Glossary
Terms and abbreviations being used for DigaSystem Audio Editors' documentation and inside the program.
| Term | Meaning | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| STE | SingleTrack Editor | DigaSystem Audio Editor variant providing two screens: RMS, STS |
| ETE | EasyTrack Editor | DigaSystem Audio Editor variant providing four screens: ETS, RBS, RMS, STS |
| MTE | MultiTrack Editor | DigaSystem Audio Editor variant providing all four screens: MTS, RBS, RMS, STS |
| STS | SingleTrack screen | Screen to edit one track. See Program Overview |
| ETS | EasyTrack screen | Screen to edit three tracks. See Program Overview |
| MTS | MultiTrack screen | Screen to edit an arbitrary number of tracks. See Program Overview |
| RBS | Reporter Box screen | Screen for special interview optimized workflow. See Program Overview |
| RMS | Record Mode screen | Screen to record new audio. See Program Overview |
screen | workspaces with different work areas inside DigaSystem Audio Editors | See Program Overview |
| pane | dockable or floating tool areas | See Program Overview |
| timeline | actual working area representing the audio timeline | |
| track | the timeline consists of one or more tracks | Each track represents a stereo audio timeline. Several tracks are mixed to one stereo output. (Except for channel routing, see specific page.) |
| Clipboard pane | Container which holds available media objects to work with. | To be distinguished from the Windows clipboard, which is also used by Audio Editors |
| clipboard | Windows clipboard which holds data for cut, copy and paste operations | Distinguish from Audio Editors' Clipboard pane, which is a visible container for media objects. |
| accelerator | keyboard shortcut | DigaSystem Audio Editors' accelerators are completely configurable. |
| toolbar | bar with most usual control items (usually on top of the window) | As usual for most Windows applications. |
| tooltip | bubble help appearing when hovering the mouse over an item | As usual for most Windows applications. |
| context menu | a menu appearing when right-clicking on a specific element | As usual for most Windows applications. |
| take | audio object represented by a file or database entry | Takes are never overwritten or changed by DigaSystem Audio Editors. All editing is non-destructive. |
| clip | reference to a take or parts of a take | |
| project | ||
rendering (also to render) | applying audio manipulation functions  | When audio is played out from the editor's timeline, edit operations are applied on it. This includes cuts, fading, effects, mixing, etc. This processing is called rendering and occurs for playout and saving the timeline in different contexts. |
| selection | can mean object selection (audio objects, clipboard objects, MTS tracks, etc.) can mean time range selection in timeline | |
time range mark in mark out | in editors' timeline a range between mark in and mark out is called time range selection | |
| timecode | Time of day for a position inside the track | This is the recording time (as defined in an audio's meta data) plus the timeline position |