Applying Audio EQ Effects
Audio Loop Play button
Fast Menu button
Track Selection Menu button


To adjust audio EQ for a track:
1.  Load the sequence containing the audio track.
2.  (Option) Isolate a portion of an audio segment by placing add edits. See Isolating Clip Portions for Adjustment.
3.  (Option) Mark a range of audio segments by adding IN to OUT points in the track. See Marking IN and OUT Points.
4.  Select Tools > Audio EQ.
5.  Click the Track Selection Menu button in the Audio EQ tool, and select the audio track to be adjusted.
The Track Selector panel in the Timeline is updated to reflect your selection.
  If multiple tracks are enabled in the Timeline, then plus signs (+) appear next to the enabled tracks in the Audio EQ tool.
6.  Click the Audio Loop Play button to play the currently selected audio clip within the current IN to OUT range. To stop playing the loop, click the button again or click anywhere in the Timeline.
7.  Use one of the following methods to change a value in the Audio EQ tool:
  Click a number along the vertical edge of the Low Shelf, Parametric Midrange, or High Shelf sliders.
  Click the Low Shelf, Parametric Midrange, or High Shelf slider and type a value on the numeric keypad.
Values are cumulative until you press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh). For example, if you want to enter the value 12, type it. However, if you enter 1 and then want to change the value to 2, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh) before typing the 2.
  Click a slider, and then drag the slider to a new position.
  Click the EQ Parameter display and type a value on the numeric keypad.
  Set a value of 0ádB by clicking the slider and entering 0, or by clicking 0 along the vertical edge of the Low Shelf, Parametric Midrange, or High Shelf sliders.
8.  Click the Audio EQ Tool Fast menu button, and select Set EQ to apply the adjustments to the track. The command works as follows on the selected tracks:
  With IN and OUT points: Apply the EQ effect to selected tracks between the points.
  With an IN point (no OUT point): Apply the EQ effect to full clips from the IN point to the end of selected tracks.
  With an OUT point (no IN point): Apply the EQ effect to full clips from the beginning of selected tracks to the OUT point.
  With no points: Apply the EQ effect globally (across entire tracks).
The Audio EQ Tool Fast menu also allows you to remove EQ effects from one track or all enabled tracks, and provides access to a number of predefined EQ templates. For a description of predefined audio templates, see Using Audio EQ Templates.
If there is no EQ setting on the currently selected clip, selecting Set EQ In/Out deletes the EQ settings on all clips within the IN to OUT range.
Set EQ In/Out applies only to the audio track currently selected by the Audio EQ tool. You can change your selected region by eliminating or adding marks in the Timeline, or by selecting a different track.
9.  Play through the audio again, using the Audio Loop Play button.
10.  Repeat steps 6 through 9 until you are satisfied with the EQ adjustments.

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