Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio 14.0 User manual

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TableofContents

TableofContents 3

SOUNDFORGEAudioStudio14 7

TechnicalSupport 7

InteractiveTutorials 7

OptimizingSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioSoftware 7

TheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioWindow 9

SOUNDFORGEAudioStudioToolbars 9

TheStatusBar 13

DataWindows 14

EditingTempo 20

ArrangingDataWindows 21

SavingandRecallingWindowLayouts 22

DockingandUndockingWindows 24

TheExplorerWindow 24

FileProperties 27

TimeDisplay 28

ChoosingTimeDisplayOptions 29

ChannelMeters 29

LoudnessMeters 30

RecordOptions 32

MetadataWindows 35

HowDoI...? 43

MixingMultipleFiles 43

HowDoICreateACIDLoopswithSOUNDFORGEAudioStudio? 43

HowDoICreateaNewFileUsingPartofAnotherFile? 45

HowDoIRecordfromanExternalSource? 45

WorkingwithFiles 49

CreatingaNewWindow 49

OpeningaFile 49

OpeningaRawDataFile 50

ClosingaFile 51

SavingaFile 52

SaveAs/RenderAs 52

UsingSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiowiththeWindowsExplorerContextMenu 54

CustomFileTemplates 54

WorkingwithProjects 56

ProjectReferencesinRenderedFiles 56

SavingallOpenFiles 57

ExtractingAudiofromCDs 57

CreatingTrack-at-Once(TAO)CDs 58

CreatingDisc-at-Once(DAO)CDs 59

CreatingandEditingTracksforaDisc-at-OnceCD 61

MovingTracksontheCDLayoutBar 65

EditingPauseTimeforaDisc-at-OnceCD 66

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CreatingaTrackListforaDisc-at-OnceCD 68

