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The Audio Window
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Layout
On the left side of the window is a thin column. At the top
this are the mode buttons, and at the bottom are the tools.
This is what is described in the following sections.
The column to the right lists the audio files, and their re-
gions by name.
Further to the right, the region waveform s are displayed
graphically in the large white area of the window. A region
is shown as a boxed, black or colored area, while the rest of
the audio file is shown in light gray indicating that this
part of the audio file is not used for the region.
Zoom Functions
The two telescope symbols at the top right, just below the
title bar can be used to enlarge or reduce the display (zoom
function).
You can use the telescope symbol on the left to enlarge or
reduce the vertical display area altering the height of the
region waveform display.
The telescope symbol on the right is for enlarging or re-
ducing the horizontal display size, i.e., altering the time
display of the regions .
The Mode Buttons
The mode buttons allow you to select different operating
modes. These affect both the display and the playback of
regions in the Audio window.
Link: Link mode in the Audio window means that when-
ever you select an audio region in the Arrange window the
same region is automatically selected and displayed in the
Audio window.
You can switch link mode on or off by clicking the button
with the chain link icon.
“Hidden regions” cannot be displayed in link mode. If you
want to display them you have to “Show” the regions (see
section Hiding and Showing Regions from page 183 on-
wards).
Monitoring: You can play regions directly in the Audio
window. This monitoring is not related to the time axis of
the sequencer. There are several ways of playing a region:
Playing from a specific position: Click-hold the desired re-
gion in the waveform display with the mouse. Playback
starts at the point where you clicked. This allows you to
play specific sections.
Playback stops as soon as you release the button.
Playing the whole region: If you want to play an entire re-
gion, select it by clicking the name of the region in the au-