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Table Of Contents
- Avid Liquid Installation
- Avid Liquid Reference Manual
- Contents
- Introduction
- Documentation
- Basics
- Signup
- High Definition
- Input
- EZ Capture
- Logging and Digitizing (Capture)
- Basics
- The Logging Tool and Its Functions
- Video Inlay, Timecode Fields and Status Field
- Player Source (D)
- Reels and Racks (E, F)
- Controls (Player and Edit Buttons, G)
- A/V Inputs (Selecting Source Tracks, H)
- Stereo or Mono (I)
- 4:3 or 16:9 (I)
- Selecting a Media Format/Codec Preset (J)
- Destination Volumes for Digitizing / Capture Volumes (K)
- Select Audio Monitor /Mute
- Video Tool / Calibration Control /IPB Settings
- Clip Tab: Naming and Numbering Clips
- Audio Tab
- Master Tab
- Media Tab
- Send Clips To Timeline (Direct Insert)
- Properties
- Methods
- File Ingest
- Importing Objects
- Copying/Pasting Objects from Other Projects
- Media Management and Object Import
- Creating Objects
- Voice-Over
- Importing EDL/AVID MediaLog Files
- Exchange
- Administration
- The Project
- The Object
- Media Management
- Edit
- Video Editing
- Audio in the Timeline
- Special Functions
- Finish
- Effects in Avid Liquid: The Basics
- Detailed Description of Classic Effect Editors
- Realtime FX
- Commotion Clip FX
- Special FX
- Timewarps and Color Correction
- Color Correction Editor
- Linear Timewarp
- Timewarp Editor
- Audio
- Titler
- DVD Authoring
- Export
- Record to Tape
- Export to File
- Burn to Disc (VCD, SVCD, DVD)
- Customize Avid Liquid
- Glossary
- Index
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Logging and Digitizing (Capture)
Stereo or Mono?
Whether an audio clip is logged and digitized as “stereo” or “mono” has a decisive influence on audio
editing in Avid Liquid. Its behavior at the audio output of the system is determined, i.e. which sound
tracks of the recording device are recorded. For detailed information on this topic, see “Stereo and Mono,
Panorama and Balance” on page 801.
Stereo and Mono Functions
The symbol of a single ring or of the two engaged rings below the Source Track icons in the Logging Tool
enable you to switch between mono (ring) and stereo (engaged rings) and assign the audio clips to
“mono” or “stereo”. The main difference becomes evident as soon as the clips are placed on the Timeline:
As a standard, stereo-audio clips are assigned to left/right. This means, uneven Source Tracks
(A1/A3) are assigned to the outputs CH-1/CH-3, even ones (A2/A4) to the outputs CH-2/CH-4.
This corresponds with the convention left=uneven, right=even.
Also one individual audio clip can be a “stereo” clip: the Source Tracks A1/A3 are placed on the left out-
put, the Source Tracks A2/A4 on the right one (this is true for standard stereo routing).
Mono audio clips are panned centrically by default, which means that their levels are uniformly
assigned to the even and odd output.
In the Project Racks, the stereo/mono status of a clip is indicated in the Tra c k s column by an attached S or
M, for example VA1A2-M (this refers to enabled Detail View).
The mono/stereo setting is not final! You can change this assignment simultaneously for several selected
clips via Properties or Adjust Audio.
Balance and Panorama
One more important thing:
The balance is controlled in stereo clips (like in your stereo system): the signal amplitude of one
channel is reduced leaving the other one unchanged. The left/right signal assignment remains
unchanged.
The panorama is controlled in mono clips: the signal of a channel “migrates” e.g. from left to
right. This does not change the signal amplitude, only the left/right assignment.