Reference Guide

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Mixing
Waveform Preview for Buses and Synth Tracks
To Hide or Show Peak Markers on an Individual Track or Bus
• Right-click the track or bus, and choose Show Peak Marker from the pop-up menu.
To Jump to a Peak Marker
• Right-click the numeric peak display in the track/bus header strip, and choose Go To Peak from
the context menu (see picture below). Doing so will center the peak location and Now time in the
Clips pane. This is useful because a Peak Marker may be offscreen.
To Hide or Show the Numeric Peak Display
• Click Show Numeric Peak Values in the Meter Options menu.
To Clear Peak Markers From a Track
• Double-click the meter.
Waveform Preview for Buses and Synth Tracks
You can choose to display a waveform for the audio output of a bus or synth track. When you enable
the display function, the amplitude of a bus’s or synth track’s audio signal is graphed in real time as
a waveform. The waveform turns red wherever clipping is occurring. Waveform preview allows you
to visualize a mix and verify levels over the duration of a project, easily detecting peaks and other
level problems that may require attention. You can choose to display Peak Markers if you want to
(see “Peak Markers” on page 615 for more information). If you change the volume of the audio
signal and replay the project, the waveform changes to reflect the new bus or synth track volume.
Each bus or synth track has a Waveform Preview button, which allows you to enable/disable
waveforms display on an individual basis. By default, each button is turned off.
You can change the color of the waveform preview by choosing a color for Waveform Preview in the
Configure Colors dialog (Options > Colors command).
To Enable/Disable Waveform Preview on a Bus or Synth Track
• For buses, find the desired bus in the Bus pane of the Track view, and click the bus’ Waveform
Preview button . This button is also in the Bus Inspector.
• For synth tracks, find the desired synth track in the Track view, and click the track’s Waveform
Preview button . This button is also in the Track Inspector.