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4. The Menu Entries

4.1 File

New

Opens a new wavefile in the editor.

Open

Allows the user to open a wavefile.

Open Recent

Allows the user to open a wavefile.

Save

Saves the current wavefile.

Save As

Allows the user to save the wavefile in a new file.

Exit

Exits the Editor.

4.2 Edit

Copy

Copies the current selection. (Later to the clip board.)

Cut

Deletes the current selection and places it into the clip board.

Paste

Inserts the content of the clip board at the current pointer position.

Insert Silence

Allows the user to insert a silence at the current pointer position.

Format

Opens the format dialog .

4.3 Audio

Play

Plays the wavefile over a given audio-device (see Options).

Pause

Pauses playing the wavefile (not implemented yet).

Stop

Stops playing the wavefile.

Record

Records a wavefile over a given audio-device (see Options) (not implemented yet).

4.4 Filter

Deeppass

Allows the user to filter the current selection with a deeppass filter.

Highpass

Allows the user to filter the current selection with a highpass filter.

Echo

Allows the user to add an echo to the current selection.

Volume

Allows the user to change the volume of the current selection.

Envelope

Allows the user to change the volume of the current selection in a nonlinear way.

Optimize Volume

Allows the user to optimize the volume of the current selection.

DC-Offset

Allows the user to change the dc-offset of the current selection (not implemented yet).

Optimize DC-Offset

Allows the user to optimize the dc-offset of the current selection.

Fuzz

Allows the user to filter the current selection with a fuzz filter.

Noisegate

Allows the user to cut small signals from the current selection.

Pitch Shift

Allows the user to shift the pitch of the signal of the current selection (not implemented yet).

Distortion

Allows the user to distort the signal of the current selection.

Hullcurve

Allows the user to calculate a hullcurve over the signal of the current selection.

Compress

Allows the user to compress the signal of the current selection. The level is a number in the range 0.0 to 1.0, but should be smaller than 1.0. At level 0.0 the signal doesn't change, at level 1.0 you will lose data, because the result will be a signal of -1.0 and 1.0.

Expand

Allows the user to expand the signal of the current selection. The level is a number in the range 0.0 to 1.0, but should be smaller than 1.0. (If you compress a signal at level 0.5 and then expand it at 0.5, the signal has not changed!)

4.5 Options

Options

The user can select the audio-device like /dev/dsp.

Colors

Allows the user to select the colors of KSoundSys's signal display area.

4.6 Help

Help

Invokes the KDE help system with the KSoundSys help pages displayed.

About

Displays essential information about KSoundSys.

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