Record Dialog Shortcut Menu

This shortcut menu is displayed when you right-click anywhere in the Record dialog. The commands on this menu are listed below.

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Record meters

Command

Function

Reset Clip

Resets the Clip indication at the top of the meters.

Meter Range

-24 to 0 dB
-42 to 0 dB
-60 to 0 dB
-78 to 0 dB
-90 to 0 dB

Select a display resolution from the submenu.

Choosing a wide range allows you to see lower level signals at the expense of precision display at high levels.

Show Labels

Toggles the meter level labels on and off.

Hold Peaks

When selected, the highest peak levels are represented by a thin line on the meter.

Hold Valleys

When selected, the lowest peak levels are represented by a thin line on the meter.

Aggressive Update

When selected, Sound Forge will give more priority to the updating of the meters. This results in more accurate metering, but increases the overhead on the computer’s CPU.

Gap detection

This option determines what action to take if a gap is detected while recording.

Sound Forge detects most gaps by noticing when it is not able to save wave data as fast as the record device produces it. However, it is still possible for very short gaps to occur because of conflicts between drivers.

Command

Function

Ignore

When selected, gaps during the recording process will be ignored.

Mark

When selected, Sound Forge will insert markers to identify gaps during the recording process.

Stop

When selected, gaps during the recording process will cause recording to stop.

Blinking status

This command enables the blinking record status underneath the record meters.

Automatic labeling

This command opens the Automatic Labeling dialog. From here you can set up user options for how to name new record windows and takes. The items on the Automatic Labeling dialog are explained below.

Item

Description

New window title prefix

Specify the prefix you want to assign to new windows created when you click the New button or choose Create a new window for each take from the Mode drop-down list on the Record dialog.

New window names begin with this prefix and are automatically numbered.

Custom counter start value

Select this check box and specify the number you want to use to start automatic numbering of new windows created by recording.

Insert leading zeros in field width of

Select this check box and specify a field width if you want to use leading zeros in window names.

For example, if you specify a field width of 3, windows numbered 1 to 99 would be named [Prefix]001 to [Prefix]099.

New take (region) prefix

Specify the prefix you want to assign to new regions created when you choose Multiple takes creating Regions from the Mode drop-down list on the Record dialog.

New region names begin with this prefix and are automatically numbered.

Custom counter start value

Select this check box and specify the number you want to use to start automatic numbering of new regions created by recording.

Insert leading zeros in field width of

Select this check box and specify a field width if you want to use leading zeros in region names.

For example, if you specify a field width of 3, regions numbered 1 to 99 would be named [Prefix]001 to [Prefix]099.