Overview of the audio mixer, About the audio mixer, Controls in the audio mixer – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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You can use the Audio Mixer to monitor audio levels for all of your sequence clips, as well
as adjust audio levels and pan settings in real time.
About the Audio Mixer
The Audio Mixer provides faders, panning sliders, and solo and mute buttons for each
track in your sequence. There are also Master meters for each audio output channel in
your sequence (determined by the audio output preset of the sequence).
As you make audio level and pan adjustments in real time, you can record these
adjustments as keyframes, allowing you to automate your mix when you play the sequence
back. You can also use a hardware control surface to control and automate multiple faders
at once. For more information, see
“Using a Control Surface with the Audio Mixer.”
After you record audio level and pan keyframes, you can fine-tune them in the Timeline
or the Viewer using the Pen tool to adjust the clip overlays. For more information, see
“Changing Audio Levels in the Viewer,” “Adjusting Audio Levels in the Timeline,”
and
“Panning Audio in the Timeline.”
Controls in the Audio Mixer
The controls in the Audio Mixer are comparable to those of an automated hardware
mixing console. Each audio track in the currently selected sequence (or audio track in the
Viewer) is represented by a track strip, complete with solo and mute buttons, a stereo
panning slider, a level fader, and an audio meter.
The Audio Mixer tab appears in the Tool Bench window and is divided into three areas:
• Track Visibility area
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