User Manual

Using Volume and Pan Automation
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4. Click the Add Keyframe key on the keyboard ( “ ) or the Add Keyframe button on the Tool
palette to add keyframes along the Timeline.
Your Avid editing application adds a keyframe to each enabled track. If you add a keyframe
for pan, the keyframe applies only to the automation value displayed in the Timeline. For
example, if you are working with pan left automation, the keyframe is added to the pan left
automation values.
A straight line appears in the selected audio track. The line shows the current volume level
for that track in the Audio Mixer tool.
After you add the first keyframe to a segment, you can adjust the volume for the entire clip.
After you add a second keyframe, you can adjust the volume between keyframes.
5. Adjust the volume automation or pan keyframes by doing one of the following:
t Click a keyframe and drag it up or down to increase or decrease the volume or pan at
that point. If there is a point at the same position on another enabled track, it moves also.
When you move the keyframe up or down, the corresponding Volume Level slider or
Pan Value slider in the Audio Mixer tool also moves.
t Click a keyframe and use the sliders, Pan controls, Position controls, or other controls in
the Audio Mixer tool to adjust the volume or pan.
t To snap to the decibel lines, press and hold the Ctrl key (Windows) or the Command key
(Macintosh) while you drag the point.
t Move a keyframe horizontally to move the start or end of a ramp. Place the pointer over
a keyframe. When the pointer changes to the hand pointer, press and hold the Alt key
(Windows) or the Option key (Macintosh), click the keyframe, and drag it.