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SOUNDBITES WINDOW
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SOUNDBITES WINDOW MINI-MENU
Figure 3-2: Soundbites window mini-menu.
New Audio File: Creates an empty mono, stereo or
multichannel audio file on your hard drive. You can
then paste material into it or otherwise do what you
want with it. For further information, see “Creating
a new, empty audio file” on page 520.
New Audio File from Selection: Creates a new,
separate audio file on your hard drive based on the
currently selected soundbite. In other words, the
new audio file will contain a copy of the currently
selected audio.
Import Audio: Opens a dialog box that allows you
to audition and import audio files and/or
individual soundbites (regions). This is the same as
the Import Audio command in the File menu.
Export Selected Soundbites: Lets you save the
currently selected stereo soundbites in a variety of
file formats, including AIFF, WAVE, Sound
Designer II, and MP3.
Edit Audio Export Formats: Lets you delete and
rename saved audio export formats. See “Saving an
audio export preset” on page 31.
Columns Setup: Lets you show and hide the
columns in the Soundbite list.
Create New Folder: Adds a new folder to the
soundbite list. This command is only available
when Folders is chosen in the View by menu at the
top of the Soundbites window.
Select unused soundbites: Highlights all
soundbites in the list that are not currently being
used in any tracks in any sequence in the file. The
highlighted soundbites can be removed from the
list or deleted entirely from their parent audio file.
(Note that the audio data itself is not removed by
deleting. See Compact below.)
Compact: Caution! Unlike Delete, this command
actually removes audio data from the hard disk.
Compact removes all portions of the parent audio
file of the currently selected soundbites which are
not defined as a region in the audio file region list.
This command can be used to remove unused
audio data in one or more audio files to free up
space on the hard disk.
Convert Audio File: Opens a dialog box that lets
you change the sample rate, sample format, file
format, and/or interleaved format of the currently
selected soundbites in the list. Several levels of
quality are provided. For complete information,
see chapter 77, “Audio File Conversion” (page 895).
Automatic Conversions Settings: Opens the
Automatic Conversions preferences where you
configure how Digital Performer automatically
converts audio data, wherever necessary, to make it
conform to the current project’s sample rate, file
format, interleave format, and tempo.
Remove From List: Deletes the soundbite from the
Soundbites window list without deleting its
corresponding region in the audio file region list.
Delete: Removes the selected soundbites from the
list, removing Digital Performer’s reference to the
data from the Soundbites window. If the soundbite