For Regions List display format, select Start and length. From the menu, select Options/Preferences/Playlist. Then select View again, and select Playlist.Ĥ. If they are not, from the menu select View, then select Regions List. Make sure the Regions List and Playlist are displayed. To set the time measurement standard to seconds, select Options/Status Format from the main menu, then select Seconds.ģ. number of seconds of elapsed time from the beginning of your recording file). We will want to measure time in our recordings based on seconds (e.g. You should begin by setting some of the Sound Forge options to suit your task.Ģ. You will see a waveform of the audio file.ġ. Go to the following Ling212 (or equivalent) directory, select go to the following directory, and select an audio file from those listed:ģ. If you need assistance in installing Sound Forge on your computer, ask for help.)Ģ. (If the Sound Forge program has not been installed on your computer, you will first need to install it. To start the Sound Forge program, click on its icon. Some of the features intended for sound editors can be put to use forthe transcriber’s purposes.ġ. It is useful to linguists because it is very fast and very capable in dealing with very large audio files (and video too), and because it is ergonomically very efficient. The software is primarily designed for people who work extensively with editing sound (like musicians and sound editors who do “post-production” editing for film and television). It will make permanent changes in your sound files (although there is a partial undo function), so it is best to work with a copy of your sound file. This software allows you to edit and play back sound files. aligning each intonation unit in a transcription with the corresponding audio (Sound Forge or.edit sound, including defining regions of sound and annotating them (Sound Forge).The objective of this session is to learn about what can be accomplished using audio software designed for working with sound, which we will use for doing research on spoken discourse. Digitizing, Editing & Aligning Recordings

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