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Preview controls and indicators – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Chapter 14: DigiBase

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To preview an audio file in a browser:

1

Select an audio file in a browser Items List.

Make sure the browser is the foreground (active)
window.

2

Do one of the following:

• Click the Waveform Preview button (the

speaker icon to the left of the waveform
display). Click again to stop auditioning.

• If Spacebar Toggles File Preview is selected in

the Browser menu, press the Spacebar. Press
the Spacebar again to stop auditioning.

• Press Control+P (Windows) or Com-

mand+P (Mac) to start and stop preview-
ing.

• Press the Esc key to stop previewing.

To audition from a specific location within the file:

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Click in the waveform display at the location.

Preview Controls and Indicators

Every DigiBase browser provides the following
preview controls in the Toolbar: Preview, Vol-
ume, Meters, Audio Files Conform to Session
Tempo, and Elastic Audio Plug-in.

Preview Button

The Preview button starts and stops preview of
audio files selected in browsers. You can also
Right-click the Preview button to change the
Preview mode and set whether or not the space-
bar toggles file preview.

Volume

The Volume control in DigiBase browsers lets
you boost or attenuate the gain for previewing
selected files.

If the Auto-Preview option is enabled, pre-
viewing starts as soon as the file is selected
in a browser.

Auditioning an audio file

Preview controls in DigiBase browsers

DigiBase Browser, Preview button Right-click menu

Preview

button

Volume

Meters

Audio Files

Conform to

Session Tempo button

Elastic Audio

Plug-in selector