ever losing the integrity of the song.
  • Easy to apply various effects such as echo, reverb, flanger, chorus. The visually impaired can easily circulate in the effects and program them as desired using an identical interface for all effects.
  • Numerous playback and navigation features, allowing the user to handle the audio file extremely precisely.
  • Control the sound level at all times by allowing simple and direct access for visually impaired people to the values ​​of the view meter.
  • Move without any difficulty on the waveform, thanks to a system of "beeps" translating the sound level.
  • ZikFire has an analysis of the frequencies present in the audio signal. Users can thus obtain without difficulty the notes and chords of a part which they have selected. 
  • Extract audio CDs in wav or mp3 format.
  • Convert wav files in mp3 format.
  • Audio editing includes:
    • Multi-instrument tuner ("Utilities" menu) Interactive multi-instrument tuner with sound feedback.
    • Notes identifier ("Utilities" menu) Ideal analysis tool, identifies notes and breaks down chords.
    • New effects and treatments ("Treatment" and "Effects" menus) Graphic equalizer, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Distortion, MultiTap Delay and Pitch modification. Over 100 new presets to make it easier to listen to the effects.
    • Recording real-time effects ("Tempo change", "Transpose" and "Pitch").
    • Automatic detection of peaks, configurable ("Go to" menu) allows detecting values ​​exceeding a selected threshold, with the possibility of moving from peak to peak, and to position a marker for each peak.
    • Silent movement ("Go to" menu) allows flexible movement in the audio file, for example from word to word or from sentence to sentence.
    • Recording duration and volume: During recording, the recording duration is displayed in real-time (indicated in the field "status of the operation in progress" ) and the sound volume of the recorded input (indicated in the fields of the meter).

More Information: 

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