User Manual

Displaying Audio Formats in Bins
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A line appears through the button, and you cannot hear audio through your speakers or
headphone. The Mute buttons on individual tracks do not change when you use the Master
Volume button to mute audio.
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This does not apply to software-only models using Windows Vista and later.
To mute an individual audio track:
t Click the Mute button in the Track Control panel for the track you want to mute.
To mute all audio tracks:
t Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) the Mute button on any track.
To turn the volume for audio tracks back on:
t Click the Mute button to deselect it.
Displaying Audio Formats in Bins
You can select a bin heading to display the audio formats in the bin. The applicable audio format,
AIFF-C, WAVE, PCM, or SDII (Macintosh), appears in the Audio Format column for master
clips.
To add the Audio Format column to a bin:
1. With a bin in Text view, select Bin > Choose Columns.
The Bin Column Selection dialog box opens.
2. Click Audio Format in the list to select it.
3. Click OK.
The Audio Format column appears in the bin.
Working with Surround Sound Audio
Avid editing applications let you edit audio in mono and multichannel formats, including
surround sound audio. You can hear this audio as either mixdown multichannel audio or as true
stereo and surround sound using two, six, or eight speakers.
Six-channel and eight-channel digital surround sound systems use several different 5.1 and 7.1
speaker formats that constitute a standard in major motion pictures, music, and digital television.
Speaker layouts generally use left and right speakers, left rear and right rear surround speakers,
left side and right side surround speakers, center speaker, and a low frequency effects (LFE)
speaker. The following table summarizes the supported multichannel formats and standard
speaker configurations.