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Sound Editor

The Sound editor lets you determine the type of sound and sound attributes produced by your Amiga. The Amiga can flash the screen and/or issue a beep to signal of an application prompt or error in processing. The Sound editor window is illustrated in Figure 5-10.

Figure 5-10. Sound Preferences Editor Window

Note:

Your Amiga or monitor must be equipped with speakers for it to make sound. Consult your hardware documentation or Amiga dealer for information on connecting speakers.

You can choose Make Sound, Flash Display, or a combination of both. Do not turn both functions off at the same time since that disables all signaling capability, which could cause you to miss a prompt.

Choosing Flash Display alone causes the Amiga to signal a prompt or error by flashing the screen.

If you choose Make Sound, you have the following options:

Sound Type

Select Beep or Sampled Sound. The Beep is a simple tone. The Sample Sound Type is a standard sampled sound file. You can create a sound file yourself with a sound digitizer or load from a sample sound file, for which you have a sound data type. Sampled sound files that are created for the Amiga can be purchased.

Sound Volume

Set Sound Volume between 1 for the quietest and 64 for the loudest.

Sound Pitch

Set Sound Pitch between 1 for the lowest pitch and 3000 for the highest. For a beep, Sound Pitch controls the tone pitch (high or low frequency; for sampled sounds it controls the play back speed (the number of samples played per second), which affects both the pitch of the sound and its duration.

Beep Length

Set Beep Length between 1 for the shortest duration to 100 for the longest duration.

Select Sample

Use the Select Sample gadget with t he file requester to select the file name of the sample. Sound accepts sound sample files for which you have a data type, such as 8SVX. If you save this sample setting, the sample file must be available each time you reboot, either on hard or floppy disk.

After you choose Beep or designate your sample sound, you can test the sound to be sure it has all the attributes that you want by selecting Test Sound. The Save, Use, and Cancel gadgets do not work while the sound is being tested.

Time Editor

The Time editor lets you set the date and time on your system. Figure 5-11 illustrates the Time Preferences editor window.

Figure 5-11. Time Preferences Editor Window

To set the date:

Click the cycle gadget in the upper right corner until the correct month is displayed.
Select the year text gadget, delete the incorrect year, and enter the correct year.
select the correct day from the calendar display. The day is highlighted when selected.

To set the time:

Point to the slider bar in either the Minutes or Hours slider.
Drag the bar to the right to increase the value and to the left to decrease the value. When the correct value is shown, release the selection button. Repeat these steps for the other slider.

Sound Type	Select Beep or Sampled Sound. The Beep is a simple tone. The Sample Sound Type is a standard sampled sound file. You can create a sound file yourself with a sound digitizer or load from a sample sound file, for which you have a sound data type. Sampled sound files that are created for the Amiga can be purchased.
Sound Volume	Set Sound Volume between 1 for the quietest and 64 for the loudest.
Sound Pitch	Set Sound Pitch between 1 for the lowest pitch and 3000 for the highest. For a beep, Sound Pitch controls the tone pitch (high or low frequency; for sampled sounds it controls the play back speed (the number of samples played per second), which affects both the pitch of the sound and its duration.
Beep Length	Set Beep Length between 1 for the shortest duration to 100 for the longest duration.
Select Sample	Use the Select Sample gadget with t he file requester to select the file name of the sample. Sound accepts sound sample files for which you have a data type, such as 8SVX. If you save this sample setting, the sample file must be available each time you reboot, either on hard or floppy disk.