User manual APPLE SOUNDTRACK PRO 2

[. . . ] Soundtrack Pro 2 User Manual K Apple Inc. Copyright © 2007 Apple Inc. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of Soundtrack Pro software may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, such as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid for support services. [. . . ] To set the output for a submix in the Mixer: m In the channel strip for the submix, choose the output channel or set of channels from the Output pop-up menu. The options listed in the Output pop-up menu depend on the number of available physical outputs and the number of submixes in your project. For more information about setting the output, see "Setting Hardware Outputs" on page 265. Chapter 8 Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro 279 Note: You can create submixes independently of the audio hardware connected to your computer and can route audio to an output that does not correspond to a physical output. In most situations, each submix in a project should correspond to a physical output on the audio interface or other hardware connected to your computer. Submixes that do not correspond to a physical output will not be heard. You may set as many submixes in a project to the same physical output device or output channel as you like. To select an audio interface as the output device: m Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Sound, then click the Output button. For more information about these settings, see "Setting the Audio Input and Output" on page 22. Muting and Soloing Channel Strips You can mute and solo channel strips in the Mixer in order to hear or silence specific tracks, busses, or submixes. To mute a channel strip: m Click the channel strip's Mute button. To solo a channel strip: m Click the channel strip's Solo button. Click the button again to unsolo the channel strip. Arm for Recording button Bypass Effects button Mute button Solo button To exclusively solo a channel strip: m Option-click the Solo button. When you export a project, all unmuted tracks, busses, and submixes are included in the exported file. If you export a track, bus, or output that is muted (including being muted by having another track soloed), the exported file contains no audio. Enabling Track Channel Strips for Recording You can enable a track channel strip for recording. When you enable a track channel strip for recording, audio will be recorded on the track when you click the Record button in the transport controls. To enable a track channel strip for recording: m Click the Arm for Recording button in the channel strip. You can record only to a track, not to a bus or an output. 280 Chapter 8 Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro Renaming Channel Strips You can rename a channel strip to help you remember its content or purpose in the overall mix. To rename a channel strip: m Click the channel strip's name (at the top of the channel strip) to select it, then type a new name. Changing a Channel Strip Icon You can change the icon of a channel strip. Icons do not affect the sound, but are useful as a quick visual reference for the channel strip, particularly for projects with many tracks, busses, or submixes. To change a channel strip icon: m Double-click the icon you want to change, then choose a new icon from the icon menu. Double-click the channel strip icon. . . . . . the icon menu appears. Showing and Hiding Sections of the Mixer You can show or hide sections of the Mixer window and sections of channel strips. Hiding sections of the Mixer and the channel strips can be helpful, especially when using Soundtrack Pro with a smaller computer display or when working on projects with a large number of tracks, busses, or submixes. You can show or hide any of the following sections of the Mixer:  Audio tracks  Busses  Submixes Chapter 8 Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro 281 To hide a section of the Mixer: m Choose the section you want to hide from the Show pop-up menu, located at the upper right of the Mixer. Show (Mixer) pop-up menu Channel Strip pop-up menu To hide sections of channel strips: m Choose the section