AddingCDTexttoaDisc-at-OnceCD 70

BurningaDisc-at-OnceCD 70

ViewingFileStatistics 71

CrashRecovery 72

WorkingwithVideoFiles 74

AttachingorDetachingaVideoStream 74

TheVideoStrip 74

VideoPreview 75

MultichannelAudio-Overview 77

RoutingChannelstoHardwareOutputs 77

OpeningandEditingMultichannelAudioFiles 77

Stereo-to-Mono(orMono-to-Stereo)Conversion 78

RecordingMultichannelAudio 79

PreviewingaFile 82

DataWindowScrolling 82

PreviewCut/Cursor 82

Pre-RolltoCursor 82

Scrubbing 82

MonitoringLevelsinDigitalAudio 84

ChannelMeters 84

LoudnessMeters 86

Oscilloscope 88

Recording 89

CreatingaNewRecording 89

RecordingintoanExistingSoundFile 91

RecordingAudioAutomatically 95

RecordOptions 97

HowDoIRecordfromanExternalSource? 99

UsingtheVinylRecordingandRestorationTool 102

RecordingMultichannelAudio 103

SelectingDataandPositioningtheCursor 107

SelectingDataUsingtheMouse 107

TheSetSelectionDialog 109

MarkIn 110

MarkingOut 111

LoopedPlayback 111

QuantizetoFrames 111

EnableSnapping 111

SelectionSnapping 113

AdjustingSelections 116

UsingSelectionGridLines 117

TogglingandCyclingSelections 117

SelectAll 117

GoTo 117

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CenteringtheCursor 118

BasicEditing 119

EditingTools 119

Cut 120

Copy 120

ViewingClipboardContents 120

PlayingClipboardContents 121

Paste 121

PasteSpecial 123

Delete(Clear) 126

Trim/Crop 126

MagnificationandZooming 126

UndoingandRedoingEdits 129

Repeat 129

TheEventTool 130

CreatingEvents 130

MovingEvents 131

SplittingEvents 132

Cutting,Copying,Pasting,Mixing,andDeletingEvents 132

SelectingEvents 134

CrossfadingEvents 135

EventEnvelopes(ASR) 135

SlippingandTrimmingEvents 136

AutoRippleEvents 138

ApplyingProcessesandEffectstoEvents 138

UsingMarkers,Regions,andCommands 140

UsingMarkers 140

InsertingRegions 141

UpdatingMarkerorRegionPositions 143

ReplicatingMarkersorRegions 143

DeletingMarkersorRegions 143

CopyingRegionstotheClipboard 144

ClearingMarkersandRegions 144

InsertingCommands 144

ApplyingProcessesandEffects 147

TheProcess,Effects,andFXFavoritesMenus 147

ApplyingProcessesandEffectstoEvents 148

ApplyingaPlug-InChain 149

UsingProcessingDialogs 154

Processes 157

Effects 167

Synthesis 172

GeneratingDTMF/MFTones 172

SimpleSynthesis 172

CustomizingSoundForge 174

GeneralPreferences 174

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DisplayPreferences 176

FileTypePreferences 178

PreviewPreferences 178

StatusPreferences 179

ToolbarPreferences 179

CDSettingsPreferences 180

Preferences-AudioTab 180

AdvancedAudioConfiguration 182

VideoPreferences 182

Preferences-VSTEffects 183

Shortcuts 184

KeyboardShortcuts 184

Drag-and-DropShortcuts 189

MouseShortcuts 190

Glossary 191

Index 207

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SOUNDFORGEAudioStudio14

SOUNDFORGEAudioStudiosoftwareistheworkhorseofcountlessaudioprofessionals,anditjustkeeps

gettingbetter.You'llfindthatthenewfeaturesinthisversionwillhelpsimplifyyourlifebyconsolidating

commontasksandallowingyoutocustomizethesoftwaretosuityourneeds.

What'snewinversion14?

lInstantActionwindowwithshortcutstofrequentlyusedtasks.

lNewOscilloscopevisualization.

lQuickconvertingaudiofilesfromWindowsExplorercontextmenu.

lQuickFX:ProfessionalVSTeffectswithmanypresetsandextremelyeasyoperationusingjustone

fader.

lImprovedVSTsupportwithmanybugfixesandafasterscan.

TechnicalSupport

IfyouexperienceproblemsorhavequestionswhileusingSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiosoftware,our

technicalsupportdepartmentisalwaysreadytohelpyou.AdditionalsupportandinformationaboutSOUND

FORGEAudioStudiosoftwareandotherMAGIXproductscanbefoundontheMAGIXWebsite.

ForadetailedlistofTechnicalSupportoptions,pleasevisittheSupportpageonourWebsite.

InteractiveTutorials

FromtheHelpmenu,chooseInteractiveTutorialstostartaninteractiveguidethatwillshowyoueach

partoftheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiointerfaceandteachyouhowtoeditaudio.

ChooseatopicfromtheInteractiveTutorialsoverviewtostartatutorialyou'llbeupandrunninginnotime!—

OptimizingSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioSoftware

ThistopiccontainsinformationaboutconfiguringyoursystemtomaximizeSOUNDFORGEAudioStudio

performance.

Defragmentingyourharddrive

Withtimeandusage,harddrivesbecomefragmented,leadingtodiscontiguousfilesandslowaccess.Thisis

particularlytrueforolderharddrives.SinceSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiosoftwareisharddriveintensive,

fasterdiskaccessequatesbetterperformance.Therefore,theinitialstepinimprovingsystemperformanceis

harddrivedefragmentation.

TheWindowsDiskDefragmentershouldberunpriortousingSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiosoftware.

Increasingplaybackbuffersize

TheplaybackbuffersizedeterminestheamountofRAMusedforplayingfromtheharddrive.Abuffersizeof

0.10secondsisrecommended,butincreasedbufferingmaybenecessaryifyoudetectgapsduringplayback.

Increasingthetotalbuffersizerequiresadditionalmemory.Combinedwithalargepreloadsize,thismay

resultinadelaywhenstartingandstoppingplayback.

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1. FromtheOptionsmenu,choosePreferences.ThePreferencesdialogappears.

2. ClicktheAudiotab.

3. UsethePlaybackbufferingslidertoconfigureanappropriatebuffersizevalueandclickOK.

Ifyou'reusinganASIOdevice,clicktheAdvancedbuttontodisplaytheAdvancedAudioConfiguration

dialog,andthenclicktheConfigurebuttontoedityourdevicesettings.

