How it interacts with Multi-track window |
Controls in the Mixer Control are linked with those available in the Mutli-track window as shown below: |
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Track Volume Controls |
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Track Pan Controls |
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Mute buttons |
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Solo buttons |
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* If you turn on or off the Mute or Solo button on the Mixer Control window, the on/off status of the Mute or Solo button in the Multi-track window also will change accordingly. |
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Group On/Off buttons |
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* If you turn on or off the Group On/Off button on the Mixer Control window, the on/off status of Group On/Off button in the Multi-track window also will change accordingly. |
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Effective usage of the Group feature |
The Group Base Indicator ( ) and Group Member Indicator ( ), both available in the Mixer Control, provide a handy way to group multiple tracks by category so that you can manipulate the tracks in the same group as a unit. Once tracks are grouped, you can apply the same action, such as setting the track volume and turning on/off the Mute or Solo button, to all the tracks that belong to a particular group at once. |
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How to identify group status of individual tracks |
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For example, if you click the Group Base Indicator for the Track 1, it lights up ( ) to indicate it is turned on. Doing this also turns on the Group Member Indicator (the mark changes to ) for the Track 2, indicating that Track 2 is grouped with the Track 1 (Group Base). |
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How to use Group feature |
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1. In this section, we will demonstrate how to group Track 3 and Track 4.
First, click on Track 3. The mark changes to to indicate Track 3 is set as the Group Base. Notice that the Group Member Indicators on all tracks other than Track 3 are turned off( ), indicating that there is no track grouped with Track 3.
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2. Click on the Track4. The Group Member Indicator on the Track 4 will change to as shown above, indicating that Track 3 and Track 4 are now grouped.
To remove a track out of the group, click on that track. The Group Member Indicator on the track you clicked will be light off, indicating that track is no longer a member of the group. |
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Practical example of using Group feature |
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This section describes what you can do with Group feature to make your work more efficiently. Here we used the multi-track sound file as shown below. |
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Using groups on mixing |
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Take a look at Mixer Control and notice that Track 1 and Track 2, the drum sound in stereo, are grouped. |
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Sound artists usually start editing session with mixing four rhythm sections; drum, bass, guitar, and piano. In most cases, they do not modify these sections separately while mixing other audio parts. With this reason, you should group these tracks first. |
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By grouping multiple tracks this way, you will be able to adjust track volume and turn on/off the Mute or Solo button of all tracks in the group at once. This is particularly useful when you want to listen to several tracks only and compare with the other parts of the file or when you need to mix multiple tracks. |
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Moving multiple data at once |
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Grouped data can be moved at once. |
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Double-clicking the Track Label display area displays the Set Track Label dialog. Use this dialog to give a unique name to each track. |
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Using Solo and Mute features |
Solo: plays a particular track only.
Use Mute: turns off the specified tracks only during playback. |
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Clicking the Solo button enables the solo mode, which plays corresponding track (s) only and turns off all other tracks during playback.
To disable the solo mode, click the Solo button again. |
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Clicking the Mute button turns off the corresponding track(s) during playback.
To disable the Mute mode, click the Mute button again.
* You can turn on or off the Solo or Mute buttons for multiple tracks at once by grouping them first. |
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How Solo and Mute buttons work |
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If the Solo button is pressed, remaining tracks will be ignored during playback. |
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To make disabled tracks enabled for playback, click the Solo button again. |
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Turning on the Solo buttons for all tracks turns off all Solo and Mute button status for all tracks in the current window. |
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