Open

This command opens an existing sound file.

MySoundStudio displays the information on the selected file at the bottom of the Open dialog box.
If a WAVE file is selected, you can preview the sound saved in that file.


To open an existing file

  1. Choose File - Open.
    The Open dialog box appears.

  2. Select the folder that stores the file you wish to open by using Look In dropdown list, and select the file.

  3. Select Open.
    The selected file opens in the multi-track window.

Files of Type

MySoundStudio Format *.dgs
Wave (Microsoft) *.wav
Next/Sun (Java) File *.au,*.snd
AVI File *.avi
Macintosh AIFF *.aif,*.aiff
Raw File *.raw,*.*
MPEG Audio Layer-3 *.mp3
Audio CD *.cda

See Also: Raw File Options for Opening Files
Preview

If a WAVE file is selected, you can preview the audio by clicking Preview.
If the Auto-Play checkbox is enabled, simply click the file. The audio will be played automatically.
During playback, the Preview button changes to the Stop button, which allows you to stop playing at any time.

Raw File Options

If the RAW File is selected in the Open dialog box, MySoundStudio brings up the RAW PCM FORMAT dialog box in which you can specify the options.

Data Format

The Data Format determines the bit depth and compression type for this file.

8-bit PCM 8bit non-compression (integer)
16-bit PCM 16bit non-compression (integer)
G.711 mu-Law 8bit compression(the audio compression standard for telecommunication encoding in Japan and United States.)
G.711 A-Law 8bit compression(the audio compression standard for telecommunication encoding in Europe.)

If mu-Law or A-Law is selected, the file compressed down to 8-bit will be expanded to 16-bit when loaded.

Data Type

This option is available if 8-bit PCM or 16-bit PCM is selected in the Data Format.

Unsigned 8bit PCM data will be loaded as the values from 0 to 255.
16bit PCM data will be loaded as the values from 0 to 65535.
Signed 8bit PCM data will be loaded as the values from -128 to 127.
16bit PCM data will be loaded as the values from -32768 to 32767.

Sample Rate

It determines sample rate of the loaded data.
You can set the value between 2000Hz and 192000Hz.

Channels

This option lets you select Mono or Stereo channel.

Byte Order

This option is available when 8bit PCM or 16bit PCM is selected in the Data Format. You can specify the order of the data to be loaded.

Little endian(Intel) Data for Windows platform
Big endian(Motorola) Data for Macintosh and Unix platforms.

Header

Enter header size of the file in byte.

Footer

Enter footer size of the file in byte.