Patching Tracks
When working with multiple tracks, you occasionally encounter a circumstance where you must edit source audio or video onto a track other than the parallel track displayed in the Track Selector panel. To edit the source material onto another record track above or below it, you must patch the source track to the targeted record track.
You can perform only one patch per edit, but there is no limit on the number of times you can patch from the same source track, and you can perform several patches prior to an edit. Audio can patch only to audio, and video only to video.
To perform a patch:
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Drag from a source track (audio or video) to the targeted record track.
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A white arrow appears during the patch.
To undo a patch:
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Manually repatch to the previous track.
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The selected source track moves beside the record track to which it is patched as soon as you draw the arrow and release the mouse. The patched track remains highlighted in preparation for your edit. You can proceed to select any other tracks required for the edit.
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When you patch from one video track to another, the Video Track
Monitor icon moves to the track you are patching if Auto-monitoring
is selected in the Edit tab of the Timeline Settings dialog box (see
Timeline Settings Options (Edit Tab)). Return to monitoring the topmost
track, when necessary, to play back and output all video tracks.
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