Feature Request: Overlay visualization of Sound Start Offset on waveform view

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Hi, there! I’ve been working with FMOD on a game for the last several years. One feature I keep wishing existed which seems straightfoward to implement is a visual representation of the start offset for a sound which overlaps the visual representation of the waveform. To illustrate what I mean, here’s a screenshot showing what I see now when I look at a Sound with a Start Offset:

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And here’s an edited version of the screenshot mocking up what the feature could look like:

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You can probably see the utility – this would make it very easy to set the sound to start right before the transient, for instance.

Thanks for your consideration!

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Hear hear! This would be incredible… and would save going back to the editor to trim properly!

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You’re in luck! We added a visualization of start offset in version 2.03.03. it doesn’t look exactly like the one in that mock-up you posted, but it’s close: It’s a green line rather than a green rectangle.

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Oh, amazing! We’re currently on 2.02. We’ll take a look at upgrading, thanks!