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Main toolbar

The toolbar is the control strip below the analysis area. Read its current labels to see the selected group, duration, channels and scale. Hover a cell for contextual help; many controls have a different right-click or wheel action.

Native toolbar

Native PSYSCOPE toolbar component with Kick, Bass and Percussion, group and display controls, show, Filter, FFT, Img, meters and about.
The native toolbar: sound buttons above the comparison and tool controls.

The capture shows the toolbar component itself. The upper row contains the available sounds; the lower row selects the comparison and opens tools. Click the image for full resolution.

Every cell at a glance

The table follows the lower row from left to right, after the sound buttons above it. Names such as Groove, 2 beats, M and 1.00 are current values, so they change with your selection.

Cell in the example Purpose and main actions Details
Kick, Bass, Percussion Left-click a sound for its individual view; right-click to enable or disable it in comparisons. Up to 16 sound slots belong to the current group. Sound selection
Groove (group name) Open the organization panel. Right-click for Sets view; wheel to change groups. Groups, copies and Sets
sum Add the enabled sources together. Sum
layers / sum+layers Overlay the sources; right-click to include or hide the sum behind them. Layers
stack / sum+stack Separate sources into lanes; right-click to include or hide the sum lane. Stack
2 beats (duration) Open synchronization settings; wheel to change the interval or Hz value. Duration and synchronization
M (channels) Open channel choices; wheel to cycle them; right-click to change the dual-channel arrangement. Channels
lat 0 Manually correct analysis timing, including host/PDC clock offsets. Select a sound for its offset, or sum/layers/stack for the global offset; double-click for samples/ms entry, right-click to reset. Alignment and PDC
1.00 (scale) Drag vertically or use the wheel to change waveform height; Ctrl gives finer adjustment. Right-click resets; double-click fits to the peak. Display scale
clear Clear buffers for the current view; right-click to clear all buffers. Clear buffers
freeze Hold or resume buffering; right-click for WAV export. Freeze and exports
show Open display overlays, analysis tools, drawing options and skin controls. Show menu and submenus
Filter Open the analysis filter's response, target and processing controls. Filter
FFT-, FFT+, FFT Open spectrum/spectrogram settings. The wheel cycles waveform, combined and spectrum views. Spectrum and spectrogram
Img Toggle the spectrogram image display. Enable the FFT area when you want to see it. Spectrogram
meters Left-click to open or close the side panel; right-click for its settings. Level and stereo displays
about Open information and preferences. Display and preferences

Img controls the spectrogram image. To capture a picture of the editor, use the camera icon in the analysis display.

For gestures inside the waveform itself, see zoom and scroll, Measure and the mouse action reference.