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Editing in the Timeline
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When you edit with multiple tracks, you can activate the monitor on a lower
track to monitor only the video on that track. This feature is especially useful
when you have multiple layers of video effects and need to see one track
without additional layers. You can also monitor a solo track, as described in
“Monitoring a Solo Track” on page 334.
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If you reposition the Video Track Monitor icon, be sure to return it to the
topmost track to view, render, or output all the tracks together. Unmonitored
tracks are not included in playback.
To monitor video tracks:
t Click the Video Track Monitor button for the track you want to monitor.
Monitoring Audio
There are two types of monitor icons that appear in the monitor column for
audio tracks: a black Speaker icon and a gold Speaker icon. A Speaker icon of
either type indicates that the track is monitored for playback and output.
However, only the track with the gold icon is monitored for audio scrubbing.
Consider the following:
• The system pans odd-numbered tracks to the left speaker and even-
numbered tracks to the right speaker by default.
• If your sequence includes more than eight audio tracks, you can select any
eight tracks to monitor at one time by clicking the Audio Track Monitor
button for each audio track you want to monitor. The Audio Track
Monitor button changes to purple with either a black or gold Speaker icon
when the audio track is selected for monitoring playback and output.
• To hear more than eight tracks at once, you must mix down some of them
to a maximum of eight. For more information, see “Mixing Down Audio
Tracks” on page 449.
• By default, all monitored audio tracks are selected for scrubbing. To
isolate specific audio tracks for scrubbing, see “Soloing Audio Tracks in
the Timeline” on page 365.
• A gold Speaker icon on the Audio Track Monitor button indicates that the
track will not be dropped when the play speed increases during scrubbing.
By default, the two topmost Audio Track Monitor buttons display the gold