Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 855)

68 Part I Media and Project Management
Controls in the Audio Mixer
The controls in the Audio Mixer are comparable to those of an automated hardware
mixing console. Each audio track in the currently selected sequence (or audio track in
the Viewer) is represented by a track strip, complete with solo and mute buttons, a
stereo panning slider, a level fader, and a peak meter.
The Audio Mixer tab appears in the Tool Bench window and is divided into three areas:
 Track Visibility area
 Track Strips area
 Master area
Additional Audio Mixer controls appear above these three main areas:
 Record Audio Keyframes button
 View buttons
 Source pop-up menu
To open the Audio Mixer, do one of the following:
m Choose Tools > Audio Mixer.
m Press Option-6.
Master area Track Strips
area Track Visibility
area
View buttons
Source pop-up menu
Record Audio
Keyframes button