Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 819)

34 Part I Audio Mixing
Here is the basic audio signal flow in Final Cut Pro:
 Audio tracks in the Timeline
 Output busses
 Hardware audio outputs
 Speakers, devices, or exported files
Audio Tracks
Signal flow begins in the Timeline, where you can have up to 99 audio tracks. Audio
tracks contain audio clip items from clips that you have edited into your sequence. The
signal from each audio track can be routed to an output bus, and multiple audio tracks
can be assigned to the same bus.
Timeline
1
2
1
Output
busses
Speakers
2
1
2
To output busses
Timeline tracks
1 Audio clip
2 Audio clip
3 Audio clip
99 Audio clip