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SOUNDBITES WINDOW
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is the last one in the parent audio file to be deleted,
Digital Performer asks if you would like to delete
the parent audio file entirely.
OPENING THE SOUNDBITES WINDOW
To open the Soundbites window, choose Project
menu>Soundbites, or press its keyboard shortcut,
Shift-B. To open it in a sidebar, choose it from any
sidebar cell menu (Figure 10-5 on page 107).
THE SOUNDBITE LIST
The Soundbite list provides a complete list of all
soundbites in the Digital Performer project, along
with detailed information about each soundbite.
Showing/hiding columns in the soundbite list
Figure 3-1 at the beginning of this chapter
(page 33) shows the default information shown in
the soundbite list. The Columns Setup mini-menu
item lets you show and hide columns as desired.
(As a shortcut, double-click or Option/Alt-click
the label at the top of one of the columns to open
these preferences.) Figure 3-3 below shows all of
the columns.
Figure 3-4: Double-click or Option/Alt-click any column title in the
Soundbites window to open the Columns Setup preferences.
Rearranging soundbite list columns
To rearrange the order of the columns (as in the
Tracks window), drag the label at the top of a
column to the left or right. Digital Performer saves
your customized column arrangement in the
Digital Performer preferences file, so it is
remembered in all of your Digital Performer files.
Soundbite list quick reference
Here is a brief explanation of each column in the
soundbite list.
Move Handle: Drag up or down to reposition the
soundbite in the list. Also use it to drag and drop
the soundbite into other windows or the computer
desktop. When dropping it into an audio track in
the Sequence Editor, hold down the Command/
Ctrl key while dragging to make it “snap” to the end
of the previous soundbite in the track. A
question
mark icon on the move handle means that Digital
Performer does not currently know the location of
the audio file containing the soundbite. The
soundbite can’t be played and its waveform can’t be
displayed. An ‘
X’ icon on the move handle means
that Digital Performer cannot currently play the
soundbite for some reason. For example, it may not
match the current sample rate setting of your audio
hardware. For details, see “Lost soundbites” and
“Finding lost soundbites” on page 41.
Name: Displays the name of the soundbite
(region). Click the name to select it. To hear it play
back, turn on Audible Mode in the Control Panel
and then click it. Option/Alt-click the name to
Figure 3-3: The soundbite list with all detail columns shown.