User Guide

EDITING AND NAVIGATION

You can also play back the sound file starting from the current cursor position

by right-clicking anywhere on the overview. Right-clicking again pauses

playback. Left-clicking in the overview also moves the cursor position. Also

note that left-clicking on the overview during playback moves the cursor to

the point where you clicked and continues playback at that point. These

navigation tools make it very easy to find sections in large files.

As an example, if you wanted to move the cursor to the beginning of a phrase

in a speech, you can right-click on the overview bar to begin playback and

then left-click at different positions within the overview until you find the

right start point. Once you find the start point, you can press the Stop button

to stop playback.

AUDIO EVENT LOCATOR

Holding down the left mouse button and dragging it in the overview bar will

begin playback of small looped portions of audio around the cursor position.

This is similar to a scrub function in that it allows you to hear brief segments

of audio material in order to quickly scan or locate events within the sound file.

DRAG AND DROP OPERATIONS

You can perform a mix, paste, or crossfade by dragging a selection from one

data window and dropping it on another.

To drag and drop:

1. Open both TUTOR1.WAV and TUTOR2.WAV and select Tile Vertically from

the Window menu to make them easier to work with. One will be called

the source window and the other the destination window.

2. Press and hold the left mouse button in the selected area of the source data

window. While holding the mouse button down, move the cursor until it

changes to an arrow dragging a little box.

3. Drag the cursor onto the destination window. You will see a shaded block

that represents the range of the source material. You will also see that the

little box accompanying the cursor now contains an “M”(Mix), “C”

(Crossfade), or “P” (Paste). Position the block at the place in the destination

window where you would like the mix, paste, or crossfade to occur.