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DeepAudio: Audioshop & Other Tools
Audioshop
Audioshop is located in the tool bar area below the menu bar and consists of the tools described below. Each
tool can be selected by clicking on one of the 10 buttons shown on the left-hand side of the above screenshot.
The area to the right of these buttons contains appropriate instructions and options that vary, depending on
which tool is selected. When the first tool is selected (as shown in the above screenshot), this area contains an
array of buttons for quick access to other useful tools which are also described below.
We will often refer to these tools, including Audioshop as a whole, as RipScripts. RipScripts are tools
specifically written for RipX with the Python 3 programming language. More information about them, and
how to write your own, can be found in
DeepAudio: RipScript Editor
.
For convenience, Audioshop’s tools can also be accessed via a menu that appears at the location of the mouse
pointer when right-clicking within a Rip. They can also be quickly selected by pressing a number key between
0 and 9. The number keys from 1 to 9 select the first nine tools as appropriate and 0 selects the last of them.
Audioshop’s tools are as follows:
Move/Resize Tool
Use this to click & drag notes up or down in pitch and to click & drag notes/unpitched sounds left or
right in time. Click & drag the edges of notes and unpitched sounds to resize them. When this tool is
selected, a Fine Selection checkbox is shown to the right of Audioshop. Check this box to select parts of
notes/unpitched sounds when clicking & dragging a selection rectangle over them (hold down
z
/Alt
whilst doing so to select entire notes and unpitched sounds).
Edit Unpitched Tool
Conveniently displays all unpitched sound spread over the entire Rip, from its top to its bottom. Click &
drag to select a region of unpitched sound and edit it. Pitched sounds/notes are shown in the
background for reference only and cannot be selected or edited. RipX automatically chooses an
appropriate contrast with which to display unpitched sound. This can be adjusted to a fixed setting by
unchecking Auto and choosing a different contrast with the slider.
Draw Sound Tool
Use this with the Sound Palette to draw notes and other sounds. The Sound Palette is located beneath
the menu bar, to the right of the Audioshop toolbar. (Note: On small screens, or if the RipX window has
been resized to a small size, Sound Palette may appear beneath Audioshop.)