Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 677)

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Choose Show Audio Waveforms from the Track Layout pop-up menu in the Timeline.
Click here to access
the Track Layout
pop-up menu.
Turning off audio waveforms speeds up the time it takes to redraw the clips in the Timeline,
which can improve performance, especially when you are not focused on audio editing.
You can turn audio waveforms on and off at any time by pressing Command-Option-W.
Waveform on
Waveform off
Displaying Overlays and Adjusting Track Height in the Timeline
If you want to display waveforms in the Timeline, you may want to show audio level
overlays and adjust the track height.
Track Height control
Clip Overlays control
• Clip Overlays control: You can display or hide clip overlays at any time by clicking the
Clip Overlays control at the bottom of the Timeline window. Audio level overlays appear
as thin pink lines that indicate the sound level of each audio clip item. Any keyframes
added to the levels appear as handles directly on top of the overlay. For more
information on adjusting audio levels using overlays, see
“Mixing Audio in the Timeline
and Viewer.”
677 Chapter 43 Audio Editing Basics