User Guide

CHP. 4 LEARNING THE SOUND FORGE WORKSPACE
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ToolTips
Hovering the mouse pointer over a button or status bar box for longer than one second displays a small text
box adjacent to the pointer. This text, called a ToolTip, is a brief description of the item’s function. Using
ToolTips is an effective way to quickly familiarize yourself with Sound Forge.
Turning off ToolTips
1. From the View menu, choose Toolbars. The Preferences dialog appears.
2. Clear the Show ToolTips check box and click OK.
Command descriptions
When you click and hold a menu item or a button in a toolbar, a brief description of the command appears
in the lower-left corner of the status bar. If you release the mouse button outside of the menu item or toolbar,
Sound Forge does not execute the command.
Meters
Meters display audio levels in a number of different places in Sound Forge: the Play Meters show audio file
levels; meters in the Record dialog help you adjust levels for recording; and meters in the Wave Hammer
dialog help you adjust levels when applying this effect. Regardless of where the meters appear, you can
control them in much the same way.
Scaling meters
Meters can be scaled to various dynamic ranges by right-clicking the meters and
choosing the desired range from the shortcut menu.
Showing labels
Right-click the meters and choose Show Labels from the shortcut menu to toggle
the meter dB markings on and off.
Holding peaks and valleys
Right-click the meters to access the Hold Peaks and Hold Valleys commands in the
shortcut menu.
• Choose
Hold Peaks to display a marker on the meters indicating the highest
reading.
• Choose
Hold Valleys to display a marker on the meters indicating the lowest
reading.
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