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The audio editor – Apple Motion 2 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Getting To Know Motion

The Audio Editor

The Audio Editor provides a view of your audio elements over time. You can view and
modify the level and pan information for the audio files in your project. You can also
view the audio waveforms of your objects. In many ways, the Audio Editor is simply a
specialized Keyframe Editor just for audio. For more on using the Audio Editor, see

Working With Audio

” on page 877.

To display the Audio Editor, do one of the following:

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Choose Window > Audio Editor.

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Press Command+9.

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If the Timing pane is already visible, click the Audio Editor tab at the top of the pane.

Audio Editor Controls

The left side of the Audio Editor contains four rows of controls for the audio object
currently in view. The top row controls playback, the second row controls the In and
Out points of audio clips, the third row controls the selected object’s level, and the
fourth row controls its pan settings.

Playback controls

Play Range controls

Level controls

Pan controls

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