Interface overview

PSYSCOPE combines a waveform display, frequency analysis and an optional meters panel. The toolbar selects what you see and opens the relevant settings.

See the native toolbar capture and cell-by-cell guide for a shortcut to each control's chapter, and the Show menu for its display options and submenus.

Interface map

Select a region to open its explanation. The meters panel is optional; the main display changes with the selected analysis view.

PSYSCOPE · WORKSPACE MAPSCHEMATIC / NOT TO SCALE

01Main analysis displayWaveforms · Spectrum · Spectrogram 02MetersStereo displayLevel metersOptional panel 03Horizontal zoom / scrollInspect a time region 04Sound buttonsKickBassPercussionSelect a sound · Include or exclude it 05Groups / setsOrganize and recall 06sum · layers · stackChoose the comparison 07Duration / channelsBeat or Hz · L / R / M / S 08lat / scaleAlignment and display scale 09clear / freezeClear, hold or export

10Display & toolsshow / aboutFilterFFTmeters

11Contextual helpRead the action for the control under the pointer

Find your way around

PSYSCOPE Pro with three sounds in layers view.

Sum view: Kick, Bass and Percussion combined into a single waveform.

Select sum on the toolbar to see the enabled sounds added together. The layers view on the left keeps each source visible; sum on the right shows their combined waveform. In layers, sum or stack view, right-click a sound button to toggle that sound on or off in the comparison. This lets you choose which sounds contribute to the displayed result. See Sounds and display modes for the comparison modes and sound selection.

Navigate quickly with double-clicks

Double-click at the white cursor: two cyan pulses mark the gesture. The combined view uses a 50/50 split.

The native animation loops through waveform only → waveform + FFT → FFT only → waveform + FFT → waveform only.

The white cursor and two cyan pulses mark each double-click location. In the combined view, waveform and FFT each occupy half of the display height.

1. Double-click in the waveform area to switch between waveform-only and the combined waveform/spectrum view.
2. In the combined view, double-click in the FFT area to expand it to FFT only.
3. Double-click in the FFT area again to return to the combined view, then double-click in the waveform to return to waveform only.

Use a plain left-button double-click, without Ctrl, away from editable reference lines and the LUFS data box. Those elements have their own double-click actions. Here, the combined or “dual” view means waveform + spectrum; L/R dual-channel display is a separate setting.

Reveal the meters panel

Start at 50/50, reveal the meters, then move the waveform/FFT separator up to 25/75.

Start with waveform and FFT sharing the main display 50/50. Drag the right-hand separator to the left to reveal the meters panel, here about 10% of the editor width. Then drag the waveform/FFT separator upward: the waveform occupies 25% of the display height, leaving 75% for the FFT. Release the mouse button to keep the layout.

Resize the meter displays

Drag the separator up to give the VU meter more height, then down to enlarge the stereo display.

Within the meters panel, drag the separator between the upper stereo display and the lower VU meter up or down to change their relative heights. Drag up to give the VU meter more room; drag down to enlarge the stereo display. This close-up shows the panel at about 10% of the editor width.

Main controls

The complete native toolbar. The table below shows crops from this same capture.

Native control	Area	Use it to…
	Sound buttons	Select one sound for inspection or enable and disable its contribution to the comparison.
	sum, layers, stack	Switch between a combined waveform, overlaid sounds and separate stacked views.
	Group / sets selector	Open the organization panel and choose which group to inspect.
	Duration control	Choose a tempo-synchronized interval or use Hz mode.
	Channel control	Select L, R, M, S, LR or MS.
	lat (latency)	Adjust the analysis timing offset.
	Scale value	Adjust the waveform display height.
	clear	Clear the captured buffers.
	freeze	Hold or resume waveform capture.
	show	Open display and appearance options.
	Filter	Open the analysis filter settings.
	FFT	Open spectrum and spectrogram settings.
	Img	Toggle the spectrogram image.
	meters	Access level and stereo displays and their options.
	about	Open information and preferences.

The channel, duration and group controls display their current value or name, so their text changes as you work. The spectrum button displays FFT, FFT+ or FFT- according to the selected view.

Alignment and scale

Use lat for alignment offsets, and the scale value for waveform display scale. Alignment changes the time relationship you inspect; scale changes the waveform's displayed height.

lat can manually correct a mismatch between the host clock and latency-compensated audio. Left-click a sound first for its individual correction, or select sum / layers / stack for the global correction. See PDC and manual alignment.

Read contextual help

To inspect a precise interval, Alt + left-drag in the waveform view to measure a region and zoom to it on release. Use Ctrl + left-drag for the measurements without the release-to-zoom action.

Move the pointer over a toolbar cell to read a short description in the interface's information area. Some cells offer different actions for left-click, right-click, the mouse wheel and dragging. See Mouse actions.

Display and preferences

Open show for display and appearance options, or about for product information and preferences. Use Filter, FFT and meters to open the analysis tools described in their chapters. The toolbar reference links every cell to its explanation.

Reading the example

The native view above compares Kick, Bass and Percussion. Sound selection and display controls are along the bottom; the main area shows their waveforms. Click an illustration to open its full-resolution PNG.