User Manual

Using Clip Volume and Pan Mode

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t To adjust a track in a sequence, click the Record monitor to make it active.

2. Select the track or portion of a track you want to adjust:

t To adjust the track in a single edited clip in a sequence, place the position indicator in

the clip.

t To adjust an isolated section of audio on a track, mark In and Out points.

t To adjust levels from an In point through the end of the track, mark an In point only. One

mark also adjusts the entire track from the beginning of the clip that includes the mark.

t To adjust levels globally throughout the track, make no marks.

3. Select Tools > Audio Mixer.

The Audio Mixer tool opens.

4. Select Clip Volume and Pan mode by doing one of the following:

t Click and hold the Audio Mixer mode button, and select Clip Mode from the menu.

t Click the Audio Mixer mode button and cycle through the Audio Mixer mode settings to

Clip.

5. In the Audio Mixer tool, select the audio track to be adjusted by doing one of the following:

t Click the Track Selection Menu button for the appropriate audio track.

t Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Macintosh) the Track Selection Menu button,

and then select a track.

To select more than one track, click the Group button for each track you want to group.

The Track Selection buttons in the Audio Mixer tool match the track selection buttons in the

sequence or source clip. When you select a track in the Audio Mixer tool, the system selects the

corresponding track in the Timeline or source clip. Selecting a track in the Timeline selects the

corresponding track in the Audio Mixer tool.

To verify or change the output channels, use the Audio tool (select Tools > Audio Tool).

6. With the Audio Mixer tool active, use any playback method (such as the J-K-L keys on the

keyboard) to play, shuttle, or step through the audio to check for necessary volume or pan

adjustments.

The keyboard can control either the Source or Record monitor, depending on which monitor

was active when you opened the Audio Mixer tool. Switch your selection by clicking the

appropriate monitor.

7. Decide whether to raise or lower the volume.To change an audio level value in a mix pane,

do one of the following:

t Click a number along the vertical edge of the Level slider.

t Click the Level slider, type a value, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).