Status tab

The Status tab allows you to specify preferences for displaying information in the status bar.

Item

Description

Default frames per second

The default frame rate used to calculate frame values.

 

Frame values are useful when trying to synchronize sound with animation. Most animation players

 

specify a playback frame rate at which video frames are shown to the user. If you are using an animation

 

that has a frame rate of 15.0 frames per second, you would set the frame rate to 15.0. When status

 

values are displayed, they will be shown in values of frames. This allows you to find the frame to which a

 

given point in the sound file corresponds.

 

 

Default beats per measure

The number of beats in each measure for displaying in measures and beats. For example, 2/4 time

 

would have two beats per measure.

 

This setting will be also be used in the Edit Tempo dialog.

 

 

Default beats per minute

The number of beats per minute, that is, the tempo of a song for displaying lengths.

 

This setting will be also be used in the Edit Tempo dialog.

 

 

RMS level scan time

The amount of sound data surrounding the cursor used to calculate the RMS level in the Levels toolbar.

 

 

Peak level scan time

The amount of sound data surrounding the cursor used when searching for a peak level to display in

 

the Levels toolbar.

 

 

0 VU (+4 dBu) level

Choose a setting from the drop-down list or type a value in the box to calibrate the VU/PPM meters to

 

their associated levels on the peak meters.

 

VU meters display sound in dB VU, where 0 VU is a reference level, and there is headroom above 0 VU.

 

The Sound Forge peak meters display peaks in dB FS (decibels relative to full scale).

 

In digital audio, there is no headroom above 0 dB FS. Choosing a setting from this drop-down list

 

subtracts a nominal dB value from the VU meters so that a signal displayed on the VU meters remains

 

slightly below 0 dB on the peak meters.

 

 

VU meter integration time

Type a value in the box to set the amount of data surrounding the cursor that will be used to calculate

 

levels in the VU meters.

 

This setting has no effect on the PPM scales, which use fixed integration times:

 

• UK PPM: 10 ms

 

• EBU PPM: 10 ms

 

• DIN PPM: 5 ms

 

• Nordic PPM: 5 ms

 

 

Toolbars tab

The Toolbars tab allows you to specify which toolbars you want to display.

Display or hide toolbars

Select the check box to display a toolbar; clear a check box to hide a toolbar.

Display or hide ToolTips

Select the Show ToolTips check box if you want to display pop-up descriptions when the mouse is held over certain items.

Customizing a toolbar

1.From the View menu, choose Toolbars. The Preferences dialog appears with a list of available toolbars.

2.Select the check box for a toolbar and click Customize. The Customize Toolbar dialog is displayed.

3.Use the controls in the Customize Toolbar dialog to add, remove, or rearrange the buttons on the selected toolbar. Click Reset to restore the toolbar to its default setting.

4.Click the OK button.

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