Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 497)

2 In the Insert Tracks dialog, select your options, then click OK.
Select the types of tracks
you want to add.
Specify where you want
to add the tracks.
Enter the number
of tracks to add.
• Track type: Select the appropriate checkbox to add audio and/or video tracks.
• Number of tracks: Enter the number of tracks for either video or audio. A sequence can
have a total of 99 video tracks and 99 audio tracks.
• Specify a location: Choose where you want the tracks located:
• Before Base Track: This inserts the new tracks before the first track in the Timeline.
Existing tracks and their clips will be moved up. For example, if one video track is
added before the base track of a sequence with two existing video tracks, V1 and
V2, these tracks along with their clips will be moved to V2 and V3. Track V1 is the
new, empty track.
• After Last Track: This inserts the new tracks after the last track in the Timeline. If your
last track is V2, and you add three video tracks, tracks V3, V4, and V5 are created.
When you add a single video track before a track that contains clip items, those video
clip items move up one track, but any audio items linked to them do not. This results in
an offset between the track number of that clip’s video and the track numbers of that
clip’s audio, but the clip’s audio and video are still linked and in sync.
When you add a single
video track, other video
tracks move up...
...but the audio tracks
do not.
497 Chapter 34 Working with Tracks in the Timeline