Meters

Ifyouexperiencegappingduringplaybackandthechannelmetersaredisplayed,turnthemoffbychoosing

ChannelMetersfromtheViewmenu.

IfyouexperiencegappingduringrecordingandyouhavetheMonitorcheckboxselectedintheRecord

dialog,clearthecheckboxtoturnofftherecordmeters.

Passiveupdatingforvideoandtimedisplays

Ifyouexperiencegappingduringplaybackoryourcomputerjustseemstobeboggingdownduringplayback,

tryturningonPassiveUpdate.Thiswillforcethevideoandtimedisplaystoupdateonlyifthereistimetodo

so.Inmostcasesyouwon’tbeabletotellifitismissingsomeupdates.

lFromtheOptionsmenu,chooseTimeDisplay,andchoosePassiveUpdatefromthesubmenu.

lFromtheOptionsmenu,chooseVideo,andchoosePassiveUpdatefromthesubmenu.

Audioandvideosynchronization

Ifyourvideohasbeenopenedfromaslowdevice,suchasaCD-ROMornetworkdrive,SOUND

FORGEAudioStudiomayhavetroubleaccuratelyplayingbacktheaudioandvideoinsync.Youshould

alwayscopyyourvideofilestoafastharddrive.

Followingaretipsthatcanhelpwhentryingtosynchronizetheaudioandvideo:

lAfterassemblingoreditingtheaudioyouwishtousewithyourvideo,placemarkersduringvideo

playbacktocorrespondtoanymajorsynchronizationpoints.Youcanlocateaparticularframeby

draggingthecursoralongtheaudioiftheVideoPreviewwindowisopenortheAnimateVideoStrip

optionisenabled.Afterprimarylocationshavebeenidentified,dragyouraudiotothesemarkerstomix,

paste,andcrossfadeaudio.

lFeaturessuchasInsertSilence,Delete/Clear,andTimeStretcharecommonlyusedtocorrect

synchronization.Anotherusefultrickistocreatearegionrepresentingtheoffsetbetweenavideoframe

andaudioevent.ThenyoucanenableLockLoop/RegionLengthanddragtheoffsetregiontoapreceding

silentsection.Usetheregionasatemplateforadjustingtheaudiostreamlengtheithercopyingand

pastingtoinserttimeordeletingtoremovetime.—

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TheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioWindow

TheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiowindowisdividedintofivemainareas,andyoucanuseviewstomanage

theappearanceofthewindow.

SOUNDFORGEAudioStudioToolbars

TheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiowindowprovidestoolbarstohelpyoufindandusecommandsquickly.

YoucanusetheToolbarstabinthePreferencesdialogtospecifywhichtoolbarsyouwanttodisplayonthe

SOUNDFORGEAudioStudioworkspace.

Showorhidetoolbars

1. FromtheViewmenu,chooseToolbarstodisplaytheToolbarstabinthePreferencesdialog.

2. Specifywhichtoolbarsyouwanttosee:

lSelectthecheckbox forthetoolbarsyouwanttosee.

lClearthecheckboxforthetoolbarsyouwanttohide.

3. ClicktheOKbutton.

Customizeatoolbar

1. FromtheViewmenu,chooseToolbarstodisplaytheToolbarstabinthePreferencesdialog.

2. Selectthecheckbox forthetoolbarsyouwanttocustomize.Ifthecheckboxisalreadyselected,click

thetoolbar'snametoselectit.

3. ClicktheCustomizebutton.TheCustomizeToolbardialogisdisplayed.

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4. UsethecontrolsintheCustomizeToolbardialogtoadd,remove,orrearrangethebuttonsontheselected

toolbar:

lSelectabuttonintheAvailabletoolscolumnandclickAddtoaddthebuttontothetoolbarbeforethe

currentlyselectedbutton.

lSelectabuttonintheCurrenttoolscolumnandclickRemovetoremovethebuttonfromthetoolbar.

lSelectabuttonintheCurrenttoolscolumnandclickMoveUporMoveDowntorearrangethe

buttons.

