Operation Manual

220 Pinnacle Studio 9
Viewing volume and balance contours
Each audio clip in your project displays a contour line
showing one of its volume, left-right balance or front-
back balance. To select which of the three types of line
is displayed, use the commands on an audio clip’s
right-button context menu (see “Anatomy of an audio
clip” on page 211).
The contour lines can be modified directly on the
Timeline using adjustment handles. For details, see
“Adjusting audio on the Timeline” on page 213.
Note: You can only view and edit a clip’s fade (front-
back balance) line when the Volume and balance tool
is in surround mode.
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AUDIO EFFECTS
You can modify any audio clip in your project using
Studio’s plug-in audio effects, which are accessed with
the Audio effects tool in the Toolbox.
The Audio effects tool is the sixth tool in the
Audio toolbox. The operation of this tool is
identical to that of the Video effects tool. See “Using
video effects” (page 95) for a complete description.
As with video effects, your library of audio plug-ins is
expandable. Any audio effect using the popular VST
standard can be used in Studio just like the effects
supplied with the program.
Availability: Audio effects other than Noise reduction are provided
as locked, “watermarked” content in the SE and QuickStart versions
of Studio. The watermark graphic, and periodic beep on the
soundtrack, can be removed with the appropriate activation key. See
page 11 for details.