The Listening Toolbar is used to listen to active network channels and optionally record them. All audio streams will be played at 48 kHz and/or 96 kHz if the sound card supports these formats. Otherwise audio data will be converted to a supported format.
Listening to or recording network channels
- Click on the
button to start the playback on the local computer sound card
- Click on the
button to stop the playback
The Name of the feeding channel is greyed out if the channel is currently not feeding
- Click on the
'Record' button to start a recording.
- The symbol is animated.
- currently recording.
- Click the button again during the recording process to stop the recording.
The following icons indicate the status:
Ready to record, no audio recordings have yet been made
Ready to record, some audio data has already been recorded
Animated: currently recording.
A dynamic hint shows the current state of the recording. Press <Ctrl> + <left-click> to open the recording folder.
When a recording is stopped, the file name is prefixed with the starting timestamp and the length of the recorded audio file, along with the channel numbers and names of the recorded channels.
Example: '2022-02-13 10;36;55 21,10 s Inactive(Configured) #001_OE1, #003_OE3, #071_Genuine PA-C rechts.wav'.
- The current audio feeding level.
Increasing the current audio feed/listening level
The level can be boosted up to +15 dB. This does not affect the recording level.
This feature is useful for the audio signal headroom required by the system because the internal levels are lower.