5. ClickResettorestorethetoolbartoitsdefaultsetting.

6. ClicktheOKbutton.

Dockorfloat(undock)atoolbar

YoucandocktoolbarstotheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioworkspaceorallowthemtofloatfreelyoverthe

SOUNDFORGEAudioStudiowindow.

Dockingafloatingtoolbar

1. Clickthetoolbar'stitlebaranddragittooneofthebordersoftheworkspace.

2. Whenthetoolbar'soutlinechanges,releasethemousebuttontodockittothemouseposition.

Youcanclickanemptyareaofatoolbaranddragittomovethetoolbartoanewlocation.

Floatingadockedtoolbar

1. Clickanemptyareaofthedockedtoolbaranddragittothecenteroftheworkspace.

2. Whenthetoolbar'soutlinechanges,releasethemousetodockittothemouseposition.

TheStandardToolbar

TheStandardtoolbarprovidesquickaccesstocommonlyusedfileandeditcommands.

Button Description

New:clicktocreateanewwindow.

Open:clicktoopenafile.

Save:clicktosavethecurrentfile.

SaveAs:clicktosavethecurrentfilewithanewnameorformat.

RenderAs:clicktorenderyourSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioprojectfileasamediafile.

Cut:clicktoremovetheselectedsounddataandmoveittotheclipboard.

Copy:clicktocopytheselectedsounddatatotheclipboard.

Paste:clicktoinsertacopyoftheclipboardcontentsatthecurrentinsertionpoint.

Mix:clicktomixacopyoftheclipboardcontentsatthecurrentinsertionpoint.

PlayClipboard:clicktoplaythecontentsoftheclipboard.

Trim/Crop:clicktoremovealldatafromthefileexceptthecurrentselection.

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Undo:clicktoreversethelastactionperformed.

Redo:clicktoreverseanundooperation.

Repeat:clicktorepeatthelastperformedoperation.

EditTool:clicktoselecttheEdittool.UsetheEdittooltoselectdata.

MagnifyTool:clicktoselecttheMagnifytool.UsetheMagnifytooltozoomintoaparticular

regionwithoutlosingyourselection.

PencilTool:clicktoselectthePenciltool.UsethePenciltooltoeditthewaveformbydrawingon

it.

EventTool:clicktoselecttheEventtool.UsetheEventtooltoperformevent-basedediting.

TheStatusToolbar

UsetheStatustoolbartosetthestatusformatfordisplayandtocontrolselectionsnapping.

Button Description

Samples:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectioninsamples.

Time:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

hours:minutes:seconds.seconds.

Seconds:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectioninseconds.

TimeandFrames:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

hours:minutes:seconds.frames.

AbsoluteFrames:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectioninabsoluteframes

fromthebeginningofthefile.

MeasuresandBeats:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

measures:beats.quarter-beats.

SMPTEFilmSync:clicktodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselectionin

hours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof24framespersecond.Thisframerate

matchesthestandardcrystal-sync16/33mmfilmrateof24fps.

SMPTEEBU:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof25

framespersecond.ThisisknownasSMPTEEBU(EuropeanBroadcastingUnion)because

Europeantelevisionsystemsrunat25fps.

UseSMPTE25EBUformatforPALDV/D1projects.

SMPTENon-Drop:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof

29.97framespersecond,whichleadstoadiscrepancybetweenreal("wallclock")timeandthe

SMPTEtime,becausethereisnocompensationinthecountingsystemasthereisinDropFrame.



UseSMPTENon-DropformatforNTSCD1projectsthatwillberecordedonmastertapesstriped

withNon-Droptimecode.

SMPTEDrop:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds;frameswithaframerateof

29.97fpstomatchtheframerateusedbyNTSCtelevisionsystems(NorthAmerica,Japan).

UseSMPTEDropFrameformatforNTSCDV/D1projects.

BothSMPTEDropandSMPTENon-Droprunat29.97fps.Inbothformats,theactualframesare

notdiscarded,buttheyarenumbereddifferently.SMPTEDropremovescertainframenumbersthe

countingsystemtokeeptheSMPTEclockfromdriftingfromreal("wallclock")time.Thetimeis

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adjustedforwardbytwoframesoneveryminuteboundaryexcept0,10,20,30,40,and50.For

example,whenSMPTEDroptimeincrementsfrom00:00:59.29,thenextvaluewillbe

00:01:00.02.

