user manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Optimizing for Sound Forge
- Learning the Sound Forge Workspace
- Getting Started
- Navigating, Zooming, and Selecting
- Changing File Attributes and Formats
- Using Markers, Regions, and the Playlist/Cutlist
- Why use markers, regions, and the playlist?
- Using markers
- Using command markers in streaming media files
- Using regions
- Using the Regions List
- Using the playlist
- Displaying the playlist
- Adding regions to the playlist
- Understanding the playlist display
- Customizing the playlist display
- Repeating a region during playlist playback
- Playing from the playlist
- Arranging the playlist
- Replicating a region in the playlist
- Using stop points
- Deleting a region from the playlist
- Creating a new file from the playlist
- Configuring the playlist as a cutlist
- Saving a playlist/cutlist file
- Opening a playlist/cutlist file
- Copying the playlist/cutlist to the clipboard
- Recording, Extracting, and Burning
- Recording audio
- Recording manually
- Recording automatically
- Recording a specific length (punch-in)
- Choosing a recording mode
- Adjusting for DC offset
- Playing back recorded audio
- Using remote recording mode
- Synchronizing with other devices
- Viewing input levels
- Inserting markers while recording
- Configuring gap detection
- Automatically labeling windows and regions
- Changing blinking status
- Extracting audio from CDs
- Burning CDs
- Proper use of software
- Recording audio
- Editing, Repairing, and Synthesizing Audio
- Processing Audio
- Applying Effects
- Adding an effect
- Adding a chain of effects
- Applying effects using the Plug-In Chainer
- Adding plug-ins to a chain
- Selecting the processing mode for audio tail data
- Arranging plug-ins on a chain
- Bypassing effects
- Removing plug-ins from a chain
- Configuring chained plug-ins
- Saving individual plug-in settings as a custom preset
- Saving plug-in chains
- Loading plug-in chains
- Managing effects
- Automating Effect Parameters
- Adjusting envelopes
- Using Acoustic Mirror and Wave Hammer
- Working with MIDI/SMPTE
- Sampling
- Looping
- Working with Video
- Using Spectrum Analysis
- Working in the frequency domain
- Using a spectrum graph
- Displaying a spectrum graph
- Monitoring an input and output source
- Displaying frequency and amplitude values, notes and statistics
- Navigating a spectrum graph
- Changing the graph type
- Changing the zoom level
- Working with stereo files
- Updating a spectrum graph
- Viewing multiple spectrum graphs
- Creating and comparing snapshots of the Spectrum Analysis window
- Printing the graph
- Using a sonogram
- Adjusting Spectrum Analysis settings
- Shortcuts
- Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
- SMPTE Timecode
- Using CSOUND, MTU, IRCAM, BICSF, and EBICSF Files
- Index
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USING SPECTRUM ANALYSIS CHP. 17
Right-click the graph and choose Show Position from the shortcut menu to toggle the display of ToolTips.
The setting for each graph in a stereo file is independent.
If you want to display the nearest musical note equivalent of the cursor position in a ToolTip, right-click the
graph and choose
Show Notes from the shortcut menu:
Right-click the Spectrum Analysis window and choose
Show Statistics from the shortcut menu to toggle the
display of the Statistics area at the bottom of the Spectrum Analysis window.
Navigating a spectrum graph
After a spectrum graph displays, Grab/Pan mode allows you to scroll vertically and horizontally. To enable
Grab/Pan mode, right-click the Spectrum Analysis dialog and choose
Grab/Pan from the shortcut menu. A
check mark appears next to this option when Grab/Pan mode is enabled. The cursor displays as a hand ( ),
and you can drag horizontally or vertically to scroll through the graph.
When you are zoomed into a selection of the spectrum graph, you can drag the horizontal and vertical sliders
to scroll through the graph. The thumbnail image in the lower-left corner of the Spectrum Analysis window
will show you which part of the graph is being displayed.
To turn off Grab/Pan mode, choose
Grab/Pan from the shortcut menu again.
Changing the graph type
Click the down arrow next to the Normal Display button ( ) and choose Line Graph, Filled Graph, or Bar
Graph
from the menu to change the type of graph displayed in the Spectrum Analysis window. A check mark
is displayed next to the selected graph type.
Note:
Some video drivers have problems displaying Filled
Graph
and Bar Graph modes. If you encounter problems such
as incorrect shading or very slow drawing, use the
Line Graph
option or change video drivers.
If you're analyzing a stereo file, you can click the down arrow next to the
Normal Display button and choose
Single Graph to see the right and left channels in a single graph.
Right-click the graph and choose
Logarithmic from the shortcut menu to toggle the x-axis between
logarithmic and linear mode. In logarithmic mode, more of the graph is devoted to lower frequencies.
Use the cursor to display
musical note equivalent