mixing
by dragging and dropping, 75, 152 events, 163
monitor for video previewing, 276
monitoring audio input levels while recording, 143 monitoring levels
decibels, defined, 43 digital vs. analog levels, 44 setting digital audio levels, 44
mono files
converting to stereo or multichannel, 179 mono to stereo conversion, 105
See also stereo to mono conversion
mouse terminology, 21 mouse wheel navigation, 21 moving
applying effects, 195 cutting selections in, 73 deleting selections in, 74 editing,
multichannel files creating from mono, 179 overview, 51 previewing channels, 53 selecting data, 52
N
naming
automatically naming markers, 115 automatically naming regions, 124 markers, 114
navigating overview bar, 85
previewing audio with
setting cursor position, 83 Spectrum Analysis graphs, 282 using mouse wheel, 21
Navigation toolbar, 38 New button, 36
new windows. See data windows, creating Noise Gate effect, 41, 104, 211
Noise Reduction button, 42 noise shaping
dangers of, 103, 177 overview, 103, 177
Normal zoom ratio preference, 88 Normalize button, 40 Normalize process
applying dynamic compression, 104 overview, 104, 186
O
online help, 18 Open dialog, 36, 56 opening
Cutlist files, 134 files,
Regions List files, 129 workspaces, 69
optimization
hard disk defragmentation, 307 meters, 307
passive update,
playback cursor and record counter, 307 total buffer size, 307
overview bar
audio event locator, 87 navigating, 85 playing audio, 85 understanding,
P
pan envelopes creating, 188 customizing, 188
Pan/Expand button, 40 Pan/Expand process
creating pan envelopes, 188 customizing pan envelopes, 188
passive updating of displays,
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