Sonifex Flashback 8, Handbook

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3 Operation
The operation of the Flashback software is similar to other audio editing
software products that are available in the marketplace, and is based
around a visual waveform display.
The Flashback window can be made topmost (relative to other non-
topmost windows) by clicking on
Window in the menu bar and checking
the Topmost option. This setting is saved in the registry and is restored
whenever Flashback is restarted.
At the top of the window are the channel select buttons. The number of
buttons will depend on the number of channels installed in the logger,
while the names of the channels can be set up using the configuration
dialog box in the Flashlog 5 software or the Sources window on Flashlog
6, 7 and 8. In the case of playback from a Flashlog 7 or Flashlog 8, the
channel buttons are grouped according to source type, specifically Line (or
line subcategories), AM, FM, each of the DAB ensembles being logged, and
Internet. The group is selected from the tabs along the top of the channel
button window.
In the case of a DAB service which has been discontinued but not yet fallen
off the end of the log, the name in the channel button is greyed. When
opened, the date and time will move to the last point at which that service
was present.
Below the channel buttons is the waveform display window, where the
yellow cursor shows the current playback position relative to the audio
waveform. Clicking anywhere within the display will move the cursor to
that position. The waveform can also be moved underneath the cursor
by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the ruler bar at the
bottom of the display.
The span of the waveform display can be set to one minute, ten minutes,
one hour or one day, and the cursor can be moved forward or backward
one span width using the left and right arrow buttons located either side of
the span selection buttons.
The cursor position can also be moved using the up/down buttons on the
time display window. Holding these buttons down will progressively scroll
through the log. The time can also be set from the keyboard by clicking in
the hour, minute or second window and keying in a number. When entering
a time in this manner, the tab key moves the focus from hour to minute
to second, the Enter key applies the new time and the Escape key cancels
the entry. If the Enter key is not pressed within five seconds of the last
keystroke, the editing is cancelled and the time reverts to its previous value.
The playback date is selected from the calendar panel, which only displays
the range of days currently available on the selected channel or service. The
left and right arrow buttons in the calendar panel move back or forward
one month. For reference, the current date is marked with a blue square.
The transport controls (stop and play) are located below and to the left of
the waveform display window. When the time-call button (with its clock-
face icon) is activated, time call announcements are made each minute on
the right channel while the logged audio is played out of the left (mixed to
mono if the original was stereo).
The Move-to-start and Move-to-end buttons, located to the left and right
of the transport buttons, move to the earliest and latest recording times
respectively, or, if a section of audio is marked, the beginning and end of
that section.