you want to hide from the Channel Strip pop-up menu. The visible sections of the channel strips appear with a checkmark in the Channel Strips pop-up menu. You can show or hide any of the following sections of the channel strips:  Icons  Effects slots  Output pop-up menus  Pan controls  Volume faders and level meters Using the Channel Strip Level Meters Each channel strip includes level meters to the left of its volume fader. [. . . ] See audio interfaces, video interfaces interlaced video 27 interleaved stereo files 473 Invert command 221 iPhoto 384 iPods 377, 389 Items pop-up menu 48 iTunes 377, 389 J joining audio clips 173 Joint Stereo setting 401 JPG files 384 K key items in Bin 90 transposing clips 188 key (musical) 519, 521, 525, 533 Key pop-up menu 100 keyboard shortcuts Apple Loops Utility 532­535 Arrow tool 461 Cycle Region 452 editing 453, 457 File Editor 457 HUDs 450 layouts 450 listed 449­462 markers 458 moving clips 155 navigation 451, 455 nudging items 454 playback 78, 317, 451 playhead 131 puck position 303 recording audio 460 scrubbing audio 201 selecting items 459 shuttling through clips 130, 317 550 Index tabs 450 Timeline 451, 455 Timeslice tool 178, 461 tracks 458 video out 460 window panes 36 keyword buttons 52, 53, 84­85 keywords 52­53, 82­85 adding 85 multiple 83, 85 Keywords list 52, 53, 82 knee parameter 333 L labels 45 Latch automation mode 106, 291, 365 latency described 487 eliminating 516 increased 30 Latency Compensation slider 100 layouts choosing 69 deleting 69 described 68 keyboard shortcuts 450 saving 68 length of files 235 Level menu 513 level meters channel strips 282, 288 effects 340 Meters tab 49 Mixer 45 peak indicators 283 recording audio and 370 Recording tab 50 surround sound 304 Level smoothing slider 342 levels audio 468 instrument levels 494 line levels 494 reverb 339 LFE (low frequency effects) balancing 302 channels 306, 311, 410 enabling 406 interference and 311 limitations 311 multichannel sound and 306 surround sound and 293 LFE Balance slider 302 LFO (low-frequency oscillator) 336­337 Lift tool 165, 179 limiters 333 line levels 494 linear fades 159 linear scale 217 Linear Time Code (LTC) 506 linking items 200 locating recorded files 374 Locked checkbox 58 locking audio clips 118 tracks 119 logarithmic fades 159 logarithmic scale 217 Logic Control protocol 26, 391 Logic post-export actions 416 Loop Sync Master menu 510 looping converting non-looping files to 188 file indicator 90 joining looping files 173 looping files 79 playback 134­135 resizing looping clips 156 low frequency effects. See LFE low-frequency oscillator (LFO) 336­337 low-frequency reverb 339 Low-Pass Filter option 410 low-pass filters 335, 410 LTC (Linear Time Code) 506 M M & E submixes 268­269 M-JPEG format 498 . m2v files 79, 315 . m4p files 404 . m4v files 388 Mac OS X Core Audio 487 Mac OS, version of 517 Mackie Control protocol 26, 391 Magnify button 63, 239 mapping commands to control surfaces 393 marker titles, viewing 184 markers aligning audio clips to Timeline with 186 beat 183­185 chapter markers 381­384 deleting 185, 381 duration 185 editing 382 Final Cut Pro 185­187 images for 380, 386 information about 59 inserting 183 keyboard shortcuts 458 moving 184, 382 Index 551 naming 184, 382 podcast markers 379, 380, 381­384 region markers 185 scoring 185­187 time 183­185, 186 types of 183 URLs 380 uses for 183 using in File Editor 249 using with video 185­187 video frames and 325 working with 183­187 MAS plug-in 23 Master bus about 290 defined 126 envelopes in 364 routing signals to physical outputs 263 in Timeline 39 master envelopes 42, 364 Master Envelopes button 42, 247 master mixes 397­412 master Timeslice 176 mastering process 292 Match EQ effect 181 Matches list 52, 53, 82, 83 matching equalization 181, 228 Maximum Packet Duration field 403 Maximum Packet Size field 403 Measure in pop-up menu 57, 59, 115, 380 measures 56, 109, 133 media files missing files 96 multiple instances of clips based on 167, 197 reconnecting 96 saving with projects 111, 419­420 storing 22 Media pop-up menu 48, 51, 53, 54, 89, 92 memory 21 metadata adding 57 audio clips 115 clips 58 files 58 items