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The Marker Menu
DCArt10/DC Forensics10 provides you with movable red timing markers that can be placed within either the Source or Destination workspace. They are the .wav file equivalents to bookmarks. You will find them to be useful tools when utilizing such editing features as the Copy, Cut, Mute, etc. The Marker menu is also complimentary to the CD Prep menu. It is very useful when you need to take a very long .wav file and Chop it up into smaller files manually for indexing onto a CD-R. Markers are stored as part of the Diamond Cut peak file (.pkf). The following commands are provided under the Marker Menu:
Add Markers:
This feature adds up to 100 markers to the desired Workspace. Clicking here will drop a marker at the beginning of a selected area. If no area is selected, by default, the marker is dropped at the far left of the .wav file. This command can also be accomplished by use of the mouse right click menu. Clear All Markers:
This feature erases all existing markers from the Diamond Cut peak file (.pkf).
Highlight Marked Area:
This feature highlights in Yellow (or the color of your preference) the area of a .wav file located between two previously defined Red markers.
Drop A Marker:
This command allows you to drop a marker during playback so you can audition your audio while “marking it up” for in-depth study later. Simply hitting the “M” key on your keyboard during playback can also drop markers. When selecting (highlighting) an area, the marker dropped by the “M” key occurs at the end of the swipe. For example, if swiping from left to right, the marker is then dropped by the “M” key at the right side of the selection. If swiping from right to left, the marker will be dropped by the “M” key at the beginning of the selection.
Go To Next Marker:
Exactly as the name implies…allows you to quickly navigate to the next marker on the right. This can also be accomplished by simply pressing the “N” key on your keyboard.
Go To Previous Marker:
Same as above, only this command takes you to the previous marker on the left. This can also be accomplished by simply pressing the Shift + “N” keys on your keyboard.
Re-Number Markers:
If your markers have become out of order, you can have the system automatically re-order them numerically by clicking on this function. This is useful if you are going to use the marker numbers as individual track number indicators.
Label Marker:
By default, DCArt10/DC Forensics10 just places a number on each marker. If you use several markers, it may be necessary to label them more descriptively. Select the marker you want to label by left clicking on it (it will change from Red to Black). The Label Marker command allows you to be more precise with your markers; right clicking with your mouse and activating the Label Marker command can also accomplish this same task.
Lock Markers:
To lock the position of your markers, simply click on this menu item and your markers cannot be accidentally moved while you’re working on your file. In order to move them, you’ll need to press the Ctrl button plus drag the mouse. You can still remove markers if desired; this feature is a positional lock, not a marker erasure protection feature.
Merge Source Markers into Destination:
There are situations where it may be desirable to transmit the marker locations from a Source file into a Destination file when working in Classic Edit Mode. Clicking on this feature will facilitate this operation when markers are present in a Source File and a file of equal length is present in the Destination time display window.
DCArt10/DC Forensics10 provides you with movable red timing markers that can be placed within either the Source or Destination workspace. They are the .wav file equivalents to bookmarks. You will find them to be useful tools when utilizing such editing features as the Copy, Cut, Mute, etc. The Marker menu is also complimentary to the CD Prep menu. It is very useful when you need to take a very long .wav file and Chop it up into smaller files manually for indexing onto a CD-R. Markers are stored as part of the Diamond Cut peak file (.pkf). The following commands are provided under the Marker Menu:
Add Markers:
This feature adds up to 100 markers to the desired Workspace. Clicking here will drop a marker at the beginning of a selected area. If no area is selected, by default, the marker is dropped at the far left of the .wav file. This command can also be accomplished by use of the mouse right click menu. Clear All Markers:
This feature erases all existing markers from the Diamond Cut peak file (.pkf).
Highlight Marked Area:
This feature highlights in Yellow (or the color of your preference) the area of a .wav file located between two previously defined Red markers.
Drop A Marker:
This command allows you to drop a marker during playback so you can audition your audio while “marking it up” for in-depth study later. Simply hitting the “M” key on your keyboard during playback can also drop markers. When selecting (highlighting) an area, the marker dropped by the “M” key occurs at the end of the swipe. For example, if swiping from left to right, the marker is then dropped by the “M” key at the right side of the selection. If swiping from right to left, the marker will be dropped by the “M” key at the beginning of the selection.
Go To Next Marker:
Exactly as the name implies…allows you to quickly navigate to the next marker on the right. This can also be accomplished by simply pressing the “N” key on your keyboard.
Go To Previous Marker:
Same as above, only this command takes you to the previous marker on the left. This can also be accomplished by simply pressing the Shift + “N” keys on your keyboard.
Re-Number Markers:
If your markers have become out of order, you can have the system automatically re-order them numerically by clicking on this function. This is useful if you are going to use the marker numbers as individual track number indicators.
Label Marker:
By default, DCArt10/DC Forensics10 just places a number on each marker. If you use several markers, it may be necessary to label them more descriptively. Select the marker you want to label by left clicking on it (it will change from Red to Black). The Label Marker command allows you to be more precise with your markers; right clicking with your mouse and activating the Label Marker command can also accomplish this same task.
Lock Markers:
To lock the position of your markers, simply click on this menu item and your markers cannot be accidentally moved while you’re working on your file. In order to move them, you’ll need to press the Ctrl button plus drag the mouse. You can still remove markers if desired; this feature is a positional lock, not a marker erasure protection feature.
Merge Source Markers into Destination:
There are situations where it may be desirable to transmit the marker locations from a Source file into a Destination file when working in Classic Edit Mode. Clicking on this feature will facilitate this operation when markers are present in a Source File and a file of equal length is present in the Destination time display window.