Editing Artist Help:Audio Status

This displays and adjust Artist's FFT audio processing engine.

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| Spectrum || this displays a graphic spectrum of the audio input signal. 
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| Gates || this displays the gate triggers associated with each of the audio spectrum bars. 
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| Gain Control || this displays the gain control waves. The white line shows the average signal level, the green line shows the relative gain adjustment for each spectrum line, the red line shows the instantaneous signal. 
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| Triggers || These triggers and levels are all accessible by effects, chases and sequences.
Clicking on the box will open the Properties display which allows you to make adjustments to the filters.
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| Bass || this shows the analog and digital triggers associated with the Bass component of the signal. 
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| Band1 || this shows the analog and digital triggers associated with the Band1 component of the signal. 
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| Band2 || this shows the analog and digital triggers associated with the Band2 component of the signal. 
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| Hi || this shows the analog and digital triggers associated with the Hi component of the signal. 
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| Signal || this shows the analog and digital triggers associated with the unfiltered audio signal. 
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| Snare || this shows the Snare digital trigger. 
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| Accent || this shows the Accent digital trigger. This is designed to spot large changes in the audio signal. 
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| BPM || this is a digital trigger that synchronises with the BPM of the music input. 
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| Silence || this is a digital trigger that fires when silence is detected on the audio input. 
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| Manual || this shows activity on the manual trigger input. 
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| Gate  || 
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=== Presets ===

There are three place holders to memorize favourite settings. These settings are saved each time Artist is closed. The default settings are set for the following environments.

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| Normal || Normal responce 
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| Fast || Faster than usual 
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| Slow || Slow 
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=== Properties ===

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|Presets || by selecting the Preset from this combo, the control are set and any adjustments will apply to the selected preset. 
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| Defaults || click this restores the default settings for the selected preset. 
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| Smoothing || this adjusts the mount of smoothing applied to the incoming signal. This affects the response rate of the triggers. 
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| Trigger Sensitivity || this adjusted the trigger levels which determine whether a spectrum band trigger should fire. 
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| Snare || the snare trigger is an aggregate of spectrum bands. This determine how wide that spectrum should be. 
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| BPM correction || this is a correction factor applied to the detected BPM value. 
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| Cutout Level || adjusts the level that the Silence trigger is fired. 
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| Bass Range || this adjusted the width of the bass band. 
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| Band 1 Range || this adjusts the width of Band1 
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| Band 2 Range || this adjusts the width of Band2 
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| High Range || this adjusts the width of the High Band 
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=== Selecting Input ===

To use the audio input you must select the correct audio source in the Windows Mixer. Select 'Start/All Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/Volume Control'

Select 'Options/Properties'. This open a dialog, - select 'Recording' and click 'OK'. The Recording Control mixer is now displayed showing all the input sources on you sound card.

If you are connecting a line to you sound card it will usually be connected to the 'Line In'.

When you close Window normally this input state will be saved.