in Bin 90 in Project tab 55 saving for Conform projects 441 saving projects with 429 searching for files by 81 working with tagged clips 188 Meter Display menu 512 meters diagnostic 331 effects 339­341 level meters 288­289 preferences 97 recording audio and 370 surround sound controls 304­305 Meters tab 49, 288­289, 304 microphones 26, 485, 494 MIDI Clock pop-up menu 101 MIDI Clock signal 38, 78, 101 MIDI Clock Virtual MIDI Device checkbox 101 MIDI input port 392 MIDI interface 29, 391 MIDI output port 392 MIDI Setup utility 23 MIDI Sync button 38, 78 MIDI Time Code (MTC) 38, 78, 101, 506 MIDI Time Code pop-up menu 101 MIDI Time Code Virtual MIDI Device checkbox 101 midrange frequencies 334, 335 midrange frequencies (sound) 465 mini surround panner 299 MiniDisc recorders 503 minimizing windows 67 miscellaneous effects 341­342 mix (ratio) 337, 339 mixdowns conforming 432, 439 exporting 397­413 sending to Final Cut Pro 430 surround sound output 312 surround-to-stereo 297 updating 432, 440 Mixer 261­292 channel strips in 273­283 described 261 effects in 284­286 hiding 281­282 level meters 305 mixing multitrack projects in 12 overview 44­46 peak indicators 289 realtime effects in 345 recording audio in 291, 374 recording automation in 291 resizing and rearranging windows 274 sends in 286 showing 281­282 volume levels 288 working in 261­292 Mixer Objects outline 61, 138 Mixer pop-up menu 44 mixers 26, 485 mixing audio bitstream settings 408 busses and 270­272 converting stereo to surround sound 307 creating submixes 266 custom window layouts for 274 described 261 552 Index example 266­272 exporting mixes 397­413 final mixes 292 guidelines for 292 Master bus 290 mastering process 292 multiple mixes 292 sends and 270­272 setting output 265 signal routing in 263 Soundtrack Pro features 17 surround sound 299­306 temporary mono mixes 290­291 workflow 262 modification dates 58, 115 modulation effects 331, 336­337 Monitor Device pop-up menu 50, 370 Monitor pop-up menu 100 Monitor Volume slider 37, 44 monitors amplifiers and 26 audio 26, 496 external video monitors 27 quality 496 setting up 485 mono audio channels 121, 402 converting stereo to 228 exporting 312, 396, 401, 415 multiple mono files 396, 415 setting output 265 temporary mono mixes 290 Mono Mix button 37, 44, 291 Motion opening audio in Soundtrack Pro 241 post-export actions 416 using Soundtrack Pro with 434 mouse devices 98 . mov extension 79, 315 movies. See Quicktime movies moving items audio clips 154­156 busses 141 Conform worklist 443 Cycle Region 134 envelope points 324, 355, 358, 361 keyboard shortcuts 155, 454 markers 184 nudging clips 324 podcast and chapter markers 382 puck in surround sound 303 snapping operations 94 submixes 141 Timeslice selections 176 Toolbar buttons 70 tracks 141 video clips 324 windows 67 MP3 files 67, 79, 193, 387, 398, 399­401 MPEG-2 files 79, 315 MPEG-2 playback 79, 315 MPEG-4 files 388, 404 MPEG-4/AAC format 387 MTC (MIDI Time Code) 38, 78, 101, 506 MTC signals 101 multichannel audio channel selections 120 creating 214 creating from separate clips 123 editing 212­214 exporting 312 exporting with Compressor 413 guidelines 306 reordering channels 229 separating channels 122 MultiMeter 340­341 multiple solo 144 multiple soloing 144 multiple-take audio 46, 251, 372, 373 Multipoint Video HUD 64, 322 multitake audio 46, 251, 372, 373 Multitake Editor 251­259 about 46 adding or deleting takes 256 editing in 254­255 example workflow 257­259 illustrated 253 renaming takes 256 reordering takes 257 selecting parts of audio files 253 slipping take regions 255 multitrack audio recorders 24 multitrack projects 65 about 12, 428 adding audio files to 113­114 audio clip properties 114­116 busses in 124 closing 106 creating 105 creating from Final Cut Pro 428­432 distributing 419­420 editing 294 editing files in 193­197 editing source media files 166, 196 envelope selection mode 108 exporting. See exporting items file extensions 111 importing video into 315, 316 length of 110 missing files 96 multitake audio 251­259 opening 105 Index 553 overlap mode 108 playing 71­78 properties 106­108 reconnecting media files 96 recording. [. . . ]