Using custom layouts for mixing – Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 User Manual

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Submix channel strips

Bus channel strips

Track channel strips

Color label

Icon

Effects slots

Output pop-up menu

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Panners (stereo or surround)

Volume fader and value slider

Level meters with peak indicator

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Arm for Recording button

Mute button

Solo button

Name

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.

To display the Mixer and Video tabs as separate windows
Do one of the following:

Choose Window > Layouts > Separate Mixer and Video (or press F2).

Using the pointer, drag the Mixer and Video tabs out of their docked positions.

The Mixer and the Video tabs float over the Soundtrack Pro window as separate windows.

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Chapter 12

Basic Mixing in Soundtrack Pro