Apple Soundtrack Pro manuals

Apple Soundtrack Pro User Manual (311 pages)

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Table of contents

Soundtrack Pro

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User Manual

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© 2004 Jean-Paul Bonjour;

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© 2004 Eric Escobar

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Contents

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An Introduction

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Apple Websites

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Other Apple Websites

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Setting Up Your System

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Hard Disk Space

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Connecting Audio Equipment

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FireWire 400 (6-pin)

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(Sometimes labeled iLINK)

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FireWire 400 (4-pin)

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USB (Universal Serial Bus)

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Audio Cabling

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Audio Output

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Example Hardware Setups

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The Soundtrack Pro Interface

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Project Window

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Transport Controls

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Timeline Controls

28

Action Insert bar

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Actions/Analysis buttons

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Actions menu

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Effects button

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Media and Effects Manager

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Browser Tab

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Favorites Tab

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Search Tab

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File list

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Preview controls

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Media pop-up menu

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Effects Tab

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Utility Window

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Recording Tab

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Meters Tab

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Details Tab

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Getting Started

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Audio File Projects

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Setting Up Your Workspace

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Using Project Layouts

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Customizing the Toolbar

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Playing Projects

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Setting the Playhead

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Enter a time position

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Enter a beat position

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Scrubbing a Project

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Looping and Non-Looping Files

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Double-click an

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Using Search to Locate Files

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Select a keyword

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Search Results area

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Click a match category

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These are files that

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Click a button to display

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These are files that match

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Select additional keywords

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Choose Custom from

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Control-click a button, then

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Storing Files in the Bin

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Previewing Audio Files

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Using the Preview Controls

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Using Undo and Redo

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Using Snap

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Reconnecting Media Files

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General Preferences

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Project Preferences

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Recording Preferences

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Synchronization Preferences

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Control Surfaces Preferences

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Video Out Preferences

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Closing Multitrack Projects

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Setting Project Properties

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Sample Rate

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Time Signature

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Overlap Mode

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Setting the Project Length

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Saving Multitrack Projects

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Drag the file from the

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Tracks, Busses, and Outputs

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Tracks, busses, and outputs

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Tracks, busses, and

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Working in the Timeline

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Using the Scroll Bars

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Using the Zoom Control

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Setting Track Height

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Using the Time Ruler

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Drag handle

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Chapter 5

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Working in the Timeline

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Using the Track Controls

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Click the Mute button to mute

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Click the Solo button to solo

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Click the Effects button

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Click the envelopes

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The envelopes appear

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Timeline

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Selecting Audio Clips

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Moving Audio Clips

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Resizing Audio Clips

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Notches indicate the

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Drag the clip to the left

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Truncate Mode

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Crossfade Mode

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Crossfade

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Split Tool button

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Transpose the clip down

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Transpose the clip up

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Command-Option-drag left

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The waveform moves inside

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Working With Markers

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Types of Markers

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Inserting Markers

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Naming Markers

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Moving Markers

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Deleting Markers

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Working in the Mixer

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Steps in Mixing

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Channel strip

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Selecting Channel Strips

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Reordering Channel Strips

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Copying Channel Strips

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Volume value slider

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Setting Channel Strip Output

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Solo button

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Mute button

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Record Enable button

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Channel strip name

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Renaming Channel Strips

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Changing a Channel Strip Icon

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Show (Mixer) pop-up menu

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Channel Strip

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Peak indicator

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Level meters

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Removing Channel Strips

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Turning Effects Off and On

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Replacing an Effect

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Reordering Sends in the Mixer

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Showing Send Settings

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Turning Sends Off and On

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Go buttons

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Value and Location

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Using the Peak Indicators

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Recording Audio in the Mixer

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Creating Multiple Mixes

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Supported Audio File Formats

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Closing Audio File Projects

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Saving Audio File Projects

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Drag this rectangle to

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Spectrum View button

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Waveform View button

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Selected area

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Left channel selected

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Right channel selected

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Moving Between Selections

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Selection Tool button

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Sample Edit Tool button

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Stretch Tool button

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Zoom Tool button

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Processing Audio Files

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Fade Out

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Normalize

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Time Stretch

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Adding Ambient Noise

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Convert to Mono

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Resample

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Reducing Noise

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Working With Actions

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Applying Actions

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Editing Actions

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Turning Actions On and Off

172

Reordering Actions

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Using the Action Insert Bar

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Flattening Actions

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Deleting Actions

176

Analyzing an Audio File

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Types of Audio Analysis

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Setting Analysis Parameters

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Reading Analysis Results

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Fixing Analyzed Problems

180

Working With Video

183

Adding a Video to a Project

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Playing the Video

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Resizing the Video Tab

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Using Video Output Devices

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Viewing Video Details

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Working With a Video’s Audio

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The Time ruler units adjust

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The Time display adjusts to

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Using Markers With Video

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With Markers selected

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The marker is scored

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Working With Audio Effects

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Processing Effects

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Dynamics Effects

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Distortion Effects

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EQ and Filter Effects

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Modulation Effects

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Reverb and Delay Effects

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Meters and Diagnostic Effects

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Miscellaneous Effects

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Working With Realtime Effects

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Adding Realtime Effects

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Bypassing Realtime Effects

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Adding Sends to Tracks

212

Reordering Sends

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Adjusting Send Volume

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Adjusting Send Pan Position

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Bypassing Sends

213

Removing Realtime Effects

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Working With Effect Presets

217

Working With Automation

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Master Envelopes

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Adding Envelope Points

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Selecting Envelope Points

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Moving Envelope Points

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Nudging Envelope Points

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Deleting Envelope Points

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Click the Auto checkbox for

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Recording Automation Data

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Working With Timeslices

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Drag in the selection bar

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Deleting Timeslices

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Recording Audio

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Recording a Single Take

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Recording Multiple Takes

238

Saving Recorded Clips

239

Recorded area

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Using Control Surfaces

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With Soundtrack Pro

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Premapped Controls

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Exporting Multitrack Projects

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Exporting a Project Mix

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Exporting With Compressor

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Files Together

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Using Soundtrack Pro With

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Waveform Editor

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Clips or Sequences

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258 Chapter 14

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260 Chapter 14

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Using Apple Loops Utility

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Assets drawer

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Playback controls

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Main window

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Tags Tab

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Transients Tab

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Assets Drawer

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Working With Transients

271

Saving Changes to Files

273

General and File

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Navigation

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Key and Scale Type Tagging

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Descriptor Tagging

277

Transients

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Keyboard Shortcuts

279

General Editing

281

Navigating in the Timeline

282

Tracks and Markers

284

Video Out

284

Recording

285

Audio Basics

287

Musical Sounds

288

Recording Sound

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Analog Recording

290

Digital Recording

290

Sample Rate and Bit Depth

291

Digital Distortion

292

Solutions to Common Problems

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Calling AppleCare Support

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298 Index

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Index 299

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300 Index

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Index 301

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302 Index

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Index 303

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304 Index

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Index 305

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306 Index

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Index 307

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308 Index

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Index 309

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310 Index

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Index 311

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