User Guide
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LEARNING THE SOUND FORGE WORKSPACE CHP. 4
1.
Open a stereo file.
2.
Select the Edit tool by choosing To ol from the Edit menu and Edit from the submenu.
Press + or click the
Edit Tool button ( ) on the Standard toolbar.
3.
Position the tool near the top of the left channel and notice its appearance. The tool displays as . This
indicates that only audio data in the left channel will be selected.
4.
Position the tool in the middle portion of the data window and notice its appearance. The tool displays as
a standard cursor. This indicates that it will select a mono file or both channels of a stereo file.
5.
Position the tool near the bottom of the right channel and notice its appearance. The tool displays as .
This indicates that only audio data in the right channel will be selected.
Toggling channel selections
Once you place the cursor or create a selection in a stereo file, you can cycle through channel options (left,
right, both) by pressing .
Previewing channels
The single channel selection option allows you to preview channels in a stereo file individually.
1.
Open a stereo file and select all data.
2.
Click the Play button ( ). The file plays in stereo.
3.
Press . The left channel is selected.
4.
Click the Play button ( ). Only the mono left channel plays.
5.
Press . The right channel is selected.
6.
Click the Play button ( ). Only the mono right channel plays.
Ctrl D
Cursor selects only the
left channel
Cursor selects
both channels
Cursor selects only the
right channel
Tab
Tab
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