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User Preferences for Creating Tracks
For information on
opening and changing
settings, see “Using the
Settings Display” on
page 86.
Your Avid system provides two options in the Composer Window Set-
tings dialog box that help automate the way tracks are created and
enabled as you edit. You can adjust these settings in advance based on
personal preference.
The default settings are:
• Auto-create New Tracks: Whenever you edit new source material
from the Source monitor, the system automatically creates any
new tracks in the sequence that match enabled tracks on the
source side.
• Auto-enable Source Tracks: Whenever you load new source
material into the Source monitor, the system automatically enables
all existing source tracks.
Alternatively, you can do the following:
• Deselect the Auto-create New Tracks option to have the existing
tracks in the sequence remain the same when you edit in new
source material. This allows you to create new tracks selectively as
you edit, which is often preferable at the more advanced stages of
a project.
• Deselect the Auto-enable Source Tracks option to leave the tracks
of newly loaded material in whatever state they were in when
they were last loaded. This allows you to turn on the source tracks
more selectively as you edit, which is often preferable at the more
advanced stages of a project.
Adding Filler
You can add a small amount of black filler at the start of your
sequence. A brief moment of black before the start of your sequence is
sometimes useful during playback, or when recording a digital cut.
You can also add filler to another part of the sequence at any time dur-
ing editing.