Operation Manual

210 Pinnacle Studio 9
You can use these to change the source of the clip at
any time. CD Title is also an editable text field, so you
can enter the actual title of the CD.
SmartSound
®
SmartSound clips can be edited to almost any length,
except that very short clips at some particular durations
may not be available in every combination of Style and
Song. This tool is essentially identical to the tool for
creating SmartSound clips (described under “The
SmartSound tool” on page 203), except that the Add to
movie button is replaced by the Accept changes button.
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AUDIO VOLUME AND MIXING
The audio levels and stereo positioning of individual
clips can be adjusted either directly on the Timeline, or
with the Volume and balance tool. Each technique
offers its own advantages. Adjusting on the Timeline
gives you a good sense of time versus volume or
balance, whereas the Volume and balance tool
facilitates mixing – separately adjusting the volume and
stereo balance of each of the audio tracks.
For disc authoring, the Volume and balance tool lets
you choose to create a surround soundtrack, rather than
stereo. The tool lets you dynamically position any of
the audio tracks from front to rear as well as left to
right.
Availability: Surround sound is not supported in the SE and
QuickStart versions of Studio.