Control Visual Properties

Location: Visual tab in Options | Control Properties or (Properties) button on window

Use Control Visual Properties to configure real-time visuals. GoldWave displays four visuals: a status visual just below the playback and recording buttons, a level visual just below the volume and speed faders, and two larger visuals for displaying left and right audio data. Some visuals are designed to work in any of the four locations, but most work in a specific location, such as the Time and Status visual. Use the Status visual, Level visual, Left visual and Right visual drop down lists to select visuals for the given location.

Use the Quick select menu list to select your favourite visuals. You can quickly display a favourite visual by right-clicking on any compatible visual location in the Control window, then choosing one of the visuals from the menu that appears.

Frame rate controls the number of frames per second to draw the visuals. A high value (above 60) requires a fast system, while a low value improves performance on slow systems.

FFT window contains several common window functions used for FFT frequency analysis to minimize artifacts caused by a finite analysis window. The default Kaiser 7 option usually works best.

Some visuals have properties you can change, such as axes ranges and display modes. To set a visual's properties (if any), close the Control Properties window, right-click on the visual in the window, then select Properties from the context menu that appears.

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