Preview Preferences

Options Menu:
Preferences

Use the Previews tab in the Preferences dialog to specify preferences for opening and saving files. To display this tab, choose Preferences from the Options menu and click the Previews tab.

What do you want to do?

Limit previews

Select the Limit previews to check box and specify the length of audio that will be used when generating a preview. Low values decrease the amount of time needed to generate a preview when tuning effects or processing values.

Specify preview pre-roll

Select the Pre-roll check box and specify how many seconds of unprocessed audio will be played before the processed selection. Use this to listen to the transition from unprocessed to processed data.

Specify preview post-roll

Select the Post-roll check box and specify how many seconds of unprocessed audio will be played after the processed selection. Use this to listen to the transition from processed to unprocessed data.

Fade the edges of previews

Select the Fade out last 10 milliseconds check box to fade out the last 10 milliseconds of a preview effect so that large pops are not heard at the end of a preview buffer.

Loop previews

Select the Loop preview continuously check box to loop preview buffers infinitely rather than playing a single time. This can be useful when listening to the difference between the original sound and the sound after an effect or process has been applied.

Automatically update preview buffers

Select the Reactive Previewing check box to automatically recalculate and play back of the preview buffer if the parameters of an effect change. This allows for immediate feedback of the effects of a change.

This option is most useful when using a fast computer, limiting preview times, and not using processor-intensive effects.

You can temporarily suspend Reactive Previewing by holding down the Shift key while making parameter changes.