User Manual

Mixing Down Audio Tracks
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The Change Sample Rate dialog box opens.
3. Choose from the following options:
4. Click OK.
Mixing Down Audio Tracks
When you work with multiple audio tracks while editing your material, you might need to mix
down the final audio to a multichannel track or to a mono track. When you mix down audio, your
Avid editing application inserts the mixdown audio in the next available track in the Timeline by
default. You can override the default target track by selecting another one in the Audio Mixdown
dialog box.
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You cannot mix down compressed audio.
To mix down several edited audio tracks to one or two audio tracks:
1. Load a sequence into the Record monitor.
2. Click the Track buttons in the Track Selector panel to select the audio tracks you want to mix
down.
3. Mark an In point and an Out point at the start and end of the material you want to mix down.
If you do not mark the section of audio you want to mix down, the system mixes down all of
the selected audio tracks.
4. Select Special > Audio Mixdown.
Option Description
Sample Rate Lets you choose between 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz, (and 88.2_kHz
and 96_kHz if attached to Nitris DX or Mojo DX). The broadcast
standard for most high-end video postproduction houses is 48 kHz.
Choose the rate based on the requirements of your facility.
Quality Lets you choose the conversion quality: High, Medium, and Low.
Delete Original
Media
When you select this option, the system automatically deletes the
original media after the conversion process completes.
Target Drive Identifies the drive for the new media files. Make sure that you choose
a target drive with enough storage space for the generated media files
and the ability to play back media.