Contents
Getting Started
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Contents
Analyzing and Fixing Problems in an Audio File
Solving Audio Problems
Mixing Stereo
Surround Projects
About This Book
About Soundtrack Pro
What You’ll Need
1Starting Your Project Assembling Media
To open Soundtrack Pro
Opening Soundtrack Pro
Do You Need More Equipment?
Setting Up Your Computer’s Audio System
To create a new multitrack project
Creating a New Multitrack Project
To set a project’s sample rate
Click the Project tab and enter settings for your project
To locate files using the Browser
Assembling Media in Soundtrack Pro
Browsing for Media
Searching for Files
To search for files using the Search tab
To add a file to the Favorites tab
Adding Files to the Favorites Tab
Where’s Your Media?
Indexing Your Personal Media Files
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2Assembling Your Multitrack Project
Music
Working with Multitrack Projects
To play your project
Playing and Saving a Multitrack Project
To do this Do this
To stop playback
To save your project
Assembling Your Multitrack Project
To add an audio clip to a track
Adding Clips to the Timeline
To add a video file to the video track in your project
Editing Clips in the Timeline
To change the length of a clip
To move a clip on a track
To delete a clip
To cut a clip into several segments
To cut all clips down the length of the Timeline
Adding Markers to the Timeline
To add a marker to the Timeline
To add name or comment text to a marker
To move the playhead between markers
To reshape a fade’s contour using the Fade Selector HUD
Creating a Fade in an Audio Clip
To create a fade in a clip in the Timeline
To add a crossfade between two audio clips
Adding a Crossfade Between Two Clips
Adding Tracks, Busses, and Submixes to a Multitrack Project
Adding, Moving, and Removing Tracks, Busses, and Submixes
Customizing a Track, Bus, or Submix
To change the color of a track or bus
To change the icon for a track, bus, or submix
Working with Stereo and Surround Track Panners
To adjust stereo panning on a track
Understanding Surround Sound
To switch a track or bus panner to surround
Move the puck to determine where the sound goes
To adjust surround panning on a track
Routing Your Multitrack Project
Adding Effects to Your Multitrack Project
Compressor effect is selected
Assembling Your Multitrack Project
To automate a track’s parameters
Control-click the envelope point, choose Set Value from
Editing Audio Files
Working with Individual Audio Files
How Soundtrack Pro Processes Audio Files
Where to Edit Audio Files
Tracking File and Clip Relationships
Editing Single Audio Files in File Editor Project View
To save an audio file project or other single audio file
Opening a Logic Pro Audio File in Soundtrack Pro
To open a Logic Pro audio file in Soundtrack Pro
To send the edited audio back to Logic Pro
Adding Processes and Effects to a File with Actions
Here are some easy ways to work with actions
To flatten your Actions list
Flattening an Actions List
Scrubbing a File
Using the File Editor Tools
To scrub a file
To zoom in to a file
Zooming In to a File
Editing a File’s Samples
What Is a Sample?
To edit a file’s samples
To time stretch a file
Time Stretching an Audio File
To view a file’s frequency spectrum
Editing a File in Frequency Spectrum View
To select a frequency region
To view the Soundtrack Pro advanced frequency controls
Analyzing and Fixing Problems in an Audio File
4Solving Audio Problems
To analyze an audio file for problems
To examine a found problem
To fix problems one at a time
Fundamentals of Mixing
5Mixing Stereo Surround Projects
Working in the Soundtrack Pro Mixer
To do this Do this
Steps for Mixing a Project
Mixing the Voice Tracks
To mix the first set of voice tracks
Adjust each track’s panning
To mix the dialogue tracks Dialog 1 and Dialog
Mixing the Effects and Music Tracks
To mix an effects or music track
Adjusting the Entire Mix
To make changes to the overall mix
Use the Meters tab to watch for clipping
Correcting Clipping on the Master Bus or for Exported Items
Listening One More Time
To find and correct clipping
To listen to a temporary mono mix
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6Exporting Your Multitrack Project
Export Dialog
To export a master mix of a multitrack project
Exporting a Final Mix
Exporting a Submix
Exporting a Multitrack Project to Final Cut Pro
To export a submix
To add podcast markers to your project
Exporting a Podcast
This example has two podcast regions or chapters
Saving a Multitrack Project with Its Media Files
To save a project and its media files together
More Soundtrack Pro Resources
7What’s Next?
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An Introduction to the Soundtrack Pro Interface
Working with Tabs
Timeline
Define project To display from Settings here
File Editor
Conform
Multitake Editor
Mixer
Set the Automation Mode pop-up menu
Toolbar
Bin
Tabs in the Left Pane
Tabs in the Right Pane
Using Preconfigured Interface Layouts
Arranging the Soundtrack Pro Interface
Arranging Tabs
To put any Soundtrack Pro tab in its own floating window
Customizing Your Interface
To save an interface setup as a custom layout
To access your new layout
Saving Your Own Custom Layouts
