Sound Manager

Instructions

Use the Sound Manager to assign sounds to trading events. In order to hear sounds other than a beep on your computer, you must have a sound card installed.

To configure the Sound Manager, please take the steps outlined below.

  1. For Mosaic - Click the File menu in the top left corner.

    For Classic TWS - Click the Edit menu in the top left corner.

  2. Click Global Configuration.

  3. Click Sound Manager in the left pane.

    The TWS configuration sound manager menu.

  4. From the Profile drop down at the top of the page, select a sound profile to apply to all enabled sounds.

    The sound manager profile drop-down menu in TWS.

  5. Check an event to enable sound. Uncheck to disable sound.

  6. For each enabled event, use the File Name "down" arrow to select an available sound type within the selected profile.

  7. If you have selected a voice profile, you will be able to apply non-voice sounds on an event-by-event basis.

  8. In the Repeat field, enter the number of times you want the sound to repeat when it is invoked.

  9. Click OK to save your sound configuration.

 

Additional Resources

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