Tools toolbar

The Tools toolbar contains buttons corresponding to commands in the Tools menu.

Extract Audio from CD Extracts audio from CD and opens for editing. For more information, see Extracting audio from CDs on page 144.

Burn Track-at-Once CD Burns the selected audio track to CD. For more information, see Burning track-at-once (TAO) CDs on page 290.

Burn Disc-at-Once CD Burns a disc-at-once CD using the current CD layout. For more information, see Burning disc­ at-once (DAO) CDs on page 292.

Auto Region Creates regions in an audio file according to rapid sound attacks or a specified time interval. For more information, see Inserting regions based on rapid sound attacks on page 123 and Inserting regions based on musical time intervals on page 123.

Extract Regions Extracts all file regions and saves them as individual files. For more information, see Creating new files from regions on page 126.

Detect Clipping Performs clip detection on the current file or selection. For more information, see Detecting and marking clipping on page 117.

Find Searches for clicks and pops, volume levels, or silent breaks in an audio signal. For more information, see Finding and repairing audio glitches on page 153.

Interpolate Replaces selected audio with interpolated audio data based on the selection’s beginning and end samples. For more information, see Interpolating new audio on page 154.

Replace Replaces selected audio data with previous adjacent data. For more information, see Replacing audio with preceding data on page 155.

Copy Other Channel Replaces selected audio with a corresponding selection from the opposite channel. For more information, see Copying the other channel on page 154.

Noise Reduction Analyzes and removes background noise such as tape hiss, electrical hum, and machinery rumble.

For more information, click the Help button () in the plug-in dialog.

Click and Crackle Removal Detects and removes all clicks

and pops. For more information, click the Help button () in the plug-in dialog.

Clipped Peak Restoration Rounds the tops of clipped peaks and applies peak limiting to the area immediately surrounding the audio clip. For more information, click the

Help button () in the plug-in dialog.

Audio Restoration Removes clicks and background noise associated with vinyl records. For more information, click

the Help button () in the plug-in dialog.

Crossfade Loop Mixes audio occurring before the loop start point into the end of the loop to smooth transitions. For more information, see Crossfading loops on page 266.

Sampler Allows you to transfer samples to/from the Sound Forge application. For more information, see Sampling on page 241.

Statistics Displays statistics corresponding to the current file or selection. For more information, see Viewing selection statistics on page 64.

Preset Manager Backs up and transfers user-configured presets from effects, processes, and plug-ins. For more information, see Using the Preset Manager on page 204.

Batch Converter Allows you to modify and manipulate multiple audio files without having to process each file individually. For more information, see Using the Batch Converter on page 238.

Levels toolbar

The Levels toolbar displays the audio levels in the left and right channels in the user-specified format. You can right-click to choose the format from a shortcut menu.

Left channel level

Right channel level

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