The Find Dialog |
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The Find dialog searches for clicks and pops, volume levels, or silent breaks in a sound signal. To display this dialog, choose Find from the Tools menu.
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Description |
Find |
Choose a mode from the drop-down list to specify the type of data you want to find: Glitch Clicks and pops are unwanted sounds often found or worn records or on audio tape as a result of poor splicing, and they are seen as sharp glitches in the normal curve of a waveform.
The Glitch search algorithm looks at
a waveform, starting at the cursor position, and determines when a glitch occurs based on the Threshold slope
and Sensitivity
settings. The cursor is then moved to the detected glitch
to allow for further editing. You can use the Pencil tool Level equal to or above Finds the next point in time after the cursor position when the waveform reaches the level specified by the Threshold level fader. End of silent region Moves the cursor to the end of the next silent break. Use the Threshold level fader to determine the sound level that will be treated as silence. Largest peak Moves the cursor to the next largest peak amplitude.
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Threshold slope/level |
When Glitch is selected in the Find drop-down list, drag the slider to determine the minimum slope (steepness) of the glitch. A high setting will only detect glitches with a high slope, while a low setting will detect both low and high-sloped glitches. When Level equal to or above is selected in the Find drop-down list, drag the fader to determine the sound level to search for. When End of silent region is selected in the Find drop-down list, drag the fader to determine the sound level that will be treated as silence. The Silence search will move the cursor to the next position where the level goes below and then back above the silence threshold level. |
Sensitivity |
When Glitch is selected in the Find drop-down list, drag the slider to determine how the algorithm looks for glitches:
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