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Standard toolbar

The Standard toolbar displays by default when you start Sound Forge. The buttons on this toolbar provide quick access to many common commands.

New: creates a new data window.

Play Clipboard: plays the audio on the clipboard.

Open: displays the Open dialog.

Trim/Crop: removes all data from the file that is not currently selected. This command has no effect if there is no selected data. This command does not copy data to the clipboard.

Save: saves the current audio data.

Undo: reverses the last edit operation.

 

 

Save As: saves the current file with a new

Redo: reverts the previously undone edit

name or format.

operation.

 

 

Render As: renders the current project file to a

Repeat: repeats the last operation. This

media file.

command can be used with most processing

 

functions. The previous operation’s parameters

 

are repeated. To specify new parameters, hold

 

Shift and click this button.

Cut: removes selected audio data and places it on the clipboard. This command has no effect if there is no selection.

Edit Tool: selects the Editing tool.

Copy: copies selected audio data to the clipboard. This command has no effect if there is no selection.

Magnify Tool: selects the Magnify tool.

Paste: inserts a copy of the clipboard data at the current insertion point. If there is a selection, this command replaces the selected data with the clipboard data.

Pencil Tool: selects the Pencil tool.

Mix: mixes a copy of the clipboard data with the current audio file. The mix start point is either the cursor point or the start or end of the selection in the destination data window.

Envelope Tool: selects the Envelope tool.

Transport bar

The transport bar also displays by default and contains basic audio transport buttons.

Record: records data to a new or existing data

Stop: stops playback and returns the cursor to

window.

its prior position.

 

 

Loop Playback: toggles Loop Playback mode on

Go to Start: moves the cursor to the start of

and off.

the file.

 

 

Play All: plays the entire file from beginning to

Rewind: moves the cursor backward in the

end, regardless of cursor position, selection, or

current file.

playlist.

 

Play: plays the file in current playback mode (Play Normal, Play Plug-In Chainer, Play as Cutlist, or Play as Sample).

Forward: moves the cursor forward in the current file.

Pause: pauses playback and maintains the cursor at its current position.

Go to End: moves the cursor to the end of the file.

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