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Playback (Transport) Controls
If you are new to audio processing on a PC, fear not. The playback controls will be a few familiar friends that you’ll recognize instantly on your tool bar. These tools closely match their “real world” counterparts on every cassette or tape deck that you’ve ever seen. They simply help you quickly and easily navigate through your .wav file in any direction and speed you choose. Because the laws of hardware do not bind us, we’ve been able to improve these controls and make them more accurate and useful than their hardware brethren.
Play
Click here to play your file. If the display is enabled, the highlighted portion shall be played. If the entire file is highlighted, the entire file will play. A shortcut alternative to access this command is via the spacebar. There is also a Play+n key (located to the right of the loop-play button) which will play the highlighted portion of your file including approximately 1 second on each side of the highlighted sector. So, play will commence 1 second before the highlighted sector and end one second after the highlighted sector.
Loop Play
The Loop Play key is located just to the right of the Play button. Clicking on it will cause the system enter into an infinite loop-play of the highlighted area of the file. Use the stop key to terminate this function or click on the loop play key again to force it to stop. The spacebar can also be used to stop a loop play operation.
Scrub Audio
The “Scrub Audio” (scrubber) feature (when enabled) allows you to use your mouse to play a portion of a .wav file with its playback speed being proportional to the left or right position of your mouse. It provides you with a method to find a cue point more easily than via the standard “Play” and “Pause” controls. It is also very useful in file transcription work and also can be used to correct the speed of a file having a variable speed error “on the fly”. To use this feature, just point the mouse where you want to commence play and then click down on the left mouse button. Move the mouse left or right to change the speed of playback. Moving your mouse towards the right advances playback in the forward direction while moving it to the left reverses the direction of playback. Please note that this feature only works with WDM soundcard drivers. It will not work with MME drivers.
Rewind
You can click here to move the cursor backwards to the beginning of the highlighted area of a file. This function does not operate when previewing a filter or effect. It works in conjunction with the play and pause buttons. To use it, first pause play with the pause button on a highlighted file portion. Then, click on the rewind button. Next, when you click on the play button, play shall commence at the beginning of the highlighted area of your file.
Pause
This is the key with two vertical lines contained within its perimeter. When activated, the playback of the .wav file will pause at that location. Play can be resumed by activating the play button, depressing the spacebar on your keyboard or by simply hitting the Pause button again. Essentially, the spacebar “toggles” your system between “Play” and “Pause”.
Fast Forward
You can click here to move the cursor forward within the highlighted area of a file. This function does not operate when previewing a filter or effect.
Stop
This is the key with the black square with a green dot contained within its perimeter. It is used to stop either a record or a playback session. Unlike the Pause feature, hitting the play button will commence play from the beginning of the highlighted area of the file thereafter.
If you are new to audio processing on a PC, fear not. The playback controls will be a few familiar friends that you’ll recognize instantly on your tool bar. These tools closely match their “real world” counterparts on every cassette or tape deck that you’ve ever seen. They simply help you quickly and easily navigate through your .wav file in any direction and speed you choose. Because the laws of hardware do not bind us, we’ve been able to improve these controls and make them more accurate and useful than their hardware brethren.
Play
Click here to play your file. If the display is enabled, the highlighted portion shall be played. If the entire file is highlighted, the entire file will play. A shortcut alternative to access this command is via the spacebar. There is also a Play+n key (located to the right of the loop-play button) which will play the highlighted portion of your file including approximately 1 second on each side of the highlighted sector. So, play will commence 1 second before the highlighted sector and end one second after the highlighted sector.
Loop Play
The Loop Play key is located just to the right of the Play button. Clicking on it will cause the system enter into an infinite loop-play of the highlighted area of the file. Use the stop key to terminate this function or click on the loop play key again to force it to stop. The spacebar can also be used to stop a loop play operation.
Scrub Audio
The “Scrub Audio” (scrubber) feature (when enabled) allows you to use your mouse to play a portion of a .wav file with its playback speed being proportional to the left or right position of your mouse. It provides you with a method to find a cue point more easily than via the standard “Play” and “Pause” controls. It is also very useful in file transcription work and also can be used to correct the speed of a file having a variable speed error “on the fly”. To use this feature, just point the mouse where you want to commence play and then click down on the left mouse button. Move the mouse left or right to change the speed of playback. Moving your mouse towards the right advances playback in the forward direction while moving it to the left reverses the direction of playback. Please note that this feature only works with WDM soundcard drivers. It will not work with MME drivers.
Rewind
You can click here to move the cursor backwards to the beginning of the highlighted area of a file. This function does not operate when previewing a filter or effect. It works in conjunction with the play and pause buttons. To use it, first pause play with the pause button on a highlighted file portion. Then, click on the rewind button. Next, when you click on the play button, play shall commence at the beginning of the highlighted area of your file.
This is the key with two vertical lines contained within its perimeter. When activated, the playback of the .wav file will pause at that location. Play can be resumed by activating the play button, depressing the spacebar on your keyboard or by simply hitting the Pause button again. Essentially, the spacebar “toggles” your system between “Play” and “Pause”.
Fast Forward
You can click here to move the cursor forward within the highlighted area of a file. This function does not operate when previewing a filter or effect.
Stop
This is the key with the black square with a green dot contained within its perimeter. It is used to stop either a record or a playback session. Unlike the Pause feature, hitting the play button will commence play from the beginning of the highlighted area of the file thereafter.