The Acoustica Workspace¶
About the Acoustica workspace¶
The workspace of Acoustica 8 is highly customizable. Most of the windows can be adjusted in size and you can also change the position of the individual windows. In the screen shot below, you will see the default workspace. If your Acoustica 8 window looks different from the below screenshot, you can return it to the default view as described in Factory Layouts
The interface elements numbered above in red are described below:
1. The Toolbar¶
The toolbar section with short cut icons for commonly used commands.
2. Processing Tools¶
This pane displays a list of the various audio editing tools included in your version of Acoustica. There is a search bar at the top of the pane for quickly finding a specific tool or category of tools.
3. Waveform Overview¶
The portion of the waveform that is shown between the two yellow markers is shown below in the clip editor window. You can use the yellow markers to specify how much of the waveform should be shown in the clip editor window.
4. Channel Mode buttons¶
You can can enable/disable each channel by clicking the square channel icon. If the Waveform pane is sufficiently tall, one button per channel will be displayed. If the Waveform pane is in a smaller view mode, clicking the button will open a list of all channels. Active channels have a small check mark beside them. Click a channel to enable or disable it.
5. Clip Editor¶
The clip editor containing an audio file. The audio is visualized with a waveform corresponding to the recorded audio.
The Waveform view is shown in the above image. A spectrogram view is also available:
Switch between the views using the View top menu and selecting View Waveplot or View Spectrogram. The shortcut Shift + W will open the Waveplot and Shift + S will open the Spectrogram.
Each view has its own settings, reached with the cog button in the corner of the editor: see The Waveform View Settings and The Spectrogram View Settings.
6. Level meter¶
The level meters show the current output level during audio playback. The cog button in the bottom left corner of this window will open the Settings tab for the level meters, where you can change how the level meter behaves.
7. Media File Browser / Region List / Label List¶
Three different panes are docked together. The Media File Browser lets you browse and open audio files while Region List and Label List show lists of regions and labels in the recording. You can choose which one to show by clicking the corresponding tab.
8. Processing Chain / Edit History¶
The Processing Chain editor allows you to create a chain of processing tools and plug-ins. The chains can be saved including the processor settings for later use. Furthermore, each element can easily be bypassed and the order of the elements changed using drag and drop. You can click the title of an element to open it's graphical editor window. The Edit History pane displays a history of all changes made in the project, allowing you to revert changes as needed.
9. Loudness Meter / Spectrogram Analyzer / Spectrum Analyzer¶
Three types of analysis are docked together in this pane. The Loudness Meter provides you with three different loudness readings (Momentary, Short term and Integrated) and Loudness Range according to the EBU R 128 and ITU-R BS.1770 recommendations. The Spectrogram Analyzer and the Spectrum Analyzer provide different visualizations of the frequency spectrum of the output audio.
10. Correlation Meter¶
This meter displays the phase relationship between the left and right channels of a stereo signal. If the meter goes below zero, this could be an indication that the mono compatibility is compromised.