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Using the mouse wheel

Sound Forge allows you to use your mouse wheel to navigate audio files. The following table briefly describes the available mouse wheel functionality.

Wheel Up

Zoom in horizontally

Wheel Down

Zoom out horizontally

 

 

Ctrl+Wheel Up

Zoom in vertically

Ctrl+Wheel Down

Zoom out vertically

 

 

Shift+Wheel Up

Scroll left (in 10ths of screen width)

Shift+Wheel Down

Scroll right (in 10ths of screen width)

 

 

Ctrl+Shift+ Wheel Up

Cursor left or current selection point left (if there is a selection)

Ctrl+Shift+ Wheel Down

Cursor right or current selection point right (if there is a selection)

 

 

The main screen

When you start Sound Forge, the main screen appears. The main screen’s workspace is where you perform all audio editing.

Menu bar

Standard toolbar

Transport bar

Play Meters (docked)

Workspace

Status bar

Main screen components

The following table describes the major components of the main screen.

 

Menu bar

Displays the menu headings for the available functions.

 

 

Standard toolbar

Provides quick access to some of the most common tasks in Sound Forge (pg. 30).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transport bar

Provides quick access to basic audio transport functions (pg. 30).

 

 

Status bar

Help and processing information appears on the left side. The boxes on the right side display the

 

 

 

playback sample rate, bit depth, channel configuration (mono/stereo), length of the active data

 

 

 

window, and total free storage space (pg. 83). With the exception of the free storage space box,

 

 

 

you can edit these boxes by double-clicking or right-clicking them. When no data windows are

 

 

 

open, only the free storage space box contains a value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workspace

This is the area located behind the data windows. Audio selections dragged to the workspace

 

 

 

automatically become new data windows. Windows such as the Regions List and Playlist can be

 

 

 

docked along the edges of the workspace.

 

 

Play Meters

Displays the level of the output audio signal. These meters can be toggled on/off by choosing

 

 

 

Play Meters from the View menu. Right-clicking the play meters displays a shortcut menu

 

 

 

that allows you to precisely configure the appearance of the meters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEARNING THE SOUND FORGE WORKSPACE

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