User Guide
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GETTING STARTED CHP. 5
Configuring the Measures & Beats format
Choosing the Measures & Beats format allows you to specify the beats per minute and beats per measure
values used to calculate measures and beats.
Changing a file’s beat values
1.
From the Special menu, choose Edit Tempo. The Edit Tempo dialog appears.
2.
Enter an appropriate value in the Tempo in beats per minute box.
3.
Enter an appropriate value in the Number of beats in a measure box and click OK.
Alternately, you can make a selection in the file equal to one measure, and then enter the number of beats in
the sample measure in the
Selection Length in Beats box. Sound Forge automatically calculates the Tempo in
Beats per minute
value based on the selection length and number of beats.
Changing the default beat values
The previous procedure changes the beat values for the current audio file only. Use the following steps to
change Sound Forge’s default beat values.
1.
From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.
2.
Click the Status tab.
3.
Enter an appropriate value in the Default beats per measure box.
4.
Enter an appropriate value in the Default beats per minute box and click OK.
Recovering files after a crash
If Sound Forge terminates improperly, you can recover all open and unsaved audio files not opened in read-
only mode. When Sound Forge opens a file, it automatically creates temporary files that it uses to save any
changes made to the file. The original file remains unchanged until it is saved. If Sound Forge terminates
improperly, the temporary files remain on your hard drive and can be used to recover any unsaved changes
made prior to the crash.
Note:
You can specify the folder used to store
temporary files by choosing
Preferences from
the
Options menu and designating a
Temporary storage and record folder location on
the Perform tab.
Recovering files
Click the Recover button to restore the changes and undo history
for the files listed in the
Files to recover list.
Deleting recovered files
Click the Cancel button to delete the temporary files. The original
media files remain unchanged.