Editing Markers or Regions

Special Menu:
Regions List

Use the Edit Marker/Region dialog to change information about an existing marker or region in a file.

What do you want to do?

Open the Edit Marker/Region dialog

  1. Select an entry in the Regions List.

If the Regions List is not visible, choose Regions List from the View menu or press Alt+1.

  1. From the Special menu, choose Regions List and choose Edit from the submenu (or double-click an entry in the regions list) to display the Edit Marker/Region dialog.

Right-click a marker or region tag and choose Edit from the shortcut menu.

  1. Edit the items on the Edit Marker/Region dialog to change the parameters of the marker or region. The items on the dialog are explained below.

  2. Click the OK button.

Change a marker/region name

By default, markers and regions are named using the cursor position or selection (such as Region 00:00:00.00 to 00:00:01.04 or Marker 00:00:00.19).

Use the Name box to enter a new name to identify a marker or region.

Change marker or region type

Click the Marker or Region radio button to specify whether you want to add a marker or a region:

Change a marker/region position or length

Set marker position or region start point

In the Start box, specify the beginning point of the marker or region. Sound Forge automatically fills in this value based on your selection or cursor position.

Start is the only available setting when the Marker radio button is selected.

Set region end or length

In the End box, specify the ending point of the region. Sound Forge automatically fills in this value based on your selection or cursor position.

In the Length box, specify the length point of the region. Sound Forge automatically fills in this value based on your selection or cursor position.

Specify an input format

Choose an input format from the Input Format drop-down list. This format is used to display the values in the Start, End, and Length boxes.

Preview a marker or region

Click the Play button:

Trigger a marker or region using MIDI commands Available only in Sound Forge

  1. Select a trigger type from the Trigger drop-down list if you want to trigger a region or marker using MIDI commands.

  2. In the Channel box, specify the MIDI input channel for triggering.

  3. In the Note box, specify the MIDI note that will trigger region playback. This value can be entered as a MIDI note value such as C4 or as a MIDI note number such as 60.

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