Main Menu, Toolbar, Timebar

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On the top of Audio Editors' window there's the main menu, below it the toolbar (which can be moved to another window border).

The timebar can appear also this area (as well movable).

The main menu is the standard menu on top of the Audio Editors' application window. In this documentation we call it always main menu to distinguish from context menus (also called popup menus), which can appear when right-clicking on different items.

By clicking on an item of the main menu its sub menu is opened.

Sub menu options for which a keyboard accelerator is configured show this accelerator key on the right.

Menu items with its title ending with three dots (...) indicate a user interaction will be prompted after selecting it.

Item	Description
Open...	Open a media file from file system or DigaSystem and add it to the clipboard. If the DigaSystem Database Manager is running, it is brought into the foreground. Otherwise a file selection dialog appears.
Import...	Open a media file from file system and add it to the clipboard.
Save...	Renders and saves the current timeline to an audio file or to DigaSystem. If the DigaSystem Database Manager is running, the user is prompted to select a target table; then the Database Manager's entry mask appears to edit meta data.
Special stereo save (depending on specific configuration)	Renders the current timeline to a new take object in the clipboard (to create new stereo split items from clipboard objects, see Clipboard Stereo Split). Offers these options: Left from stereo: Create a new (stereo) take out of the left channel of the rendered audio; both channels of the resulting take contain original’s left channel. Right from stereo: Does the same from the original's right channel. Split stereo: Creates two new takes, one left from stereo and one right from stereo. Mix Stereo: Create one new stereo take. Each channel of the resulting take contains the signal of both channels of the original audio.
Save extended...	Renders and saves the current timeline to an audio file or to DigaSystem. Additional options to configure audio format, meta data and time stretching are offered in a dialog.
Save selected range...	Renders the selected time range of the current timeline and saves it to an audio file or to DigaSystem (see Save... above). Note there's another function Save selected range to clipboard, which can be reached via the All tracks context menu in MTS.
Open project...	Opens a project from file system.
Save project as...	Saves the current project to the file system. A dialog appears which allows you to select the screens whose timeline is to be saved and to select which clipboard objects should be saved.
Save take and project as...	First saves the current project (see Save project As... above), then renders and saves the current timeline (see Save... above).
Save database project...	Saves the current project (see Save project As... above) to a DigaSystem table. You are prompted to select a destination table, then Database Manager opens with its entry mask.
Save database take and project...	Saves the current project to DigaSystem (see Save database project... above), then renders and saves the current timeline to DigaSystem (see Save... above).
Export EDL...	Saves the edit decision list to an XML file. A dialog appears prompting for the target file name and directory.
Cleanup...	Shows temporary files created by the Audio Editor in this and past sessions. In the appearing dialog the user can pre-listen audio, drag it to the clipboard or select it for deletion.
Reset	Clears the timeline of all screens and the clipboard. If there is unsaved data the user is warned and can cancel.
Exit	After a confirmation request the program is closed.

The sub menu Edit differs depending on the current editor screen. See Sub Menu Edit.

Item	Description
Ducking... (only MTS, ETS)	Opens the Ducking dialog.
Load timestamps (only MTS) Load timestamps (DigaStudio), Load Timestamps (file) (only STS)	Load timestamps.
Takes...	Opens a dialog with information about all takes in the clipboard pane.
Settings...	Opens the Settings dialog.
Moving soundhead	Sets the soundhead to moving mode (for the current screen).
Fixed soundhead	Sets the soundhead to fixed mode (for the current screen).
Track routing (only MTS)	Enables or disables track routing, which allows playout synchronously on multiple channel pairs.
Go to timecode... (only MTS)	Set soundhead directly to a specified timecode position (meaning the time of day).
Go to timeline position... (only MTS, STS)	Set soundhead directly to a specified timeline position.
Define sync points... (only MTS)	Opens the Define Sync Points dialog.

