Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 - Manual (Page 69)

This chapter describes the kinds of projects you can create in Soundtrack Pro and how
to work with windows, use layouts, play projects, and set Soundtrack Pro preferences.
This chapter covers the following:
• About Multitrack and Audio File Projects (p. 69)
• Setting Up Your Workspace (p. 72)
• Using Keyboard Shortcuts and Shortcut Menus (p. 76)
• Undoing and Redoing Changes (p. 77)
• About Changing Values and Timecode Entries (p. 78)
• Locating and Adding Audio Files (p. 81)
• About the Bin (p. 89)
• Previewing Audio Files (p. 93)
• Playing Projects (p. 95)
• Using Snapping (p. 99)
• Reconnecting Media Files (p. 101)
About Multitrack and Audio File Projects
Soundtrack Pro has two native project file formats to support state-of-the-art multitrack
audio editing and powerful nondestructive audio waveform editing:
• Multitrack project (.stmp): Similar to a Final Cut Pro project, this file contains multiple
tracks with clips that refer to media files elsewhere on your disk.
• Audio file project (.stap): This format allows nondestructive editing of audio files.
Multitrack Projects
Multitrack projects contain multiple audio tracks in the Timeline. As in a Final Cut Pro
project, importing a media file creates a clip in Soundtrack Pro that then refers to the
original media file. You can arrange audio clips within tracks and synchronize them to a
single video clip in the video track.
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