The Preferences widget within the SoundBridge: DAW is a place where you can set up all the essential parameters needed for a flawless user experience. The second part of the Preferences tutorial will cover SkyTracks. io, Shortcuts, Options, and GUI.
SHORTCUTS SECTION
The shortcuts section shows the keyboard shortcuts of various functions within Soundbridge. In the picture below you can see the lines for every default keyboard shortcut. This shows the user in what widget the functions originate, the action and the actual key on the keyboard that engages the process. Besides that, it is possible to assign your custom keyboard shortcut as well as to reset all to the factory settings.
OPTIONS SECTION
Options section includes various options and settings. Its user interface offers a set of tabs with submenus as well as “on/off” switches. We are going to explain them in detail below.
When enabled, “Match block to Track Color” will adapt the color of MIDI, Audio, and automation blocks to match the color of the track to which it belongs.
The “Create Fades on Clip Edges” will introduce a 4 ms fade in and out on imported audio clips as well as on rendered audio. It uses the freeze and bounce functions.
The “Project Autosave” enables a function of SoundBridge that automatically saves a backup version of your project to a new file. It also overwrites it periodically keeping your project safe.
The “Save Bounces to Project Folder” will automatically save all bounced audio clips to your project folder making your project easy to backup. This will help you in locating the files you used.
The “Multi-Core Support” enables or disables the multi-core processor support.
The “Windows On-screen Keyboard” will enable or disable the Windows On-Screen keyboard.
The “Floating Widgets” will enable widgets to be permanently disconnected from the main window. You can use this to place widgets on another computer screen.
“Auto-Open Plugin Editor”, when enabled, will display the GUI of any loaded plugin automatically.
The “Auto-Audio Recording Latency Compensation” will compensate the timing of recorded audio for the overall audio driver latency.
“Auto-Plugin Latency Compensation”, when enabled, will compensate for any latency introduced by plugins.
“Latency Compensation Units (samples | ms)” determines the units that are used to display the latency that the plugins are introducing, or that you are introducing by using manual latency control.
“Auto-Arm Selected Track” when enabled, automatically arms any selected audio or MIDI track.
When clicked, the tab within “Default MIDI controller” offers a dialogue. Additionally, you can select a MIDI controller available which will be assigned to the input of every newly created MIDI track.
The “Templates” allow the user to save the current project as default. As a default project, it will load upon opening of SoundBridge or after creating a new project. Furthermore, the “Restore” tab lets you restore it back to factory defaults. “Restore Widgets to Default” resets the GUI layout of SoundBridge.
GUI SECTION
The GUI section contains options that allow the user to set up the skins and scale of the entire SoundBridge DAW. So choose the style you like and scale.
