Waveform display while recording

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify how to display audio waveforms while recording:

Normalize peak level (dB)

Use the slider to change the default Peak Level settings. This value will be used when you use the Normalize event switch.

Import audio at project tempo

When this check box is selected, ACID loops are automatically stretched to match the project tempo (specified on the Ruler tab of the Project Properties dialog) when you add them to the timeline or preview from the Explorer window.

When the check box is cleared, tempo information is ignored.

Track prefader sends listen to mute

Select this check box if you want pre-volume sends from tracks to busses and assignable effects to respond to the track mute state.

When the check box is cleared, the pre-volume sends are not affected by the mute state (in order to facilitate cue mixes).

For example, assume you have a project with one track and Bus A that is routed to a hardware output. By default, the bus send is pre volume, so the Master and Bus A will have the same output when you play your project:

If you mute the track, the track’s output to the Master bus is muted, but the prefader send to Bus A continues playing (if the Track prefader sends listen to mute check box is not selected):

If you switch the track send to post volume, the track’s outputs to the Master bus and Bus A are muted:

If you select the Track prefader sends listen to mute check box and switch the track send back to pre volume, the track’s outputs to the Master bus and Bus A are muted:

Use legacy track send gain

Select this check box if you want to configure audio track sends to behave as they did in 7.0 and earlier. When the check box is selected, you can open projects created with earlier versions of and be assured they will sound the same as they did in earlier versions of .

Preferred audio editor

Use this option to specify the location of the audio-editing application you want to use with your projects.

This editor will be displayed in the Tools menu when you want to open an event in a sound editor. If Sound Forge software is detected on your system, it automatically becomes the default editor. To specify an audio editor, click the Browse button and browse for the editor’s .exe file.

Metronome

Select the Use default metronome sounds radio button to use the default normal and accent sounds when using the metronome, or click Use custom metronome sounds and specify the files you want to use in the Normal and Accent boxes.

Default All

Click the Default All button to restore all Audio preferences to the default settings.