Viewing a Soundfile

Each time you open a new soundfile, the corresponding soundfile window is created and displayed on the screen. The soundfile window allows you to inspect the plot of the entire signal or selected fragments. By changing the cursor position, time zoom, volume zoom and offset of a soundfile window, you can view different parts of the sound material with a prescribed degree of accuracy.

The number of soundfile windows which can be viewed simultaneously, depends on the screen resolution you are working with (no arbitrary upper limit is set). Although the minimum allowable size of a soundfile window makes it possible to display more than 20 such windows on one screen, working with more than 8 windows at a time is usually not practical.

Moving around

Changing time resolution

Changing amplitude scale

Changing offset

Switching between stereo channels

Synchronizing windows

Using the shortcut menu