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Chapter 4
The second track contains a commentary which begins in the
middle of the piece of music and does not end until some time
after the music has ended. You can then reduce the volume
of the music for the complete duration of the commentary by
clicking on Correction, selecting the music track, and reducing
the volume by means of the right-hand control. The origi-
nal sound, which was muted for the duration of the piece of
music, must now also be switched off for the remainder of the
commentary.
For this purpose, create a new piece of music: silence. Create
a generous length. Insert it after the piece of music, and trim
it using the Range button up to the point in the video at which
the commentary ends. If you cannot find the point in the video
easily from the material, calculate the correct position if neces-
sary.
The volume control for the track in which the audio sample
is activated is of course not selectable under Correction, as
changes affecting the volume must be made by means of the
Volume button.
(19) Click on one of these menu symbols to jump from this
menu directly to the Audio Record, Edit menu and to the main
menu.
4.14 Shutdown (OFF)
This button turns off the system. Clicking it does exactly the
same as pushing the manual switch on the front. The power-
down procedure saves all settings, so that after turning on the
machine later you can continue your project where you left off.
The project is saved and then the system is shut down. You
can then turn on the machine only by using the manual switch
on the front of the unit. We warn against shutting down the
machine by pulling the power plug or cutting power to the
machine. You should always turn off your system with the ‘Off’
button or the front switch. Data loss may otherwise occur.
all sound tracks. Click onto ‘Range’, confirm with ‘OK’ and
select the IN and OUT points from the already familiar Range
menu. The Envelope helps you to do this. You can (de)activate
it using the speaker symbol. Click on ‘OK’ in the Range menu.
This creates the sample and adds it just after the currently
activated/marked sample in the Record/Edit menu.
(17) Direct volume control
Use the Volume button to adjust the volume of the active video
scene. You can reduce the volume of the scene (negative dB
value), mute it (slider fully to the left), or increase the volume
(positive values up to 30 dB). Use this control for example to
prevent a soft sound from being drowned by another sound
which is too loud (e.g. piece of music on the background
track).
A change in volume is shown in the light-blue bar which forms
the background to the audio samples. If the volume is re-
duced, the bar at the lower edge of the audio sample is also
displaced. The longer the audio sample, the more clearly of
course the characteristic is displayed.
(18) Indirect volume control
To emphasize a particular audio sample by reducing the
volume of adjacent tracks, use the Correction function. Click
on the sample to be emphasized, which is then highlighted in
blue.
The Correction button modifies the volume of an audio sample
for the complete duration of another audio sample. The change
is shown by the blue bar in the audio sample.
Once you have selected an audio sample (e.g. music) in one
of its sound tracks (e.g. music sound track), you can then
click on the Correction button. A list is displayed containing
all six sound tracks. From this list, select the sound track (e.g.
original sound track) in which you wish to modify the volume of
an audio sample (e.g. vocals). Then slide the control located on
the right of it to the left or right (to reduce or increase the vol-
ume respectively). This changes the sound in the track which
you previously selected (under Correction) for the complete
duration of the audio sample activated in another track.
By way of explanation, consider the following example. You
have assigned audio to three tracks. The first contains the
original sound, which extends throughout the storyboard.
The third track contains a piece of music which begins while
the original sound is running and which ends during a further
original sound. Select this piece of music. Then click on the
Correction button to call up a list of all sound tracks. From this
list, select the original sound track and reduce the volume by
means of the button adjacent to Correction until it is muted.
You now have no original sound for the complete duration of
the piece of music. You can now hear the music at this point
of the video without being disturbed by the original sound.
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