Scrubbing with the audio event locator
Dragging the mouse within the overview bar initiates playback of small audio loops adjacent to the cursor position. This is not
technically a scrub function, but it serves a similar purpose. It allows you to audition brief audio segments and quickly locate specific
events within a file. Playback stops when the mouse button is released.
Configuring the audio event locator
You can set the amount of pre-roll and loop duration for the audio event locator.
1.
From the
Options
menu, choose
Preferences
. The Preferences dialog appears.
2.
Click the
Previews
tab.
3.
In the
Audio event locator
section, edit the
Pre-roll
and
Loop time
values as desired and click
OK
.
Zooming and magnifying
Because there are considerably more samples in a sound file than horizontal points (pixels) on the screen, many data samples must be
represented by each horizontal point when audio data displays in the data window. Depending upon the editing operation, you may
want to view the entire file at once or a small portion of data in greater detail. For this reason, you can utilize two varieties of zooming:
time ruler zooming and level ruler zooming. You can also zoom to events when using the Event tool (
Zooming the time ruler (horizontal)
The current time ruler magnification ratio appears in the lower-right corner of the data window above the status boxes.
).
Zoom out
Zoom in
Maximize width
of window
Zoom ratio
Understanding the zoom ratio
The zoom ratio determines the number of samples represented by each horizontal point on the screen. The zoom ratio is a value of X:Y,
where X is the number of horizontal points and Y is the number of samples. If the ratio is 1:1, each point on the screen represents one
sample. At this zoom ratio, a brief but detailed selection of time is displayed.
Waveform at 1:1 zoom ratio
Conversely, if the zoom ratio is 1:1024, 1,024 samples are represented by each point on the screen and a greater length of time is
displayed.
For very precise editing, you may want to zoom in more tightly than a 1:1 ratio. Sound Forge allows up to a 24:1 ratio, where 24 points on
the screen represent one sample. This high level of zoom can be useful when editing with the Pencil tool (
).
Repairing audio glitches manually with the Pencil tool
NAVIGATING, ZOOMING, AND SELECTING
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