Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 274)

274 Chapter 8 Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro
The controls a channel strip contains depend on whether it is a track, bus, or submix
channel strip. The controls for each type are as follows:
The channel strips in the Mixer make it easy to see the settings for all the tracks, busses,
and submixes in your project at once and to adjust those settings relative to each other
as you create the overall mix.
In the Mixer, the channel strips appear in order corresponding to their order in the
Timeline. Top-to-bottom order in the Timeline corresponds to left-to-right order in the
Mixer. You can reorder tracks in the Mixer and have the new order reflected in the
Timeline. Changes you make to controls such as volume and pan also show up in the
track controls when you open the project in the Timeline.
Using Custom Layouts for Mixing
You can rearrange the Soundtrack Pro layout to suit your particular mixing workflow.
There are numerous possible combinations. You can tear off tabs and have them float
over the Soundtrack Pro window or show them on a second display. One default layout
(in addition to the standard layout) floats the Mixer and the Video tabs as separate
windows. This allows you to further resize the Mixer and the Video windows to an
arrangement that is convenient for mixing.
Track channel strips Bus channel strips Submix channel strips
Color label Color label Color label
Icon Icon Icon
Effects slots Effects slots Effects slots
Output pop-up menu Output pop-up menu Output pop-up menu
Panners (stereo or surround) Panners (stereo or surround) —
Volume fader and value slider Volume fader and value slider Volume fader and value slider
Level meters with peak indicator Level meters with peak indicator Level meters with peak indicator
Arm for Recording button — —
Mute button Mute button Mute button
Solo button Solo button Solo button
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