User Manual

Audio Displays in the Timeline
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Step Buttons. Left to right, top to bottom: 1 frame backward, 1 frame forward, 10 frames (8 frames for
24p) backward, or 10 frames (8 frames for 24p) forward
4. When you find the correct frame, mark the location, trim the transition, or perform any other
function you choose.
When you sample incoming frames (with the default scrub parameters, for example), the
system places the position indicator at the head of the last sampled audio point. When you
sample outgoing frames, the system places the position indicator at the tail of the last
sampled audio point.
Audio Displays in the Timeline
You can display audio waveforms in the Timeline to help you visually locate points in an audio
track for editing or trimming. Waveforms for multichannel tracks in the Timeline display
waveforms for all channels within a single track, separated by a horizontal divider. For more
information, see “Displaying Audio Waveforms” on page 773.
You can also view a graph for pan and volume information in the Timeline. For more
information, see “Displaying Volume and Pan Values” on page 775.
If you have a sequence with several different sample rates, you can identify a specific sample rate
by color. For more information, see “Identifying Sample Rates by Color” on page 776.
The following notes apply to audio displays:
• When you click a Waveform or Clip Volume/Pan button in the Track Control panel, or when
you Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Macintosh) a Waveform or Clip Volume/Pan
button to display all waveforms or pan displays, the Avid editing application maintains the
display setting with the sequence. You cannot save specific per track settings in a custom
Timeline view.
• You can map the Allow Per Track Settings menu command on the Timeline fast menu to the
keyboard. This provides you a quick method of turning selected track waveform displays off
and on as you edit. For example, if you display waveforms for audio tracks A1 and A2 but
not A3 and A4, and then disable per track settings, no waveforms display in the Timeline.
When you enable per track settings, only A1 and A2 display waveforms. You can save the
menu command state in a custom Timeline view.
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The Avid editing application stores per track settings with the sequence and does not apply them
to other sequences. Timeline views are saved as user settings, so you can apply them to any of
your sequences.