Audio monitoring: see what you should also be hearing.

When example songs are bundled, choose a track under Example audio. Choosing one in the Audio scope turns on Listen automatically; use the button to mute it. Rescans and workspace loading do not enable listening. Switching away undoes automatically enabled listening while preserving listening that was already on. Separate audio selectors retain their usual Listen controls. These built-in sources appear only in audio lists, leaving video selections independent. They use the usual playback shortcuts and default loop preference. Express and Professional can use examples with their available audio features; opening your own files requires Professional.

Express and Professional let you route source channels into a stereo listening mix independently of the channels used for phase analysis. Enable Listen to hear that mix through the default Windows playback device. Routing changes take effect without reopening the device, so you can investigate a channel while keeping your monitoring session running.

Above the meters, left-click each channel's separate 1 and 2 boxes in the PGM row for listening and loudness, or in PH for Phase. Right-click opens the scope menu. Hold a colored channel label to solo temporarily, even with Listen off. The rolling source-channel Waveform is independent of PGM routing. Professional RTA All Channels shows individual source traces and an unnormalized summed signal waterfall before PGM routing; other spectrum signal choices follow the PGM buses.

Loudness readings add momentary, short-term, and integrated measurements to the channel-level displays. They help you compare brief changes with the average loudness over longer periods. Professional also adds spectrum and waterfall analysis, plus audio-only file playback for reviewing music, voiceovers, and cues. When sources report speaker roles, channel labels identify positions such as left, right, center, and LFE; unspecified channels remain numbered.

Follow every channel, then listen to the cause.

Professional adds all-channel spectrum traces, multichannel waterfall displays, and Surround analysis. Loudness can be shown per channel with configurable LUFS/LKFS targets. Choose the first N channels or All with the analyzed-channel selector. The quality cards assess only those analyzed channels; excluded channels do not contribute to level, speech, or phase advice. PGM and PH routing remain separate controls. Optional audio-quality cards help investigate clipping, headroom, hum, and quiet-level evidence; these are descriptive guides, so verify concerns by listening.

Supported panes can select audio independently of video. Keep a sample photograph or camera in view while measuring a standalone audio input, an attached source, or Professional audio-file playback.

For temporary region inspection, regular-keyboard 789 / UIO / JKL mirrors the numpad grid. Shift and Ctrl apply temporary graph contrast; hold W for uniform white traces in Phase/Waveform. Meters remain visible while inspecting the graph.