Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 122)

122 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express Interface
Audio Controls
 Audio Controls button: Click to display the mute and solo buttons to the left of each
audio track in the Timeline. By default, these controls are hidden.
 Mute and solo controls: Use to enable and disable audio playback on individual tracks
for monitoring purposes.
 Mute: Click to turn off audio playback for that track. The mute button affects
monitoring during playback only. Muting a track does not delete panning or audio
level keyframes for the clip items in that track, nor does it prevent audio
automation.
 Solo: Click to listen only to an individual track. When you solo a track, all others are
muted except other tracks already soloed. For example, if you click the solo button
on track A1, and it’s the only track with solo selected, all other audio tracks are
muted. If you enable the solo button on multiple tracks, all tracks with solo
enabled play back, while all other tracks are muted.
Note: Mute and solo controls only affect playback in the Timeline. They do not
suspend audio output during Print to Tape operations, or when exporting to a movie
or audio file.
Mute control
Solo control
Audio Controls button