Extracting Regions

Tools Menu

The Extract Regions dialog is used to create individual files from regions in the Regions List of a sound file. This feature makes it easier for you to record long files, create regions in the Regions List, and then save those regions as individual sound files.

To display this dialog, choose Extract Regions from the Tools menu.

Item

Description

Regions to extract

This list contains all of the regions in the active sound file.

Click a region name to select it. You can hold the Ctrl key when clicking to select multiple regions, or hold the Shift key while clicking to select all regions between the last and current selection will be selected. The Select All button provides a convenient way to select all regions in the list.

Destination folder

Specify the folder where the extracted regions will be saved, or click the Browse button to browse to a new folder.

File name prefix

Enter a prefix to add to the filename of extracted regions. If the Use Long File Names for destination file names check box is not selected, then this prefix is truncated to the first 5 characters.

Use Long File Names for destination file names

When this check box is selected, file names can be up to 128 characters long and may contain spaces. The files names will consist of the value in the File name prefix box and the region name. For example, if your prefix is set to This is my file_ and there is a region named Region 004, the name used for extracting will be This is my file_Region 004.wav.

When this check box is cleared, file names will conform to the 8.3 naming convention. These names consist of the first 5 characters from the File name prefix and a unique three-digit number starting with the number specified in the Start file counter index box. For example, if you have 4 regions selected for extraction, and your prefix is set to PREFIX, the names used will be PREFI000.wav, PREFI001.wav, PREFI002.wav PREFI003.wav.

Start file counter index

Specify the number that you want to use to start automatic numbering of files when the Use Long File Names for destination file names check box is cleared.

Extract

Click to extract the selected regions.