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Table Of Contents
- Soundtrack Pro 2 Getting Started
- Contents
- Welcome to SoundtrackPro
- Starting Your Project andAssembling Media
- Assembling Your MultitrackProject
- Working with Multitrack Projects
- Playing and Saving a Multitrack Project
- Creating a SoundtrackPro Multitrack Project fromaFinalCutPro Sequence
- Adding Clips to the Timeline
- Editing Clips in the Timeline
- Adding Markers to the Timeline
- Creating a Fade in an Audio Clip
- Adding a Crossfade Between Two Clips
- Adding Tracks, Busses, and Submixes to a Multitrack Project
- Working with Stereo and Surround Track Panners
- Routing Your Multitrack Project
- Adding Effects to Your Multitrack Project
- Automating Track, Bus, Submix, and Master Bus Parameters with Envelope Points
- Working with Individual AudioFiles
- Solving Audio Problems
- Mixing Stereo andSurroundProjects
- Exporting Your Multitrack Project
- What’s Next?
- An Introduction to the SoundtrackPro Interface
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To switch a track or bus panner to surround:
m Control-click the track or bus, then choose Use Surround Panner from the shortcut menu.
The surround panner replaces the stereo panner.
Switching from a surround panner to a stereo panner uses the same process; instead of
Use Surround, Use Stereo Panner appears in the shortcut menu.
Understanding Surround Sound
In Soundtrack Pro, the difference between mixing stereo and surround sound hinges on:
 The panner type you assign to the track
 The submix output you assign to the submix
 The audio hardware outputs you have connected to Soundtrack Pro
When mixing in stereo, you use two channels: L (left) and R (right). This is your typical
configuration for car audio, headphones, and so on.
When mixing in 5.1 surround, you use six channels: L (left), R (right), C (center), Ls (left
surround), Rs (right surround), and LFE (Low-Frequency Effects).
This is a typical 5.1 surround speaker configuration:
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30˚
30˚
80˚
R
L
LFE
C
Ls
Rs