Preferences - Audio Tab

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to specify how to display audio waveforms while recording:

• Don't show waveforms: No waveforms will be displayed on any tracks until the recording process has been completed.

• Show waveforms for a single track: Selecting this option will display waveforms only when a single track is armed. If you arm multiple tracks, waveforms will not show.

• Show all waveforms: If you are arming multiple tracks for record, all tracks will display the waveform during recording.

Use the slider to change the default Peak Level settings. This value will be used when you use the Normalize event switch. For more information, see Applying switches to events

When this checkbox is selected, ACID loops are automatically stretched to match the project tempo (specified on the Ruler tab of the Project Properties dialog) when you add them to the timeline or preview from the Explorer window.

When the checkbox is cleared, tempo information is ignored.

When this checkbox is selected, VEGAS Pro records Broadcast Wave Format (.bwf) metadata when recording .wav files. You can view this information on the General tab of the Properties dialog for an event. For more information, see Editing event properties

Included in the .bwf metadata is a Time reference value. This item tracks where on the timeline the file was recorded. When you import a recorded .bwf file, it is added to the timeline at the same location it was originally recorded.

The originator (VEGAS Pro) and originator reference (a unique ID number), are also recorded.

Select this checkbox if you want pre-volume sends from tracks to busses and assignable effects to respond to the track mute state.

When the checkbox is cleared, the pre-volume sends are not affected by the mute state (in order to facilitate cue mixes).

For example, assume you have a project with one track and Bus A that is routed to a hardware output. By default, the bus send is pre volume, so the Master and Bus A will have the same output when you play your project:

If you mute the track, the track's output to the Master bus is muted, but the prefader send to Bus A continues playing (if the Track prefader sends listen to mute checkbox is not selected):

If you switch the track send to post volume, the track's outputs to the Master bus and Bus A are muted:

If you select the Track prefader sends listen to mute checkbox and switch the track send back to pre volume, the track's outputs to the Master bus and Bus A are muted:

Select this checkbox if you want to configure audio track sends to behave as they did in VEGAS Pro 7.0 and earlier. When the checkbox is selected, you can open projects created with earlier versions of VEGAS Pro and be assured they will sound the same as they did in earlier versions of VEGAS Pro.

The 32-bit VST Bridge enables you to use 32-bit VST plug-ins in the 64-bit VEGAS Pro environment.

Use this option to specify the location of the audio-editing application you want to use with your VEGAS Pro projects.

This editor will be displayed in the Tools menu when you want to open an event in a sound editor. If Sound Forge software is detected on your system, it automatically becomes the default editor. To specify an audio editor, click the Browse button and browse for the editor’s .exe file.

For more information, see Opening events in an audio editor

Select the Use default metronome sounds radio button to use the default normal and accent sounds when using the metronome, or click Use custom metronome sounds and specify the files you want to use in the Normal and Accent boxes.

• Normal: Specifies the sound file for the metronome when the Use custom metronome sounds radio button is selected.

• Accent: Specifies the accent sound file for the metronome when the Use custom metronome sounds radio button is selected.

For more information, see Metronome

Select this checkbox of you want to automatically open loudness log files in your default text editor when you choose Tools | Generate Loudness Log.

For more information, see Generating a loudness log