Preferences dialog The preferences dialog ( File | Preferences.) is used to specify global properties of WaveSurfer. See the FAQ for information on how to print these on Windows. Printing WaveSurfer creates postscript files for printing. Using the dialog in Popup | Properties | Sound. Properties such as frequency, number of channels, and sample encoding format The Master Sound option makes it possible for one window to control the zoom-level and scroll position of other windows. On the View menu zoom functions can be found. The Transform menu contains transformation functions for conversions, amplification, normalization etc. Basic editing and processing The Edit menu contains basic editing functions such as cut, copy, and paste. The nearest zero crossing using Edit | Zero Cross Adjust. The endpoints of the current selection can be adjusted to Clicking the play button causes the marked region Marking the endpoints or by pressing shift and clicking mouse button 1. The selection can be adjusted by dragging the bars Selections are made in the standard way, press-drag-release mouse button 1. Examine that configuration in a text editor to get an idea of how this can be done. For example, the configuration n-waveforms has been created in this way. The configuration files reside in ~/.wavesurfer/1.8/configurations/ and under some circumstances it might be useful to edit them by hand.
Specified in the Popup | Properties dialog. Panes should be visible, but also their sizes and everything else that can be A configuration does not only specify what It is possible to change the pane configuration used for a sound by selecting Is saved, it will appear as a choice when you select File | New. Once you have created a set of panes and set their properties as needed, you simplyĬhoose Save Configuration from the popup menu. You can easily define your own configurations. WaveSurferĬomes with a set of ready-to-use pane configurations, for transcription, You might want a specific set-up of panes, with specific properties. For example, it will allow you to modify the color scale andĪnalysis parameters of a spectrogram.
Modify various properties of a pane by selecting Popup | Properties.ĭepending on the specific type of pane, there will be different tabs in (Some panes such as transcription and time axis can not be resized) You can also control many properties of the pane by selecting Properties | Pane from the popup menu (right-click). Once the pane is created it can be resized vertically by dragging the handle below the pane. Think of the WaveBarĪs an overview and the pane as a variable magnifying glass.Ī sound can contain any number of panes (as long as they fit on the screen) They will be stacked on top of each other and always be aligned in time. Portion of the sound that is specified in the WaveBar. Will not necessarily display the whole sound. Select Create Pane, and choose what type of pane you want. On the WaveBar or any existing pane where you want to insert the new pane, Use of WaveSurfer's plug-in architechture, a pane can contain pretty much That can contain for example a waveform, a spectrogram, a pitch-curve,Ī time axis or a transcription or something else. A pane is a window stacked on top of the WaveBar ToĪllow for this and many other tasks, WaveSurfer gives you the possibility Representations such as spectrograms or pitch-curves, or maybe you haveĪ multi-channel sound and want to look at each channel individually. You might want to zoom in to look at small portions, you might want other Tasks, a single waveform view of the whole sound might not be sufficient. Right-clicking on the play button brings up a popup menu with different play options. You can use the space bar to toggle between play and Play/Record Use the tape recorderĬontrols to play and record audio.
If your mouse is equipped with a scrollwheel, you can use this for scrolling and zooming in the sound under the mouse pointer: Spinning the wheel up & down will scroll, pressing Ctrl and spinning the wheel will zoom. The left mouse button is used for scrollingĪnd the middle mouse button (or shift-left button) is used for zooming. (Use Ctrl-Mousebutton on the Macintosh.) WaveBar The WaveBar is used The different parts of the interface brings up a popup menu with choices Each sound has a small arrow-shaped button in the upper left corner, that can be used to collapse the view of the sound into only a blue titlebar. You can add any number of sounds (using File | New or File | Open). You can load a sound file from disk or start recording, using the tape-recorder like controls in the upper right corner. When WaveSurfer is first started, it contains an empty sound. The basic document you work with is a sound. WaveSurfer has a simple but powerful interface. Introduction Download Documentation Links Forum User Manual
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