Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 User Manual
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Chapter 3
Setting Up Soundtrack Pro
Timeline
 Move playhead by clicking pop-up menu: Choose whether you can move the playhead
by clicking in both the Timeline and the Time ruler or only in the Time ruler.
 Scrollwheel pop-up menu: Choose whether an attached mouse with a scrollwheel
scrolls the Timeline or zooms in or out at the playhead position.
 Use ellipses(...) in clip names checkbox: When selected, clips in the Timeline with long
names are center-truncated with an ellipsis. “Use ellipses (...) in clip names” is
deselected by default.
Note: Selecting “Use ellipses (...) in clip names” can impact the speed at which the
screen is redrawn during playback.
 Automation Recording Sensitivity slider: Drag to set the level of sensitivity with which
onscreen and control surface movements are recorded. Setting the slider to High
results in all movements being recorded.
Alerts and File Management
 Show Alerts pop-up menu: Choose whether to show the alerts when various
conditions occur (such as disk overload, unsupported sample rates, and so on).
 Save Audio File Project pop-up menu: Choose whether saved audio file projects
include the source audio file in the project or reference it. Note that if you move or
delete the source audio file from a project that references source audio, the project
cannot play.
 Scratch Location button and display: Click this button, then browse to the location of
the disk or folder you want to use as the location for storing temporary files. The
current location is shown in the Scratch Location display.
 Edited Media Location button and display: Click this button, then browse to the
location of the disk or folder you want to use as the location for edited media such as
audio file projects. The current location is shown in the Edited Media Location display.
 New File Handle Length value slider: Enter a handle length (in seconds) for new
files. For more information, see “