The Audio Workspace

The Audio Workspace is a fully integrated Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) embedded directly within ORAPHIM. Rather than exporting AAFs or XMLs to external audio software like Pro Tools, you can mix your soundtrack, apply VST plugins, and master your final delivery right here.

The Interface

The layout shifts dramatically in the Audio Workspace to prioritize vertical track visualization and mixing controls.

1. The Timeline

The video playback is reduced to a smaller viewer window, and the audio tracks dominate the timeline view. This allows for sample-level precision editing. You can zoom in close enough to view the individual soundwaves and make sub-frame edits to fix clicks, pops, or sync issues.

2. The Mixer

The heart of the Audio Workspace is the Mixer panel.

  • Each audio track on your timeline has a corresponding vertical channel strip in the Mixer.
  • Each channel strip includes a volume fader, pan controls, an EQ module, and a Dynamics module (Compressor/Limiter/Gate).
  • The Main Bus (M1): The far right fader is the master output bus. All individual tracks route into this master bus by default. This is where you monitor your final overall loudness before export.

Track Effects and Routing

ORAPHIM supports both native audio effects and third-party VST/AU plugins (like iZotope, FabFilter, or Waves).

  1. Open the Effects Library.
  2. Drag an effect (e.g., Reverb or De-Esser) onto a specific track in the timeline, or drop it into the Effects slot of a channel strip in the Mixer.
  3. You can also create Submix Busses. For example, you can route all dialogue tracks (A1, A2, A3) into a "Dialogue Bus", allowing you to compress and adjust the volume of all speaking roles simultaneously with a single fader.

Keyframe Automation

The Audio Workspace excels at dynamic mixing. Instead of making static volume adjustments, you can automate parameters to change over time.

  1. On any audio track in the timeline, click the "Automation" icon.
  2. A keyframe line will appear over the waveform.
  3. Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) and click the line to add keyframes.
  4. Drag the keyframes up and down to create smooth volume fades or complex ducking (e.g., lowering the music track precisely when dialogue begins).

If you have a physical MIDI control surface or fader panel connected, you can record fader movements in real-time as the video plays back using the "Touch" or "Latch" automation modes.