SMPTE30:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof30

framespersecond.

Thisrateisexactly30fpsandiscommonlyusedwhensynchronizingaudioapplicationssuchas

multitrackrecordersorMIDIsequencers.Thisformatshouldnotbeusedwhenworkingwithvideo.

AudioCDTime:clicktodisplaytherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof75

framespersecondforcreatingRedBookCDs.

Ifyouwanttodisplaydisc-at-onceCDtracknumbersintheTimeDisplaywindow,right-clickthe

TimeDisplaywindowandchooseCDTrackPositionfromtheshortcutmenu.Inthismode,the

TimeDisplaywillshowtracknumbersandtherunningtimeforeachtrack.Negativevalues

indicatethepausetimebeforeatrack:

EditTempo:clicktodisplaytheEditTempodialog.

TheTransportToolbar

UsetheTransporttoolbartoperformplaybackandrecordingfunctions.

Button Description

Arm:opensthewavedeviceandloadsallrecordingbuffersinordertominimizetheamountof

timebetweenclickingtheRecordbutton andwhenrecordingstarts.

WhenCreatenewwindowisselectedintheModedrop-downlistintheRecordOptions

window,theArm andRecord buttonsareenabledevenwhennodatawindowsareopen.

WhenNormalorCreateregionsisselected,theArm andRecord buttonsarenot

availableuntilyoucreateadatawindoworopenafile.

Record:startsandstopsrecording.Formoreinformation,pleaseseeoneofthefollowingtopics:

lCreatingaNewRecording

lRecordingintoanExistingSoundFile

lRecordingAudioAutomatically

LoopPlayback:Playstheselecteddatainacontinuousmode.

Ifthereisnoselection,theentiresoundfileisplayedinanendlessloop.

PlayAll:clicktoplaytheentirefilefrombeginningtoend,regardlessofcursorposition,selection,

orplaylist.

Playbackformusicalinstrumentfilesbehavesslightlydifferentlythanplaybackinanormaldata

window.

lIfnosamplesareselected,clickPlayAlltoplayallsamplesinthedatawindow.

lIfyouhavesamplesselected,clickPlayAlltoplayallselectedsamplesinthedatawindow.

Play:clicktoplaybackthefileincurrentplaybackmode.

Playbackformusicalinstrumentfilesbehavesslightlydifferentlythanplaybackinanormaldata

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lIfnosamplesareselected,clickPlaytoplayallsamplesfromthecursorpositiontotheendof

thedatawindow.

lIfyouhavesamplesselected,clickPlaytoplayallselectedsamplesfromthecursorposition

totheendofthedatawindow.

Selectthe

SpacebarandF12Play/PauseinsteadofPlay/Stop

checkboxintheGeneral

PreferencestabifyouwanttheF12andspacebarkeyboardshortcutstotogglebetween

PlayandPausemode.Inthismode,thecursorwillmaintainitsposition.

Pause:clicktopauseplaybackandleavethecursoratitscurrentposition.

Stop:clicktostopplaybackandreturnthecursortoitspositionpriortoplayback.

GotoStart:clicktomovethecursortothebeginningofthecurrentfile.

Rewind:clicktomovethecursorbackwardthroughthecurrentfile.

Forward:clicktomovethecursorforwardthroughthecurrentfile.

GotoEnd:clicktomovethecursortotheendofthecurrentfile.

TheStatusBar

TheStatusBarisdisplayedacrossthebottomoftheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudiowindow.

Notes:

lTheCDTimeRemainingboxisdisplayedonlywhenCDtracksexistintheactivedatawindow.Youcan

usetheCDSettingstabinthePreferencesdialogtospecifywhetherthesoftwareshouldautomatically

detectCDlengthsortosetadefaultCDlength.

lIftheactivedatawindow'ssamplerateisnotsupportedbyyouraudiohardware,theoutputwillbe

resampledtoasupportedrateforplaybackwhenyou'reusinganASIOaudiodevice.Duringplayback,

theSampleRateboxintheStatusBarisdisplayedinitalicstoindicatethattheoutputhasbeen

resampled.

