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To preview an audio file in a browser:
Select an audio file in a browser Items List.
1
Make sure the browser is the foreground (active)
window.
Do one of the following:
2
• 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.
If the Auto-Preview option is enabled, pre-
viewing starts as soon as the file is selected
in a browser.
To audition from a specific location within the file:
Click in the waveform display at the location.
Auditioning an audio file
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.
Session Tempo button
Preview
button
Volume
Meters
Preview controls in DigiBase browsers
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.
DigiBase Browser, Preview button Right-click menu
Volume
The Volume control in DigiBase browsers lets
you boost or attenuate the gain for previewing
selected files.
Audio Files
Conform to
Elastic Audio
Plug-in selector
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