Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 894)

Adjusting Levels in Mono Versus Stereo Clips
Track faders in the Audio Mixer control each audio clip independently unless two clips
are a stereo pair.
• Mono or linked mono clips: Track faders can be adjusted independently. For example,
if you’ve captured a clip that has two actors whose dialogue was recorded
independently, one on the left channel and one on the right channel, you can control
their levels separately.
• Stereo pair clips: The faders of both audio tracks are locked together and move as one.
This is useful for stereo music clips, to ensure that level changes are consistent in both
the left and right audio channels.
To change the overall audio level of a clip using a fader
1 Make sure the clip doesn’t have any audio level keyframes already applied.
2 Make sure that the Record Audio Keyframes button in the button bar at the top of the
Audio Mixer is not selected.
3 In the Timeline, position the playhead so that it’s directly over the clip whose audio level
you want to change.
4 In the Audio Mixer, drag the track’s fader up or down to adjust the level.
894 Chapter 56 Using the Audio Mixer