The main window
When you start the application, the main window is displayed. The main window’s workspace is where you perform all audio editing.
Menu bar Standard toolbar
Transport bar
Channel Meters (docked)
Workspace
Status bar
Main window components
The following table describes the major components of the main window.
Component | Description |
Menu bar | Displays the menu headings for the available functions. |
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Standard toolbar | Provides quick access to some of the most common tasks in the application. For more |
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Transport bar | Provides quick access to basic audio transport functions. For more information, see |
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Status bar | Help and processing information is displayed on the left side. The boxes on the right |
| side display the playback sample rate, bit depth, channel configuration, length of the |
| active data window, CD time remaining, and total free storage space. |
| Note: The CD Time Remaining box is displayed only when CD tracks exist in the |
| active data window. |
| With the exceptions of the CD Time Remaining and Free Storage boxes, you can edit |
| these boxes by |
| When no data windows are open, only the Free Storage box contains a value. For more |
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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 or in floating |
| window docks. |
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Channel Meters | Displays the level of the output audio signal. These meters can be toggled on/off by |
| choosing Channel Meters from the View menu. |
| displays a shortcut menu that allows you to precisely configure the appearance of the |
| meters. |
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