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Welcome to the Amarra Luxe version 4.3 User Manual. The release of Amarra Luxe v4.3 combines Amarra 4 and Amarra 4 Luxe into one application now called Amarra Luxe. For those of you with an Amarra 4 license, your license is still valid and will provide the same features that you currently find in Amarra 4. An upgrade path is available to Amarra Luxe on our website at www.sonicstudio.com.

Evaluation, Activation, Deactivation and Upgrades

Amarra Luxe uses a simple licensing mechanism requiring just an Activation Code and an Email address for full licensing. Evaluations require neither an email address nor activation code.

License Two (2) computers concurrently - Mac OS X and/or Windows
No passwords required

Evaluation

A free, 14-day, full function evaluation of Amarra Luxe is available on our website at: Demo Amarra Luxe here

Fill in the form to make sure you stay up to date on new information. You'll then be directed to a page with instructions to begin your trial.
At the Amarra Software Activation window, click the EVALUATE button to test out Amarra Luxe
Review your trial information and click the 'OK' button to begin your trial

Deactivation

Prior to retiring a computer, deactivate your activation license code

Click ‘Manage License’ from the Settings Window -> General tab
Click the Deactivate button to deactivate your license

Activation

Amarra Luxe licenses two (2) computers

Download, install, and launch Amarra Luxe
Click Activate
Enter your Amarra 4 or Amarra Luxe Activation code, your email address and confirm your email address in the spaces provided.
Click Activate again to activate your copy of Amarra Luxe

Upgrade to Amarra Luxe

To upgrade from Amarra 4 or from a trial Amarra Luxe after purchasing a permanent copy of Amarra Luxe:

Quit Amarra your Amarra 4 product
MAC USERS: Go to your Applications → Amarra Luxe → Scripts folder and double-click on 'Uninstall Amarra License.app'
WINDOWS USERS: Go to c:Users{username}AppDataRoamingSonic StudioLicenses and delete the 'Amarra4.cdm' file
ALL USERS: Re-launch Amarra Luxe and click ACTIVATE at the Software Activation Window
Activate using your new, permanent Amarra Luxe license.

Setting Up Your Music Library and Output Device

Setting up your music library

Amarra provides several options for setting up your music library.

ENABLING ITUNES MODE (MAC Only)

Use the Apple Music/iTunes interface for library management and track selection while taking advantage of the powerful Amarra engine for superior playback quality.

Use the Amarra Luxe->Windows pulldown menu and select Enable iTunes Mode

Select Minimize Amarra to display just the Amarra transport window and attach to the bottom of iTunes.

IMPORTING LOCAL MUSIC

For better sonic quality, you can import your music into your Amarra library. There are 2 methods of adding your local music to your Amarra Luxe Library. Note that no copies are made of any music tracks, only track information is stored so the track can be retrieved for playback.

Scan For Music
- Best for loading your entire library including tracks not supported by iTunes such as FLAC, MQA and files
Scan iTunes
- Best if using Apple Music/iTunes Playlists and all of your music is supported by iTunes.

From the Settings->General Window

SCAN FOR MUSIC - Scan For Music allows you to scan and import your entire music library into Amarra Luxe by selecting your music folders.
- Click the SCAN FOR MUSIC button
- Navigate to desired music folder and click Open
- Your music library will be saved when scan completes
ADD TO LIBRARY - Once you have a library established, use the ADD TO LIBRARY button to add additional tracks or music folders to your library
- Use the Amarra Luxe → Window → Save menu command when completed to save your changes. Note that changes will be saved automatically when you quit Amarra Luxe.
SCAN ITUNES - Scan your Apple Music/iTunes library for Tracks, Artwork, Artists and Playlists and import them into Amarra Luxe
- Click the SCAN iTUNES button
- At the Finder or Explorer window, navigate to and select your iTunes Library.xml or Library.xml file
- (NOTE: If using Apple Music, select File → Library → Export Library from the Music toolbar to create your Library.xml file. If using iTunes, ensure iTunes Preferences → Advanced tab, 'Share iTunes Library XML with other applications' is selected to create an iTunes Library.xml file.)
- Your .xml file will be scanned, imported and saved as part of the process
CLEAR SONGS - Use CLEAR SONGS to remove Songs, Albums, and Artists from your current library
- Playlists are not removed
- TIDAL and Qobuz tracks are not removed, log out of your TIDAL or Qobuz account to remove associated tracks from your library.

ACCESSING YOUR TIDAL, QOBUZ and nugs.net (coming soon) EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS

Amarra Luxe uniquely provides access to your TIDAL, QOBUZ or nugs.net account (coming soon).

Your Local, TIDAL and Qobuz tracks can be displayed all together or independently by using the Triangular icon in the upper right corner of the Amarra Luxe window.

ACCESSING YOUR TIDAL or Qobuz Account

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From the Settings->Accounts window:

Enter your credentials for each account in the spaces provided
Click the Login button to log into your account.
Content and Local Library content will be integrated in your Amarra Library. Your Local, TIDAL and Qobuz tracks can be displayed independently using the Triangular icon in the upper right corner of the Amarra Luxe window.
De-select 'Show TIDAL Tabs' or 'Show Qobuz Tabs' to remove the associated links from the left hand column.
If you don't have a TIDAL account or Qobuz account, free full function trials are available. Follow the links to each provider to sign up for a free trial.

Accounts window:

If you already have an account, enter your nugs.net User Name and Password in the spaces provided
Click the Login button to log into your nugs.net account.
If you don't have a nugs.net account yet, take advantage of the free trial to experience a wealth of live music from the nugs.net streaming catalog.

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On your first launch of Amarra Luxe or if you wish to change your output device or buffer size:

On the Settings->General Window - Click the 'Device Settings' button to bring up Device Settings Window
Set your Output Device
Set the Input Device to <<none>> (Windows Only)
Select Buffer Size (512 or 1024 recommended) or use the default selected by your device
Click on Reset Device to reset the connection between Amarra and your DAC
Use Exclusive Mode to restrict access to Sound Output Device. Not recommended for built in ouptut.
Use ‘Use Device Volume’ to enable remote volume control of your USB HID compliant DAC from Amarra Luxe.

On Windows additional information is required. Refer to your Audio Hardware Device Manual for information on which Driver Type to select.

Audio Device Type

Windows Audio / Windows Audio (Exclusive Mode)
DirectSound
ASIO

Input Device

When using ASIO an Input Device needs to be selected

Using Amarra Luxe

Settings window - General Tab
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