Decibel Meter

The decibel meter is located above the volume slider, directly under the preview waveform. It displays the volume of the track playing for reference. The volume meter will show even if you have turned the volume to silent (to indicate that even though the volume is down, music is still playing).

Volume Slider

The volume slider is located directly below the decibel meter. Here is where you control the loudness of the track. If you move the volume slider high enough that the volume displays in the decibel meter in the red zone, you will actually be applying gain to the track. Applying gain to a track is useful for when you have a track that was recorded at a lower volume than other tracks and needs a boost to play at the same level. The decibel levels are shown on the slider to give an idea of the possible gain.

It is not recommended that you move the volume slider past 0 decibels except for poorly recorded tracks.

NOTE: Applying gain to music already at an optimal level can produce distortion, such as crackles in the audio.

The volume slider can be moved by:

• Clicking and dragging the volume slider knob
• Clicking anywhere on the volume slider to move to that position
• Moving the mouse wheel up or down in the volume slider to increase or decrease the volume respectively
• Pressing the hotkeys assigned to increasing or decreasing that volume slider (see the Hotkey Setup section for more information)