Item	Description
Toolbar	Show/hide toolbar (see below)
Timebar	Show/hide timebar (see below)
Clipboard	Show/hide Clipboard pane
Fader / VU meter	Show/hide Fader / VU Meter pane
Transport	Show/hide Transport pane
Edit tools (only MTS, STS)	Show/hide Edit Tools pane
EBU-R128 meter	Show/hide Loudness Meter pane
Times window	Show/hide Times window
Speech to text (only STS)	Show/hide Speech to text pane
Track mixer (only MTS)	Show/hide Track Mixer pane
Overview window (only MTS)	Show/hide Overview track
Loudness track (only MTS, STS)	Show/hide Loudness track
Zoom 1 (only MTS, STS)	Zoom timeline to configured zoom level 1
Zoom 2 (only MTS, STS)	Zoom timeline to configured zoom level 2
Zoom all (only MTS, STS)	Zoom timeline to see the whole timeline
Zoom markers (only MTS, STS)	Zoom timeline to see the whole time range selection
Zoom in (only MTS, STS)	Zoom timeline in one step
Zoom out (only MTS, STS)	Zoom timeline out one step
UI Scheme	Choose between different UI schemes provided. This option is effective only after a restart of the program.
Default layout	Restores a prepared default layout for the current screen. This includes visibility and arrangement of the whole window, all toolbars and panes.

All these options apply to the whole program window, but only for the current screen.

Item	Description
Full screen	Maximizes to full monitor size
Upper half	Arranges to the upper half of the monitor
Lower half	Arranges to the lower half of the monitor
Left half	Arranges to the left half of the monitor
Right half	Arranges to the right half of the monitor
Always on top	Sets the Editor window to "Always on top" mode, so other programs appear behind it, even if active. This option is screen-independent.

Item	Description
MultiTrack Help (title depending on current editor)	Shows the locally installed help.
Help	Opens the DAVID Learn Platform website for Audio Editors.
About MultiTrack Editor... (title depending on current editor)	Opens the program's About box displaying information about program, components and versions.
LAME MP3 encoder DLL	Shows information about used LAME MP3 encoder.

Item	Description
File open	See Sub Menu - File - Open...
File save	See Sub Menu - File - Save... Items from the Clipboard pane can be dragged and dropped onto this button to save them independently from the timeline.
Undo	See Sub Menu - Edit - Undo By clicking on the little arrow the complete undo list appears and allows doing several undo steps at once by clicking there.
Redo	See Sub Menu - Edit - Redo By clicking on the little arrow the complete redo list appears and allows doing several undo steps at once by clicking there.
Zoom in	Zoom timeline in one step
Zoom out	Zoom timeline out one step
Remove gap at start	Removes gap at start of timeline (where no objects are on all tracks).
Build group (only MTS)	Builds a group of all selected objects
Separate group (only MTS)	Separates objects of a selected group
Show overview window (only MTS)	Show/hide Overview track
Show track mixer (only MTS)	Show/hide Track Mixer pane
Show loudness track (only MTS, STS)	Show/hide Loudness track
Drop mode	Select one of the drop modes

The timebar appears usually in the area next to the toolbar, but is movable and can be docked to another window border. It shows six different time information. The arrangement and some parameters of them are configurable by the administrator or by right-clicking one of them:

The time window shows the same data (using the same configuration), but is more flexible in positioning and sizing. It can be called in the menu View → Times window. It behaves like an own GUI section and can be embedded anywhere in the editor:

For setting time Information fields, right click the desired time information field in the timebar. This opens a dialog box:

Now you can select one of the available points:

Name	Defaulted, but freely selectable
Offset	The actual value may be de- or increased, for example for the actual New York time minus 6 hours.
Soundhead	Soundhead position
Total length	Total project length, i.e. all tracks
Clock	Actual wall-clock time
Free for recording	Total hard disk storage capacity
Estimated length	Calculated total production length (audio and text, based on selected speed of speech) in the ReporterBox
Mark in	Position of the in marker
Mark out	Position of the out marker
Inside markers	Length of the selected area
Outside markers	Length outside of the selected area
Take Absolut	Soundhead position of the selected take in real-time value
Take Relative	Soundhead position of the selected take, relative to the length

Overview

Main Menu

Sub Menu File

Sub Menu Edit

Sub Menu Options

Sub Menu View

Sub Menu Window

Sub Menu Help

Toolbar

Timebar