Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 - Manual (Page 121)

• Collect Unused Audio Files: Includes media files you have deleted from the project but
that remain in the Bin. If you do not want to include these media files, deselect this
checkbox.
Note: Optionally, you can open the Bin, select the audio files you want to remove, then
choose Remove Unused from the Media pop-up menu.
• Collect Video File: Saves the project’s video file in the same folder as the project.
• Save Edited Media Locally: Saves the project’s edited audio files in the same folder as
the project (in a subfolder named Media). If this checkbox is not selected, edited media
is saved to the edited media location defined in Soundtrack Pro preferences.
Note: Multitrack projects are saved as documents with the extension.stmp.
5 You can optionally click the New Folder button to create a new folder for the collected
project.
6 Click Save to save the project.
If the folder already contains any of the media files, an alert appears, asking if you want
to replace the existing files.
Note: Because video files can be very large, if you save a multitrack project collected (by
selecting the Collect Audio Files or Collect Video File checkbox in the Save As dialog), it
may take several minutes and may require a large amount of disk space to save the
project.
Adding Files to a Multitrack Project
Once you’ve located and previewed an audio file you want to add, you drag the file to
the Timeline to add it to the project. When you drag an audio file to the Timeline,
Soundtrack Pro creates an audio clip from the audio file and adds the clip to the project.
An audio clip does not contain the actual audio data; instead, it contains a reference to
the file stored on disk. Editing an audio clip in the Timeline does not change the source
audio file.
To add an audio file from the media tabs
Do one of the following:
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Drag the file from one of the media tabs to a track in the Timeline.
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Drag the file from the File list to the strip between two existing tracks.
A new track is created and the clip is added to the track.
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Drag the file from the File list to the empty part of the Timeline below the Master bus.
A new track is created and the clip is added to the track.
121 Chapter 5 Working with Multitrack Projects