Audio settings

The audio settings display in the Navigator window when an audio clip is selected in the Navigator Scene browser. The audio settings consist of the audio properties and the audio waveform .

Navigator window Audio settings

The audio properties are also available via the Properties Resources window.

Resources window displaying audio properties

The following table describes the audio settings/properties.

Audio Settings	Description
Path	The location of the selected audio file.
Destination	The default audio device on your computer.
Src In Point	The count of audio samples recorded in the source audio sequence, and the starting frame of the audio file. This information is stored as a time stamp, only in the BWAV header files and not in the WAV files.
Src End Point	The last frame of the source audio file.
Src Duration	The total number of frames included in the source audio file. Note: The Src In Point, Src End Point, and Src Duration are the existed parameters when the source audio files was recorded. So you cannot alter the data in these fields.
Dst In	The frame from which the audio plays in the selected destination (output device such as speakers).
Dst End	The last frame of the audio file.
Dst Duration	The total duration of the audio file. Note: Alter the Dst In, Dst End, and Dst Duration values to specify the start and end time to play the audio file.
Lock Speed	When you vary the speed of a clip with linked audio, the audio remains at the same speed. The audio speed is locked, without synchronizing with the change in the clip speed.
Scrubbing	Enables the shuttle mode. You can shuttle the audio, back and forth, between the start and end frames in the time line. To shuttle the audio, back and forth, press J and the left mouse button simultaneously and move the mouse to the left or right on the Timeline. This option helps to hear the audio by increasing and decreasing the speed without manually changing the value of Speed.
Bits	Specifies the number of bits of information recorded for each audio sample. The depth of bit (8, 16, or 24) directly corresponds to the resolution and quality of an audio sample.
Rate	Specifies the audio sample count per second. Note: Type and Rate values are part of the header information of the audio file.
Channels	Shows you whether the audio clip is stereo or mono. There are two settings: 1 (mono) or 2 (stereo).
Use Channel	The Left or Right (mono) and Left+Right (dual) channels are supported. If you select only the Right or Left channel, then the graphical representation of the unselected channel appears faded in the Navigator window.
Access Mode	Specifies from which location to pick and play the audio file. You can choose Disk or Memory as the location to pick the audio file.
Take	Lets you assign an audio file to a particular scene take.
Constrain Dst to Take	Restricts from modifying the Dst In value. Note: Turning on this option, automatically turns on the Lock Speed option.
Relative Path	The location of the audio file.
Speed	The velocity at which sound travels in a given medium under specified conditions. Increase or decrease the audio speed according to the slow or fast movements in your animation scene. Using this option, you can adjust the audio speed from 0.01 to 10. This means, you can play the audio 100 times slower or 10 times faster than the original speed (1.0).
Lock Pitch to Speed	When you vary the speed of an audio clip, the frequency or pitch is locked without synchronizing with the change in the speed. By default, this is option is turned on.
Pitch	The audio pitch (frequency in Hz that you hear) is set to 1 by default. Hold the left-mouse button on the pitch value, and drag to the left to change the value to 0.5 (half the default frequency) or drag to right to change the value to 2 (double the default frequency).

To get the relative path of the audio file:

From the File menu, select Save As.
The Save As window appears.
Specify a name for the file, and click Save.
The path where you saved the file with audio content appears in the Relative Path field. You can use the relative path, later, to open the file with the audio content.

Audio waveform area

The waveform area shows a waveform of the audio file loaded in the audio settings.

If only one channel is displayed in the waveform area, your audio file is playing in Mono. If you know that the file is not a Mono recording, verify your audio device settings.

Note: When an audio file is loaded into the Audio settings, a waveform also appears on the Action timeline in the Transport Controls window.