User manual
Table Of Contents
- Soundtrack Pro User Manual
- Contents
- An Introduction to Soundtrack Pro
- Setting Up Your System
- The Soundtrack Pro Interface
- Getting Started With Soundtrack Pro
- Working With Multitrack Projects
- Working in the Timeline
- Moving Around in the Timeline
- Working With Tracks, Busses, and Outputs in the Timeline
- Editing Audio Clips in the Timeline
- Selecting Audio Clips
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Audio Clips
- Moving Audio Clips
- Snapping Clips to Clips on Adjacent Tracks
- Resizing Audio Clips
- Creating Crossfades Between Audio Clips
- Truncating Overlapping Audio Clips
- Splitting and Joining Audio Clips
- Transposing Tagged Audio Clips
- Changing the Offset of an Audio Clip
- Changing a Clip’s Playback Mode
- Replacing the Source Audio in a Clip
- Removing Audio Clips
- Working With Markers
- Working in the Mixer
- Steps in Mixing
- Working With Channel Strips in the Mixer
- Adding Channel Strips to the Mixer
- Selecting Channel Strips
- Reordering Channel Strips
- Copying Channel Strips
- Setting Channel Strip Volume Levels
- Setting Channel Strip Pan Position
- Setting Channel Strip Output
- Muting and Soloing Channel Strips
- Enabling Track Channel Strips for Recording
- Renaming Channel Strips
- Changing a Channel Strip Icon
- Showing and Hiding Sections of the Mixer
- Using the Channel Strip Level Meters
- Removing Channel Strips
- Working With Effects and Sends in the Mixer
- Setting the Overall Project Volume Level
- Listening to a Temporary Mono Mix
- Recording Audio in the Mixer
- Recording Automation in the Mixer
- Creating Multiple Mixes
- Things to Keep in Mind While Mixing
- Working in the Waveform Editor
- Getting Started With Audio File Projects
- Supported Audio File Formats
- Creating and Opening Audio File Projects
- Closing Audio File Projects
- Saving Audio File Projects
- Setting the Time Ruler Units in the Waveform Display
- Choosing the Sample Units in the Waveform Display
- Zooming In and Out in the Waveform Editor
- Using the Global Waveform View
- Viewing an Audio File in Spectrum View
- Playing Audio Files in the Waveform Editor
- Editing Audio Files in the Waveform Editor
- Processing Audio Files
- Working With Actions
- Applying Actions
- Editing Actions
- Turning Actions On and Off
- Reordering Actions
- Using the Action Insert Bar
- Reversing the Order of the Actions List
- Flattening Actions
- Comparing the Project With and Without Actions
- Comparing the Last Two Actions
- Deleting Actions
- Limitations of Actions That Change the File’s Length
- Analyzing an Audio File
- Using Markers in the Waveform Editor
- Scripting Actions in the Waveform Editor
- Getting Started With Audio File Projects
- Working With Video in Soundtrack Pro
- Working With Audio Effects
- Realtime and Processing Effects
- Audio Effects Included With Soundtrack Pro
- Working With Realtime Effects
- Working in the Effects Tab
- Adding Realtime Effects
- Adjusting Realtime Effect Parameters
- Chaining and Reordering Realtime Effects
- Bypassing Realtime Effects
- Adding Sends to Tracks
- Reordering Sends
- Choosing the Bus to Which a Send Is Routed
- Adjusting Send Volume
- Adjusting Send Pan Position
- Bypassing Sends
- Automating Realtime Effect Parameters
- Resetting Realtime Effects to Their Default Settings
- Removing Realtime Effects
- Advanced Settings for Realtime Effects
- Working With Processing Effects
- Working With Effect Presets
- Working With Automation
- Working With Envelopes
- Track, Bus, and Output Envelopes
- Master Envelopes
- Adding Envelope Points
- Selecting Envelope Points
- Moving Envelope Points
- Changing the Values of Envelope Points Numerically
- Changing the Position of Envelope Points Numerically
- Viewing and Editing Envelope Point Details
- Nudging Envelope Points
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Envelope Points
- Deleting Envelope Points
- Automating Effect and Send Parameters
- Recording Automation Data
- Working With Timeslices
- Working With Envelopes
- Recording Audio in Soundtrack Pro
- Using Control Surfaces With Soundtrack Pro
- Exporting Multitrack Projects
- Using Soundtrack Pro With Apple Professional Applications
- Using Apple Loops Utility
- Soundtrack Pro Keyboard Shortcuts
- Audio Basics
- Solutions to Common Problems and Customer Support
- Index
Index 307
QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component 183
R
RAM 13
RCA connectors 18
Read Before You Install document 13
Read mode 228
realtime effects 207–215
See also effects
adding 208–209
adjusting parameters 209
advanced settings 215
automation 213
bouncing 170
bypassing 211
chaining 210–211
overview 195
parameters 213
presets 217
removing 214
reordering 211
resetting to defaults 214
sends and 212–213
showing 170
working with 207–215
Record button 25, 55, 237, 238
Record Enable button 27, 31, 236, 240
recording audio 235–241
analog recording 290
digital recording 290–291
disk space and 235
eliminating latency 294
enabling channel strips for 131
enabling tracks for recording 236
keyboard shortcuts 285
in Mixer 140, 240
multiple takes 238–239
preferences 77
preparing for 235
procedure for 289–292
saving recorded clips 239
sessions location 77
single takes 237
in Timeline 236–239
in Waveform Editor 240–241
recording automation in Mixer 140
recording control surface automation 246
Recording pane 235
Recording preferences 77, 235
recording sessions, save location 77
Recording tab 41, 236, 238
Redo command 71
Reduce Noise command 168–169
reference movies 147
regeneration 202, 203
Remove Effect button 39
Render checkbox 146, 254, 255, 259, 260
render file for Final Cut Pro 254
rendering 146
Resample command 167
Reset button 42, 139, 161
Reset Effect button 39
resources 9
reverb 196
reverb effects 196, 203–204
reverberation 203
reverb time, 203
Reverse command 163
ripple cut 281
ripple delete 281
roll-off filters 200
root note 85
roundtrips 183, 254, 255, 258, 259
RTAS plug-in 14
S
Sample Edit tool 159
sample rates
audio files 83
choosing 167
described 83, 291
digital video 83
hardware 83
importing audio files 56
multiframe projects 83
Soundtrack Pro and 15
Waveform Editor 144, 167
Sample ruler 152
samples
described 290
editing 159
reversing 163
sample units 149
saving items
actions as AppleScript droplets 181
audio file projects 146–148
audio files 147–148
compressed project versions 87
multitrack projects 86–87
project and audio files together 87, 252
recorded clips 239
scale type 276
Scale Type pop-up menu 37
scoring markers 122, 190–193
scripting actions 181
scripts 181, 256
scroll bars 27, 94
scrubbing
audio files in Waveform Editor 153
described 153