User Manual

Working with Multiple Tracks
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Audio patch from a source track to an audio record track (left) and the new source track order identifying the
patch (right).
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After you patch tracks, it is helpful to display the destination track of the clips in the Timeline.
Select Clip Text > Clip Tracks from the Timeline Fast menu to display the destination track.
To undo a patch:
1. Click in the Record monitor or Timeline.
2. Select Special > Restore Default Patch, or manually repatch to the previous track.
The selected source track moves beside the record track to which it is patched as soon as you
draw the arrow and release the mouse. The patched track remains highlighted in preparation
for your edit. You can proceed to select any other tracks required for the edit.
After you make the edit, you can continue to work on the same track or patch to a different
track as necessary.
Understanding Locking and Sync Locking
Your Avid editing application provides two ways of locking tracks, locking tracks and sync
locking tracks. You can sync lock selected tracks so that trimming one track also trims the other
tracks. Sync locking is useful when you work with multiple tracks and want to maintain sync
between two or more tracks.
Locking tracks prevents further editing from being performed on them and can help in the
following workflows:
• For video or picture editing, you can lock tracks when you have completed a set of complex,
multilayer edits and want to avoid making accidental changes while you work on adjacent
tracks.
• For audio editing, you can lock audio tracks containing sync dialog that should be
maintained while you edit adjacent video tracks or audio tracks.
• For projects involving multiple editors, you can lock tracks to prevent unnecessary or
accidental changes.
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For more information on using the sync lock feature in Trim mode, see “Understanding Sync
Lock” on page 610.