General Preferences Menu Tab

[Craig Maier]

- Preferences


The Diamond Cut “Preferences” menu allows you to customize the system to your own liking.


Configure the System Your Way!
Preferences are broken down into eight sub-categories that can be accessed by clicking on the desired Tab at the top of the Preferences window.

General:

1. Drive & Directory for Temporary .wav files (999 maximum)
2. Drive and Directory for Presets
3. Enable Fast Edit Check box: This turns Fast Edit Mode on or off. If a file is open and you want to change editing modes, your file must be closed before or after switching modes or you must close down the program and restart it in order for this change to take effect. When the Fast Edit mode is turned off, you will be operating in the Classic Edit (Source & Destination) mode.
4. Save Edit Session: When this is checked, you will be queried each time you exit the program as to whether or not you want to save the File Edit History file. If this feature is not checked, the Edit File History file will be automatically deleted when you exit the program. By saving the edit history, you maintain the ability to go back to any previous editing state without destroying the original file. Keep in mind that this action will use more disk space since all of the intermediate edits are stored in temporary files on your hard drive.

Note: The Edit History (or Session File) is stored in the same directory as the .wav file. It contains the file extension .ses and should not be deleted manually because it will leave the associated temporary files on your hard drive.

1. Use Status Bar Progress: This is an indicator bar rather than a popup dialog box. When it is checked, the progress of a particular filter will be indicated at the bottom of the screen.
2. Auto Save Default Filter Presets: This feature allows you to choose between the action of returning the filter setting called Default to factory values or to your last personal setting after closing a filter.
3. Number of Undo Levels Saved: This parameter allows you to choose the number of undo levels of destructive editing which DCArt10/DC Forensics10 will maintain as stored files on your hard drive. The default value for this parameter is 10.
4. Nudge Size:This parameter defines the resolution of the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard as they apply to the .wav file-highlighting feature of DCArt10/DC Forensics10. This parameter is defined in terms of samples. After highlighting a portion of a .wav file, you can fine tune or “nudge” the highlighted area using the left and right arrow keys, and the Shift key. The resolution of each click on an arrow key is defined by the value of “nudge size.”
5. Play button (options): Allows you to choose “Play Selected Area”, which defaults playback to the beginning of a selected area of the beginning of the file each time you press “Play”, or “Play from Cursor”, which, like a tape player, starts from wherever you last played the file.
6. Marker Reaction Time: This parameter allows you to compensate for you and your computer system’s lagging reaction time when dropping markers on the fly using the “M” keyboard accelerator. Its units are calibrated in milliseconds.
7. Loop Preview on or off: This feature, when checked, will cause a “previewed” section of a .wav file to repeat itself endlessly until the filter or effect is canceled or the preview button is clicked on a second time.
8. VU Meter Scale: Choose between Linear or Logarithmic scales. “Linear” produces a scale running from -60 dB to 0 dB and “Log” produces a scale running from -100 dB to 0 dB. (The linear choice produces a displacement function which is analogous to the old electro-mechanical D'Arsonval type VU meters of the past, except that it is in bar graph format rather than arc format.)
9. “On Startup, Open Last File Edited” is an alternative start-up mode that you can choose by checking this box.

14. Scroll Waveform View On Playback: Normally, the play
Cursor moves across the time domain display as a .wav file is being played and stops at the end of the highlighted area. “Scroll Waveform View On Playback” is an option wherein the display will keep pace with the playback position. As the cursor reaches the end of the display area, the display will page one frame to the right and the cursor will start again at the left hand side. The Zoom level is maintained and can be changed with the Zoom X2 feature while playing. You will need to use the “Play from Here” function found on your right mouse button to use this feature or use the Zoom X2 functions to display an area that is different than the highlighted area.
15. On Startup, Open DC Tune Library: When checked, and the
software is launched, the DC Tune Library will automatically
be launched too.
16. Use Source Directory for Temp Files: This mode is
particularly useful to Forensics users. It allows all of your
work to be put into a single directory for easy archiving.
When this mode is not used, it may be difficult to identify all
of the files used in a fast edit session because they will be in
the temp directory. This is only available in the Forensics
version of the software.
17. Use Alternate FFT: This feature is a diagnostic tool used by
the Diamond Cut Company for troubleshooting purposes.