Sony 7 The data window

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The data window

Data windows contain audio data (as a waveform) as well as a number of controls and commands used to edit and process audio.

	Title bar Time ruler
Edit Tool							Overview bar
Selector							Ruler tags
Level ruler
Waveform display							Time zoom resolution
Level zoom in/out							Time zoom in/out
							Maximize width
			Playbar		Selection	status boxes
				Position
				scroll bar
Component		Description
Title bar		Displays the file name. If title information is included in the summary of a file, it appears here
		instead of the file name. Double-click to maximize and restore the window.
Level ruler		Displays the amplitude of the waveform. Right-click to display the level ruler shortcut menu.
		Drag to shift the view up/down when zoomed in vertically.
Time ruler		Displays the current location in the data window as well as ruler tags. Right-click to display the
		time ruler shortcut menu. Drag to scroll the data window.
Ruler tags		Indicates the position of region end points, loop end points, and markers. Right-click a tag to
		display the ruler tag shortcut menu. Drag to edit a tag’s position. Double-click anywhere within a
		region to select it.
Edit Tool Selector		Toggles through the Edit, Magnify, and Pencil tools. Right-click to display a shortcut menu that
		allows you to display or hide data window elements.
Playbar		Contains audio transport buttons, including Go to Start, Go to End, Stop, Play Normal, Open/
		Play Plug-In Chainer (available only in the full version of Sound Forge), Play as Cutlist, and Play
		as Sample. For more information on the playbar, please see page 28.
Selection status boxes		Displays the beginning, end, and length of a selection. If no selection exists, only the cursor
		position displays. Double-click the leftmost box to display the Go To dialog. Double-click either of
		the other two boxes to display the Set Selection dialog. Right-click to display the status format
		shortcut menu.
Waveform display		Displays a graphical representation of an audio file. The horizontal axis represents time, and the
		vertical axis represents amplitude. Right-click within this display to open the waveform display
		shortcut menu.
Position scroll bar		Scrolls forward/backward through an audio file to display sections of the file not visible in the
		current area of the waveform display.
Overview bar		Allows for quick navigation and playback of any part of an audio file. The overview bar also
		indicates the portion of the waveform currently depicted in the waveform display, as well as the
		selected region. Click to move the cursor. Double-click to center the cursor in the waveform
		display. Right-click to start or pause playback. Drag to activate the audio event locator.
Time zoom resolution		Specifies the number of samples of data represented by each horizontal point on the screen. This
		determines the length of time displayed in the data window. Smaller resolution values display
		less time.
Time zoom in/out		Changes the zoom resolution for the time (horizontal) axis.
Level zoom in/out		Changes the zoom resolution for the level (vertical) axis.
Maximize width		Resizes the data window to maximize its size within the workspace.

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