User Manual

Using the Audio Mixer Tool
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2 Monitor Mix button Controls how your system interprets audio values during playback:
• Stereo: Mixes the currently monitored audio tracks into a stereo pair. Depending
on your Avid input/output hardware, you can customize the mix using the Stereo
Mix Tracks option.
• Mono: Pans all the currently monitored tracks to center and ignores pan effects.
• 5.1 as L C R Lr Rr Lfe: Mixes currently monitored tracks to the appropriate
surround sound channel. See “Surround Monitoring” on page 782.
• 5.1 as L R C Lfe Lr Rr: Mixes currently monitored tracks to the appropriate
surround sound channel. See “Surround Monitoring” on page 782.
• 7.1 as L C R Lss Rss Lr Rr Lfe: Mixes currently monitored tracks to the
appropriate surround sound channel. See “Surround Monitoring” on page 782.
• 7.1 as L R C Lfe Lr Rr Lss Rss: Mixes currently monitored tracks to the
appropriate surround sound channel. See “Surround Monitoring” on page 782.
• Direct (available depending on your Avid input/output hardware): Maps tracks
directly to the available output channels. Ignores pan settings. On Symphony
systems, by default, Direct Out maps the first eight audio tracks in numerical
sequence to the first eight output channels. You can remap a track to any channel
by clicking the Channel Assignment menu and selecting another channel.
3 Audio Loop Play
button
Lets you adjust audio effects while looping over a portion of audio. This button is
also available in the Play tab of the Command palette. For more information, see
“Adjusting Volume While Playing a Clip Volume Effect” on page 809.
4 Render Effect button Lets you render audio effects. For example, if you change the level of a clip that
contains a rendered audio dissolve, the effect becomes unrendered. You can use the
Render Effect button to rerender the audio dissolve directly from the Audio Mixer
tool. Then you can play back the clip immediately to hear the effect of the level
change with the dissolve in place.
5 Fast Menu button Lets you select from a list of functions that vary according to the Audio Mixer mode.
For more information, see the following topics:
• “Audio Mixer Fast Menu: Clip Volume and Pan Mode” on page 808
• “Audio Mixer Tool Fast Menu: Volume and Pan Automation Mode” on page 819
• “Audio Mixer Tool Fast Menu: Live Mix Mode” on page 827
6 Bypass button Lets you temporarily turn off any Clip Volume or volume automation effects. This
button functions the same as the Bypass panel in the Effects tab in the Audio Project
Settings dialog box. (This control does not appear in Live Mix mode.)
7 Number of Mix
Panes
Lets you display four or eight panes. For more information, see “Resizing the Audio
Mixer Tool” on page 792.
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