Editthesamplerate,bitdepth,orchannels

Right-clicktheSampleRate,BitDepth,orChannelsboxandchooseasettingfromtheshortcutmenu,or

double-clickaboxtodisplayaneditboxthatyoucanusetotypeanewvalue.

Changethestatusdisplayformat

RightclicktheSelectionLengthboxandchooseaformatfromtheshortcutmenu.

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DataWindows

Eachsoundfileisopenedinadatawindow.Eachdatawindowshowsyouagraphicalrepresentationofthe

waveformandotherinformationaboutthefile.

Youcanquicklytogglethedisplayofportionsofadatawindow(decorations)byright-clickingthe

Next

EditTool

buttonandchoosingacommandfromtheshortcutmenuorchoosing

Options

>

Data

Window

:

Titlebar

Displaysthesoundfile'stitle.IfnotitleisspecifiedontheSummaryInformationwindow,thefilenamewill

bedisplayed.

Double-clicktomaximizeandrestorethewindow.

Overviewbar

Allowsforquicknavigationandplaybackofanypartofthefile:

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lThefullwaveformisdisplayedintheoverviewbar.

lTheunshadedportionofthewaveformdisplayrepresentstheportionofthewaveformshowninthedata

window.Youcandragthisportiontonavigatethewaveform.

lThecurrentselectionisalsorepresentedintheoverviewbar.

lClickintheoverviewbartomovethecursor.

lDouble-clicktocenterthecursorinthewaveformdisplay.

lRight-clickintheoverviewbartotoggleplaybackofthefilefromthecursorpositioninthedatawindow.

lTonavigatethewaveform,youcandragtheunshadedportionofthewaveformdisplay:

HoldCtrlanddragtheunshadedportionofthewaveformdisplaytoscrubwiththeaudioeventlocator.



lTozoomhorizontally,youcandragtheendsoftheunshadedportionofthewaveformdisplay:

Videostrip

Whenyouopenafilethatcontainsavideostream,SOUNDFORGEAudioStudiodisplaysavideostrip

abovetheaudiowaveformtohelpyounavigatethefile.Formoreinformationaboutthevideostrip,clickhere.

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Timeruler

Showsthecurrentlocationinthedatawindowaswellasrulertags.

lRight-clicktodisplaythetimerulershortcutmenu.

lDragtoscrollthedatawindow.

NextEditToolbutton

ClicktotogglethroughtheEdit,Magnify,Pencil,andEventtools.

The

Pencil

toolisavailableonlyatmagnificationlevelsbelow1:32.

Minimizechannelheight

ClicktheMinimizebutton toreducetheheightofindividualchannels,orclicktheRestorebutton to

restoretheirheight.

HoldShiftwhileclickingaMinimizebutton tominimizeallchannelsexceptfortheoneyouclicked.

Levelruler

Showstheamplitudeofthewaveform.

lRight-clicktodisplaythelevelrulershortcutmenu,whichallowsyoutochangethezoomlevelandlabels.

lDragtoshifttheviewupordownwhenzoomedinvertically.

CDlayoutbar

TheCDlayoutbardisplaysinformationaboutthetracksyou'vecreatedforadisc-at-onceCD.EachCDtrack

showsthetrack'snumberandlength.

RedindicatorsaredrawnattherightendoftheCDlayoutbartorepresenttheendofthedisc(ifthedisclength

isknown).

YoucanusetheCDlayoutbartoperformmanyofthetrack-editingfunctionsfromtheTrackListwindow.

FormoreinformationaboutusingtheCDlayoutbar,pleaseseeTheCDLayoutBar.

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Levelzoom

Tozoominandoutverticallybysmallincrements,clicktheLevelZoomIn/Outbuttons,orclickanddragthe

areabetweenthebuttonstozoomquickly.

Formoreinformationaboutmagnification,pleaseseeMagnificationandZooming.

Playbar

Usetheplaybartransportbuttonstocontrolplayback:

Button Description

Arm:opensthewavedeviceandloadsallrecordingbuffersinordertominimizetheamountoftime

betweenclickingtheRecordbutton andwhenrecordingstarts.

