Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 854)

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Overview of the Audio Mixer
You can use the Audio Mixer to monitor audio levels for
all of your sequence clips, as well as adjust audio levels
and pan settings in real time.
This chapter covers the following:
 About the Audio Mixer (p. 67)
 Controls in the Audio Mixer (p. 68)
 Using Audio Mixer Views (p. 77)
About the Audio Mixer
The Audio Mixer provides faders, panning sliders, and solo and mute controls for each
track in your sequence. There are also Master meters for each audio output channel in
your sequence (determined by the audio output preset of the sequence).
As you make level and pan adjustments in real time, you can record these adjustments as
keyframes, allowing you to automate your mix when you play the sequence back. You
can also use a hardware control surface to control and automate multiple faders at once.
For more information, see “
Using a Control Surface With the Audio Mixer ” on page 98.
After you record level and pan keyframes, you can fine-tune them in the Timeline or
the Viewer using the Pen tool to adjust the clip overlays. For more information, see
“
Changing Audio Levels in the Viewer ” on page 114, “ Adjusting Audio Levels in the
Timeline ” on page 109 and “ Panning Audio in the Timeline ” on page 117.