Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 881)

• Solo button: Click to mute all tracks that don’t have solo turned on. Use the solo button
to listen to a track isolated from the others. For example, if you click the solo button
on track A1, all other audio tracks are muted. If you turn on solo on A1 and A2, both
A1 and A2 play back, and all other tracks are muted.
Tip: Option-clicking a track’s solo button soloes all of the tracks. Option-clicking a solo
button that is already selected deselects all of the tracks’ solo buttons.
Soloing tracks only affects playback; soloed tracks are still output during Print to Video
and Edit to Tape operations, and during export to audio or movie files.
• Panning slider: Use to change a clip’s stereo pan. The panning slider in the Audio Mixer
works the same way as the Pan sliders in the Viewer’s audio tabs. Changes made to
the panning slider can be recorded as keyframes in the clip currently beneath the
playhead. Upon playback, the panning slider is automated by the keyframes and
animates to display the changing pan values in your program.
When you adjust the pan of a stereo audio clip from the Audio Mixer, the panning
sliders of both tracks on which the stereo pair clip appears are locked together. Any
adjustments made to one panning slider affect the other panning slider inversely.
Below the panning slider is a field that displays the exact pan value assigned to the
audio track. To adjust the panning slider numerically, enter a value in this field.
Note: If a clip is on a track that is assigned to a mono (discrete) output, the panning
slider for that track is disabled.
• Fader: Faders are vertical sliders used to adjust the audio levels of clips at the position
of the playhead. Using the fader, you can adjust the audio level of a clip from +12 dB
to -
∞ dB (silence).
If the Record Audio Keyframes button is selected, changes made to a fader are recorded
as keyframes in the current clip or clips beneath the playhead. Upon playback, faders
are automated by keyframes and animate to display the changing levels.
Each fader has tick marks that indicate the current strength of the signal in decibels
(dBFS).
Below each fader is a field that displays the exact audio level setting of the fader. To
adjust the fader numerically, enter a value in this field.
• Track audio level meter: Each track in the Audio Mixer tab corresponds to a track in your
sequence (or in the Viewer) and has an individual meter with a scale from +12 dBFS to
–
∞ dBFS (silence). A track audio meter shows the levels of the current audio clip item
in a track. Use these meters to make sure the average level of each clip is consistent
with similar audio material and that peaks are not above 0 dBFS.
881 Chapter 55 Overview of the Audio Mixer