OpenWindows User's Guide

Open Button

Click SELECT on this button to open the specified audio file and load it into Audio Tool's display canvas. If the selected item is a directory, click SELECT to open the directory.

You can also open a sound file by following these steps.

  1. Scroll to the directory that contains the specific file.

  2. Double-click SELECT on the directory.

  3. Double-click SELECT on the audio file icon glyph.

    The specified file is loaded into the display canvas.


    Note -

    If the audio hardware of your computer does not support the audio format of a file that you're trying to open, Audio Tool displays the conversion pop-up shown in Figure 11-16.


    Figure 11-16 File Conversion Pop-Up

    Graphic

    Click SELECT on the Convert button to convert the file into a format that is supported by your computer's hardware. Click SELECT on the Load button to load the file into Audio Tool's canvas. If you load the file, you will not be able to play it. However, you can perform editing operations on the file (such as cutting and pasting segments) and save the result into a new format.