Status Preferences

Options Menu:
Preferences

Use the Status tab in the Preferences dialog to specify preferences for displaying information in the status bar. To display this tab, choose Preferences from the Options menu and click the Status tab.

What do you want to do?

Specify the default SMPTE format

Choose a format from the drop-down list to specify the SMPTE type used when selecting a SMPTE format option from the Status Bar shortcut menu:

Specify the default time format

Choose a format from the Default SMPTE format drop-down list to specify the time format (Time or Seconds) used when selecting the Time option from the Status Bar shortcut menu.

Specify the default frame rate

In the Default frames per second box, specify the default frame rate used to calculate frame values.

Frame values are useful when trying to synchronize sound with animation. Most animation players specify a playback frame rate at which video frames are shown to the user. If you are using an animation that has a frame rate of 15.0 frames per second, you would set the frame rate to 15.0. When status values are shown by Sound Forge, they will be shown in values of frames. This allows you to find the frame to which a given point in the sound file corresponds.

Specify the default beats per measure

In the Default beats per measure, specify the number of beats in each measure for displaying in measures and beats. For example, 2/4 time would have two beats per measure.

Specify the default beats per minute

In the Default beats per minute, specify the number of beats per minute, i.e. the tempo of a song for displaying lengths.

Specify the default scan time for calculating RMS level

In the RMS level scan time box, specify the amount of sound data surrounding the cursor used to calculate the RMS level in the Levels toolbar.

Specify the default scan time for calculating peak level

In the Peak level scan time box, specify the amount of sound data surrounding the cursor used when searching for a peak level to display in the Levels toolbar.

Specify the default SMPTE display format

Choose a setting from the Display format for SMPTE code drop-down list to specify how SMPTE values will be formatted for display.