Chapter 2
~
Learning
the
Sound Forge Audio Studio
:Workspace
.
: This chapter provides
an
overview
of
Sound
Forge@
Audio
Studio™
toolbars
. and controls.
The main window
When you start
the
application,
the
main
window
is
displayed. The main
window's workspace
is
where you perform all audio editing.
Menu bar
Standard
toolbar
Transport
bar
Channel
Meters
(docked)
Status bar
Main window components
The following table describes
the
major components
of
the
main window.
Component
Menu bar
Standard
tool
bar
Transport bar
Status bar
Channel Meters
Workspace
Description
Displays
the
menu headings
for
the
available functions.
Provides quick
access
to
some
of
the
most
common
tasks in the
application (pg.
8).
Provides quick
access
to
basic audio transport functions (pg.
9).
Help and processing information appears on
the
left side. The
boxes
on
the
right
side display
the
playback sample rate,
bit
depth,
channel configuration, length
ofthe
active data
window,
and total
free storage space (pg. 21).
Displays
the
level
of
the
output
audio signal. These meters can be
toggled
on/off
by choosing Channel Meters from
the
View menu.
Right-clicking
the
channel meters displays a shortcut menu
that
allows you
to
precisely configure
the
appearance
of
the meters.
This
is
the
area located behind
the
data windows. Audio selections
dragged
to
the
workspace automatically become new data
windows. Windows such
as
the Regions List and Explorer can be
docked along the edges
of
the workspace.
LEARNING
THE
SOUND
FORGE
AUDIO
STUDIO
WORKSPACE
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