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Using Audio Scrub
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The following table shows how many tracks you can scrub at the varying speeds of play.
To ensure an audio track is monitored during scrubbing:
t Enable the Active/Inactive button in the Track Control panel for the selected track.
Active/Inactive buttons, displaying a black border to indicate tracks that can play without dropping audio
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The Active/Inactive button displays a black border to indicate which tracks can be played if
the system has to drop tracks during audio scrubbing. By default, the two top Active/Inactive
buttons display black border.
You can isolate specific audio tracks for scrubbing without having to deselect monitoring of
all other audio tracks by soloing the audio tracks. See “Soloing Audio Tracks” on page 752.
Performing Smooth Audio Scrub
You can use three-button play with the J-K-L keys to perform smooth audio scrubbing of
selected tracks of audio at variable speeds but not digital audio scrub. You can monitor while
stepping (jogging) or while shuttling at fixed rates up to three times normal speed. The audio
cuts out at greater than three times the normal speed and comes back in after the speed drops
below three times.
To monitor audio with three-button play:
1. Select the correct track, and adjust the playback volume as necessary.
2. Play the audio by using the three-button variable speed playback procedures described in
“Playing Footage with the J-K-L Keys (Three-Button Play)” on page 503.
When you play footage forward or backward at: You can scrub:
Normal speed 16 tracks
Two times normal speed 16 tracks
Three times normal speed 2 tracks
Greater than three times normal speed 0 tracks