Hiding keyframes

1.Select the track for which you want to hide keyframes.

2.From the View menu, choose Show Envelopes, and choose Surround Pan Keyframes from the submenu.

Deleting keyframes

Right-click a keyframe and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Rendering surround projects

Rendering a surround project creates six mono files (AIFF, WAV, W64, or PCA) or a single 5.1-channel file (AC-3, WMA, and WMV) that your authoring application can use to create DVD-Video or 5.1-channel music projects.

With the addition of the Sony 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack, you can render AC-3 files using ACID software and burn the resulting files to DVD.

Note: Before rendering your surround project, check your surround authoring application’s documentation to determine its required audio format. Some encoders require a specific low-pass filter cutoff frequency and rolloff, and your encoder may require that no filter be applied before encoding. Use the Audio tab of the Project Properties dialog to configure a low-pass filter. For more information, see Setting up surround projects on page 236.

1.From the File menu, choose Render As. The Render As dialog appears.

2.From the Save in drop-down list, choose the drive and folder where the file will be saved.

3.Enter a new name for the project in the File name box. A separate file will be created for each channel using this name as a base.

For example, if you type My Project in the File name box and render your project using wave files, the following files would be created: My Project Left.wav, My Project Right.wav, My Project Center.wav, My Project LFE.wav, My Project Left Surround.wav, and My Project Right Surround.wav.

4.From the Save as type drop-down list, choose the desired file format. If you have the Sony AC-3 Encoder, you can choose AC-3from the list.

5.Choose 44,100 Hz, 16 Bit, Mono, PCM from the Template drop-down list if you want to render six mono files, or choose an appropriate 5.1-channel template if the selected file type supports it.

6.Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to save only the portion of the project that is contained within the Loop Region. Loop Playback does not need to be selected for this option to work.

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