The Main window contains the main menu, two rows of toolbar buttons, and status bars (see Main Window figure below). It groups together and manages all the Sound windows.
Main Menu Main Toolbar Effect Toolbar Sound Window Left Channel Right Channel Start Marker Finish Marker Playback Marker Cue Point Slot Cue Point Zoomed Time Axis Overview Overview Time Axis Status Bar

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The Main window contains the menu, toolbar, Control window, and Sound windows, as shown below.

  1. Main menu button. Displays the main menu when you can access all of the features in GoldWave.
  2. Toolbar area. Allows quick access to commonly used commands.
  3. Cloud indicator. Shows the number of files currently being saved/uploaded to the cloud.
  4. Sound window tab. Each opened file has a tab. Choose the X button to close the file.
  5. Sound window area and waveforms. Each channel in the file displays a waveform. A stereo file has the left channel on top and the right on the bottom.
  6. Start marker. Sets the start of the selection area. Commands are usually applied to the selection only.
  7. Finish marker. Sets the end of the selection area.
  8. Playback marker. Shows the current playback location.
  9. Controls. All the controls for playing, pausing, fast forwarding, rewinding, and recording sounds.
  10. Level visual. Shows the current audio level for playback or recording. Press and hold to change it.
  11. Status visual. Shows the elapsed time and status. Press and hold to change it.
  12. Control window sizer. Changes the size of the Control window to make it larger or smaller.
  13. Volume fader. Sets the playback volume level.
  14. Speed fader. Sets the playback speeed. Tap the X to reset to normal speed.
  15. Control window area. The Control window is the lower half of this image, but it's size can be changed using (12).
  16. Left visual. Graphs the audio of the left channel.
  17. Right visual. Graphs the audio of the right channel.
  18. Left visual selector. Tap to change the left visual.
  19. Right visual selector. Tap to change the right visual.
  20. Right visual settings. Sets the settings for the visual, if the visual has settings.