User manual M-AUDIO PRO TOOLS V8.0 REFERENCE GUIDE

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Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice. [. . . ] View Second Track (Crossfades Only) Fades dialog, fade-out If you are cross-fading between more than one track this button allows you to view and preview the audio of the second in a pair of adjacent tracks. View Both Tracks (Crossfades Only) Click this button to display the waveforms of the first two adjacent tracks in a multitrack crossfade. Fades dialog, crossfade Chapter 26: Fades and Crossfades 513 Fade Curves Only Zoom In Click this button to display the specified fade curves without showing the actual audio waveforms. Fade Curves and Separate Waveforms Click this button to scale the view of the waveform's amplitude upwards. Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) for the default view scale. Zoom Out Click this button to display the specified fade curves along with separate views of the fade-in and fade-out waveforms. Fade Curves and Superimposed Waveforms Click this button to scale the view of the waveform's amplitude downwards. Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) for the default view scale. Fade-Out Shape Settings Click this button to display the specified fade curves along with superimposed views of the fade-in and fade-out waveforms. Fade Curves and Summed Waveform Fade-Out Shape The Out Shape setting lets you define the shape of the fade-out from a region for a fade, or from region 1 for a crossfade. Click this button to display the specified fade curves along with a single waveform representing the summation of the any crossfaded audio. This creates a general-purpose fade that can be edited by dragging the curve itself. 514 Pro Tools Reference Guide S-Curve Selects an S-shaped curve, which inverts its beginning and end characteristics. This makes it possible to fade out faster at the curve's start and slower at its end, for example. S-shaped curves can be useful with material that is difficult to crossfade effectively. Preset Curves Seven commonly used preset curves are provided for fast crossfade creation. These can be edited by dragging the end points of the curve in the curve editor portion of this dialog. The seven presets are as follows: Preset Curve 1 stays at full volume throughout the fade, then immediately drops the volume at the end of the fade. Preset Curve 4 fades out with a linear fade. This is the default curve. Preset Curve 4 Preset Curve 5 fades out quickly at the beginning of the crossfade. Preset Curve 5 Preset Curve 6 drops the volume even more quickly at the beginning of the fade. Preset Curve 1 Preset Curve 2 fades out relatively slowly, keeping the volume fairly high throughout the duration of the fade. Preset Curve 6 Preset Curve 7 silences any audio at the beginning of the fade. Preset Curve 2 Preset Curve 7 Preset Curve 3 fades out slightly faster, keeping the volume slightly lower during the fade. Preset Curve 3 Chapter 26: Fades and Crossfades 515 Link Settings (Crossfades Only) None Disables linking between the fade-out and fade-in curves, and lets you freely adjust them separately, including start and end points. This option also allows you to create custom crossfade shapes. Fade Link The Link setting links the selected fade-out and fade-in curves of a crossfade. This ensures that the resulting crossfade is an equal power or equal gain crossfade, depending on which one you select. Equal Power Recommended for material that is not phase coherent, as in the case of a crossfade between two completely different types of material. Use this option to avoid the volume drop that can occur with an Equal Gain crossfade. With this fade, you can Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the fade curve to reset it to its default shape. Equal Gain Recommended for material that is phase-coherent or nearly phase-coherent, as in the case of a crossfade between identical regions/instruments (for example, a repeated drum loop). [. . . ] You can choose from a variety of standard QuickTime codecs, which are fully compatible with other QuickTime applications. 25 720p/50 1080i/50 25 1080i/50 720p/ 59. 94 29. 97 720p/ 59. 94 1080i/ 59. 94 29. 97 1080i/ 59. 94 Because all formats and codecs have not been tested, you should verify the QuickTime movie bounced successfully. Pro Tools cannot bounce audio or video to an MPEG-2 video file. To bounce video and audio in the video track to a QuickTime movie: 1 Finalize your mix. 2 Make sure the video track you want to bounce is currently the main video track. (The track's Video Online button must be highlighted blue. ) 3 Make sure that all of the audio tracks you want * The video output format may displayed on the external monitor. Windows Media (VC-1 AP) Output (Windows Vista Only) Pro Tools lets you output Windows Media (VC-1 AP) video to NTSC or PAL monitors via any device that is compatible with standard DirectShow output. to include in the bounce are audible (not muted or inactive). 4 Assign the output of each of the tracks you For a list of devices explicitly tested for Windows Media (VC-1 AP) output from Pro Tools, visit the Digidesign website (www. digidesign. com/compatibility). want to include in your bounce to the same stereo output or bus path. Chapter 48: Working with Video in Pro Tools 1059 5 Do one of the following: To bounce the entire session, click Return to Zero in the Transport window to go to the beginning of the session. [. . . ]