User Manual

SOUNDBITES WINDOW
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Keyboard shortcuts are also available for viewing
the selected soundbite in the Sound File
Information window (Command-Option-
Control-A on the Mac and Ctrl-Alt-Win-A on
Windows) or in the Waveform Editor (Command-
Option-Control-W on the Mac and Ctrl-Alt-Win-
L on Windows).
View By menu
The View By menu at the top of the Soundbites
window is a powerful sorting feature that allows
you to view soundbites hierarchically by the
characteristics shown below in Figure 3-5:
Figure 3-5: Hierarchical sorting in the Soundbite list.
When you choose an item from the View By menu,
the Soundbites window sorts all soundbites alpha-
betically and/or numerically based on what you
choose, displaying soundbites hierarchically
beneath the attribute that you choose, with
disclosure triangles so that you can show/hide all of
the soundbites for a certain attribute. For example,
if you sort by file name, audio files will be listed
alphabetically with a disclosure triangle that shows
the soundbites indented to the right beneath it, as
demonstrated below in Figure 3-6:
Figure 3-6: Sorting by file name.
Here are a few other examples: you could sort by
Time Created to find a soundbite you recorded
during a particular recording session. Or you could
sort by Channel Format to view all stereo
soundbites currently being used.
Organizing soundbites into folders
The Soundbites window allows you to create your
own folders and then view soundbites By Folder. To
create a folder, first view By Folder and then choose
Create New Folder from the Soundbites window
mini-menu. A new Folder appears, either at the
bottom of the list or just below the currently
selected item in the list. You can then drag
soundbites into it using their move handles.
☛ When creating a new folder, you may need to
scroll to the bottom of the list to see the new folder.
☛ Command–double-click a folder (or any
other ‘view by’ container) to select all soundbites
within it.
Soundbite source
The Soundbites window displays the source of each
soundbite (as shown in Figure 3-7), to provide you
with information about where it came from. For