Submixes – Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 User Manual
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Chapter 4
Working with Multitrack Projects
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For example, you could route every dialogue track for a particular actor to a bus with
the actor’s name. You could adjust the volume of all the actor’s dialogue using the bus
volume fader and add an EQ effect that brings out the actor’s voice in the mix. You
could then route that audio bus to a particular submix. The main reason to apply
effects this way (rather than directly on the track) is so you can control the amount and
characteristics of the effect on multiple tracks using one set of controls.
For more information about using busses and sends, see “
Submixes
Submixes let you combine the audio from different tracks and busses and route the
audio to physical outputs. If you are using external audio hardware that supports
multiple physical outputs, you can add submixes to a project and choose the physical
output to which each submix routes its audio. For more information about signal
routing in Soundtrack Pro, see “
Basic Signal Routing in Soundtrack Pro
For example, you could route the audio from the dialogue tracks for each actor to a
submix called “Dialogue” and then route all of the dialogue from that submix to a
single output jack. You could route all music tracks to another submix and all effects
tracks to a third submix. Then you could adjust the volume or add effects separately to
each submix. For a final stereo mix, you could route all submixes to the same pair of
physical output channels (channels 1 and 2, for example), or to separate outputs. In the
case of a surround mix, you could route all submixes to channels 1–6. For a detailed
explanation of this example, see “
Example: Mixing a Project with Dialogue, Music,
Each submix has a color label, a name, an icon, and a set of controls that appear in the
submix’s header in the Timeline and in its channel strip in the Mixer. Submix controls
include a volume slider, a pop-up menu where you can choose the physical output
channels for the submix, and buttons to mute or solo the submix and add effects. Each
submix channel strip includes level meters you can use to watch the submix’s levels
and a set of effects slots where you can add and order effects and sends. Submixes do
not have pan controls or Arm for Recording buttons.