mixing

by dragging and dropping, 75, 152 events, 163

from clipboard, 76

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 from stereo, 180

converting to stereo or multichannel, 179 mono to stereo conversion, 105

See also stereo to mono conversion mono-compatibility meters, 48 mouse shortcuts, 336

mouse terminology, 21 mouse wheel navigation, 21 moving

markers, 115 regions, 125

MTC sync, 257–259 MTU, 341

Multi-Band Dynamics effect, 41, 209 multichannel audio

applying effects, 195 cutting selections in, 73 deleting selections in, 74 editing, 109–112 editing files, 110 opening files, 110 recording, 136–138

routing channels to hardware outputs, 110 supported file formats, 109 synchronizing sonograms, 286 synchronizing Spectrum Analysis graphs, 282

multichannel files creating from mono, 179 overview, 51 previewing channels, 53 selecting data, 52 single-channel editing, 53 toggling channel selections, 53

Multi-Tap Delay effect, 41, 209 musical instrument files, 245–248 musical time intervals, 123 Mute button, 40

Mute process, 185

N

naming

automatically naming markers, 115 automatically naming regions, 124 markers, 114

regions, 124

navigating overview bar, 85

previewing audio with pre-roll, 83 scrubbing, 86–87

setting cursor position, 83 Spectrum Analysis graphs, 282 using mouse wheel, 21

Navigation toolbar, 38 New button, 36

New Window dialog, 65

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, 55–57 multichannel audio files, 110 Playlist files, 134

Regions List files, 129 workspaces, 69

optimization

hard disk defragmentation, 307 meters, 307

passive update, 307–308

playback cursor and record counter, 307 total buffer size, 307

overview bar

audio event locator, 87 navigating, 85 playing audio, 85 understanding, 84–85

overwriting selections, 147

P

pan envelopes creating, 188 customizing, 188

Pan/Expand button, 40 Pan/Expand process

creating pan envelopes, 188 customizing pan envelopes, 188

Paragraphic EQ, 40, 182

Parametric EQ, 40, 182

passive updating of displays, 307–308

INDEX ix