| VirtualDek 2.0 Screenshots and Explanations (designed for 1024x768 screen resolution, optimum) |
The Region and Selection Edit Panel
Detailed Description of Each Flashing Number:
1 |
Click here to select the Start Position. When this is Selected, all Zoom operations will be relative to the Start Position (8) |
2 |
Click here to select
the End Position. When this is Selected, all Zoom operations will
be relative to the End Position (9) |
3 |
Click here to Zoom
into the Selection. The Selection will fully appear in the Display.
Click on it again and again to Squeeze the Selection tighter into
the Display. |
4 |
Click here to Zoom
Out fully. You will see the Entire Song in the Display. |
5 |
Click here to Zoom
In to the Waveform. You will Zoom towards either the Selection Start
or Selection End depending on what you have selected in (1 &
2) |
6 |
Click here to Zoom
Out of the Waveform. You will Zoom Out relative to the Selection
Start or Selection End depending on what you have selected in (1
& 2) |
7 |
The Wavedisplay. Shows
a graphical representation of the Loaded Song. You need a graphical
representation of a Song to be able to easily find the starting
positions of Bass Drums and other sections of the Song. |
8 |
The Selection Start
Pointer. This line shows you where the Selection Start begins. An
'S' on the Line clarifies this. You can Drag the 'S' with your Mouse
pointer left and right to move it. To define the Starting Pointer
you can also LEFT CLICK the mouse anywhere in the WaveDisplay. |
9 |
The Selection End Pointer.
This line shows you where the Selection End is. An 'E' on the Line
clarifies this. You can Drag the 'E' with your Mouse pointer left
and right to move it. To define the End Pointer you can also RIGHT
CLICK the mouse anywhere in the WaveDisplay. |
10 |
The Current Cursor
Play Position. Shows the current playing position in the Song. This
moves if you are playing the Song. It remains still if you stop
the Song. |
11 |
The Position Scroll
Bar. Move/Drag this Left or Right to view any part of the Songs
Waveform. |
12 |
Click here to Shift
the Current Selection to the Left. It will shift to the Left by
the same amount as its own length, so if the selection is 1 second
long, it will shift to the Left by 1 second. This is great for moving
through the Beats of the song. (provided the selection is quantized
to precisely One Beat in length) See Snap Quantize (17) |
13 |
Click here to Shift
the Current Selection to the Right. It will shift to the Right by
the same amount as its own length, so if the selection is 1 second
long, it will shift to the Right by 1 second. This is great for
moving through the Beats of the song. (provided the selection is
quantized to precisely One Beat in length) See Snap Quantize (17) |
14 |
Click here to Half
the Selection Length. |
15 |
Click here to Double
the Selection Length. |
16 |
Click here to Select
All of the Song. You may need to Zoom Out fully (4) to view the
Full Selection (Song) |
17 |
Snap Quantize. Click
here to cause any Drag operations on the Start and End Pointers
to Snap the Pointer to a Quantized position that is in time with
the Beat of the Song. You must make sure that the BPM for the song
is detected accurately to fully rely on the precision of this function. |
18 |
Starts or Stops play
of the respective Song. |
19 |
Click here to Export
the Current Selection as an MP3, WMA or WAV file. You may wish to
take a small portion of the Song such as a Vocal Break, or Instrument
etc... and Export it so that you can ReLoad it into a Sample Pad
or even use it as a new Ringtone for your Mobile Phone. Please see
The Export Audio Panel for more information
on Exporting Audio. |
20 |
Click here to Close
the Window. |
21 |
Click here to Save
the Current Selection to the Selected Region (23). |
22 |
Click here to Load
the Selected Region into a Current Selection. |
23 |
Region Selector. Select
a Region which you wish to either Load or Save. There are currently
a total of Five Regions available in VirtualDek 2.0 |
24 |
Displays the Start
Position in Samples of the Selection. A sample is One unit of Audio
(there are 4 Bytes of information in one Stereo 16-Bit Sample, there
are 44,100 Samples in 1 Second of Audio using a Sample Rate of 44.1kHz) |
25 |
Displays the End Position
in Samples of the Selection. See above for a description of a Sample
(24). |
26 |
Displays the Total
length in Samples of the Selection. See (24) for a description of
a Sample. |