WhenCreatenewwindowisselectedintheModedrop-downlistintheRecordOptions

window,theArm andRecord buttonsareenabledevenwhennodatawindowsareopen.

WhenNormalorCreateregionsisselected,theArm andRecord buttonsarenot

availableuntilyoucreateadatawindoworopenafile.

Record:startsandstopsrecording.Formoreinformation,pleaseseeoneofthefollowingtopics:

lCreatingaNewRecording

lRecordingintoanExistingSoundFile

lRecordingAudioAutomatically

GotoStart:Movesthecursortothestartofthefile.

GotoPreviousTrack:Movesthecursortothepreviousdisc-at-oncetrackorindex.HoldCtrl

whileclickingtoskipindexmarkers,orholdShifttoextendaselection.

Thisbuttonisdisplayedonlyifdisc-at-oncetracksarepresentinyourdatawindow.

GotoNextTrack:Movesthecursortothenextdisc-at-oncetrackorindex.HoldCtrlwhile

clickingtoskipindexmarkers,orholdShifttoextendaselection.

Thisbuttonisdisplayedonlyifdisc-at-oncetracksarepresentinyourdatawindow.

GotoEnd:Movesthecursortotheendofthefile.

Stop:Stopsplaybackandreturnsthecursortoitspositionpriortoplayback.

PlayNormalPlaysthefileinNormalmode.—

lIfthereisnoselection,playbackoccursfromthecursortoendoffile.

lIfthereisaselection,playbackoccursfromthebeginningoftheselectiontotheendofthe

selection.

Scrollbar

Withinthescrollbar,theboxrepresentstheportionofthewaveformshowninthewaveformdisplay.Dragto

scrollthesoundfileforwardandbackwardintimetoseepartsofthefilenotcurrentlyvisibleinthewaveform

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display.

Youcandragtheendofthescrollboxtozoominorout:

Scrubcontrol

Dragthescrubcontrol( )atthebottomofadatawindowtoshuttleforwardorbackwardfromthecursor

positiontofindaneditpoint.

Hoveroverthescrubcontrolandrollthemousewheelforwardorbackward.

YoucandragtheNormalRateindicator( )belowthescrubcontroltoadjustplaybackspeed(ordouble-click

thelabeltotypeaplaybackrate).

Selectionstatusbar

Showsthebeginning,end,andlengthofaselection.Ifnoselectionhasbeenmade,onlythecursorpositionis

displayed:

lDouble-clicktheSelectionStartboxtoeditthecurrentvalue.PressTaborEntertomovethecursorto

thenewposition.

lDouble-clicktheSelectionStartorSelectionLengthboxtoeditbeginningorendingoftheselection.

PressTaborEntertoupdatetheselection.

Toupdatethe

SelectionStart

,

SelectionEnd

,or

SelectionLength

valuesquickly,youcantype+or-

andanumericvalue.Forexample,toextendtherightendofaselectiononesecond,double-clickthe

SelectionEnd

boxandtype

+1

.Tomovetheleftendofaselectiononeminutetotheleft,type

-1:00

.

lRight-clicktodisplaytheStatusFormatshortcutmenu,whichallowsyoutochooseatimeformat.

Timezoom

Tozoominandouthorizontallybysmallincrements,clicktheTimeZoomIn/Outbuttons,ordragthearea

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betweenthebuttonstozoomquickly.

Formoreinformationaboutmagnification,pleaseseeMagnificationandZooming.

Timezoomresolution

Indicatesthenumberofsamplesofdatarepresentedbyeachpointonthescreenhorizontally.This

determinesthelengthoftimeshowninthewaveformdisplay.Withasmallresolutionvalue(1:1,1:2,1:4,...),

ashorterlengthoftimeisdisplayed.

Formoreinformationaboutmagnification,pleaseseeMagnificationandZooming.

Maximizewidth

ClicktostretchthewidthofthedatawindowtofitwithintheSOUNDFORGEAudioStudioworkspace.

PressCtrl+Enter.

Closedatawindow

ClicktheClosebuttontocloseadatawindow.

Ifyouhavemaximizedyourdatawindows,clickthe

Close

buttoninadatawindowtabtoclosethatdata

window.

