Sound List Editor - Organization

Sound List Editor - Main Controls

The Sound List Editor and Play Console (see Figure 1.) consists of the following control sections. Each section can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the section header.


•   Main menu - program menu controls. [at top of program window]
•   File toolbar -program file operations.
•   Edit toolbar - Sound list cut, copy, paste etc.
•   Behavior toolbar - Sound list global controls that affect play behavior.
•   Find toolbar - find operations and reports.
•   Play toolbar - Sound list play, stop etc.
•   Editors toolbar - Quick access to 3D, Fx and Automator editors.
•   Sound List panel - the list of Sound Items. [left side of program window]
•   Status bar - program status messages and time of day clock. [at bottom of program window]

Sound Item Attributes Groups

Each Sound Item has its own set of attributes grouped into the following categories. When you select a Sound Item in the Sound List panel, its attributes appear in the Sound Item Attributes edit panel [right side of program window].


•   Play Position group - Displays the current play position during playback. Play markers below the progress bar indication point for play begin/end and fade in/fade out.
•   Start, End and Fade Markers group - Allows setting play markers ( begin/ end and fade in / fade out). ( Figure 2.)
•   Play Controls group - controls the start and stop of sound play.
•   Descriptors group - attributes describing the sound. ( Figure 3.)
•   Play Modifiers group - attributes that modify how a sound is played. ( Figure 3.)
•   Classifiers group - attributes used to categorize and map the location of the sound cue in the production script. ( Figure 3.)