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Horizontal controls (time axis), Vertical controls (amplitude axis), Waveform recognition – MOTU 828x 28x30 Audio Interface with ThunderTechnology User Manual

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View menu

The View menu (Figure 9-37) lets you choose how
you wish to display the audio channel(s) being
displayed.

Display options

The

Axes

control (Figure 9-37) sets the opacity of

the grid displayed in the graph, from 100% (fully
visible) down to 0% (fully hidden). The

Show Ruler

option toggles the measurement items (see
“Measurement information” on page 99).

Pausing the display

The Pause button in the upper right corner of the
View section (Figure 9-37) allows you to freeze the
display at any time. To resume, click the button
again. The level meters will remain active while the
display is paused.

Horizontal controls (time axis)

The

Horizontal

controls (Figure 9-38) configure

the value range of the x-axis (time). Click and drag
the values up or down to set them, or double-click
to return to the default value.

There are two modes for the controls:

Zoom/Offset

and

Min/Max

. To change the mode, use the

Horizontal control menu (Figure 9-38).

Figure 9-38: Horizontal control menu

In

Zoom/Offset

mode,

Zoom

sets the display zoom

from 1/1000x to 10x, where the number represents
the number of pixels per sample. For example,
when the horizontal zoom value is 10x, 10 samples
are displayed in 100 pixels; when the horizontal
zoom value is 1/10x, 100 samples are displayed in
10 pixels.

Pos

moves the line marking time equals

zero left or right.

In

Min/Max

mode,

Min

and

Max

set the earliest

and most recent displayed time.

Time Units

The

Time Units

sub-menu (Figure 9-38) provides

the option to view the X axis in Seconds or
Samples.

Vertical controls (amplitude axis)

The

Vertical

controls (Figure 9-38) operate

similarly to the Horizontal controls, except that
they configure the y-axis (amplitude).

In

Zoom/Offset

mode,

Zoom

sets the display zoom

from 1/2 to 100x, and

Pos

moves the line marking

amplitude equals zero line up or down.

In

Min/Max

mode,

Min

and

Max

set the smallest

and largest displayed amplitude.

Waveform Recognition

The Waveform Recognition option searches
through new audio data looking for a waveform
which most resembles that which was previously
displayed. The region where this takes place is a
small window around the line marking time equals

View menu settingWhat it displays

Left

Left channel only

Right

Right channel only

Split screen

Left channel on top; right channel on the bot-
tom

Shared

Left and right on top of each other; left is
green, right is red

Add

Left and right channels’ amplitudes are added
together

Subtract L-R

The right channel’s amplitude is subtracted
from the left channel’s amplitude