ChoosingaStatusFormat

FromtheOptionsmenu,chooseStatusFormatandchooseasettingfromthesubmenutospecifytheformat

thatwillbeusedtodisplaythetimeruler,cursorposition,andselection.Abulletisdisplayednexttothe

selectedformat.

Right-clickthetimerulerandchooseaformatfromtheshortcutmenu.

Format Description

Samples Displaystherulerinsamples.

Time Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds.

Seconds Displaystherulerinseconds.

Time&

Frames

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds.frames.

Absolute

Frames

Displaystherulerwithallframesnumberedsequentiallyfromthebeginningofyourproject.

Measures

and

Beats

Displaystherulerinmeasures.beats.quarterbeats.UsetheEditTempodialogtospecifythe

tempoofafile.

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SMPTE

FilmSync

(24fps)

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof24framespersecond.

Thisframeratematchesthestandardcrystal-sync16/33mmfilmrateof24fps.

SMPTE

EBU(25

fps,

Video)

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof25framespersecond.

ThisisknownasSMPTEEBU(EuropeanBroadcastingUnion)becauseEuropeantelevision

systemsrunat25fps.

UseSMPTE25EBUformatforPALDV/D1projects.

SMPTE

Non-Drop

(29.97

fps,

Video)

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof29.97framesper

second,whichleadstoadiscrepancybetweenreal("wallclock")timeandtheSMPTEtime,

becausethereisnocompensationinthecountingsystemasthereisinDropFrame.

UseSMPTENon-DropformatforNTSCD1projectsthatwillberecordedonmastertapes

stripedwithNon-Droptimecode.

SMPTE

Drop

(29.97

fps,

Video)

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds;frameswithaframerateof29.97fpstomatchthe

framerateusedbyNTSCtelevisionsystems(NorthAmerica,Japan).

UseSMPTEDropFrameformatforNTSCDV/D1projects.

BothSMPTEDropandSMPTENon-Droprunat29.97fps.Inbothformats,theactualframes

arenotdiscarded,buttheyarenumbereddifferently.SMPTEDropremovescertainframe

numbersthecountingsystemtokeeptheSMPTEclockfromdriftingfromreal("wallclock")

time.Thetimeisadjustedforwardbytwoframesoneveryminuteboundaryexcept0,10,20,

30,40,and50.Forexample,whenSMPTEDroptimeincrementsfrom00:00:59.29,thenext

valuewillbe00:01:00.02.

SMPTE

30

(30fps,

Audio)

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof30framespersecond.



Thisrateisexactly30fpsandiscommonlyusedwhensynchronizingaudioapplicationssuch

asmultitrackrecordersorMIDIsequencers.Thisformatshouldnotbeusedwhenworkingwith

video.

AudioCD

Time

Displaystherulerinhours:minutes:seconds:frameswithaframerateof75framespersecond

forcreatingdisc-at-onceCDs.

Edit

Tempo...

Ifthetimelineformatissettobeats,SOUNDFORGEAudioStudiorequiresatempoinorderto

knowwhatthedurationofabeatis.Thisdialogletsyouspecifythetempoorobtainthetempo

fromthecurrentselection.



YoucanalsospecifyabeattypeandmanuallyenterthetempoinBPM.PPQspecifiesthe

numberoftickswithinaquarternoteandalsospecifiestheprecisionofthebeatdisplay.

GetBMPfromsel.rangeusesaselectionandthespecificationBeatsinselectedrangeto

findthetempo.Snap/Gridsetsgridresolutioninmusicalbeats.Offsettoprojectstartsets

anintervalwherethefirstbarinthefileshouldbegin.

EditingTempo

FromtheOptionsmenu,chooseStatusFormat,andthenchooseEditTempofromthesubmenutocalculate

themusicaltempo(inbeatsperminute)ofafile.ThistempoisusedwhenyouusetheMeasures&Beats

statusformat.

UseTimeStretchtochangethetempoofasound.

Specifythetempoforafilewithaknowntempo

1. FromtheOptionsmenu,chooseStatusFormat,andthenchooseEditTempofromthesubmenu.The

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