MacroSystem Pro-Pack - Manual (Page 12)

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Depending on the scrolling speed you hear the
audio faster or slower (often referred to as
"scrub audio“).
The wave form has two different display forms.
When scrolling through the scene you see a de-
tailed wave form or a segment of the wave form.
As soon as you receive a preview of the last
second the wave form for the entire playback
time is shown.
A new Clipboard function has also been added
to Audio record/edit screen. If you click on
Special and select Clipboard, you’ll see the four
buttons (Clipboard --> Project, Sample
--> Clipboard, Remove Sample and Sample
from project --> Clipboard) that have the same
functions as those in the Video menu.
Tips:
If you click on Remove Sample, you’ll notice that
the OK button is grayed out and disabled. This
is a safety feature that prevents the accidental
deletion of a file. However, if you want to delete
an audio file, just click on the sample you want
to delete (even if it’s already grayed out) and
then click on the now-active OK button.
3.9 Audio Mix screen
The Pro-Pack enables you to use up to six audio
tracks in your Audio Mix screen.
The track at the top is reserved for the original
source audio (camera icon) of the video,
whereas the commentary track (microphone
icon), the two tracks for the background music
(musical note icon) and the two effects tracks
(FX) are available for you to add clips to.
Naturally, you can use these five tracks as you
want to – the names and the symbols at the right
side are only suggestions.
The original source audio track, the commentary
track and the effect tracks are “locked” to the
scene(s) above them. If you make changes to
the either of the scenes positioned before and
after the audio clips on these tracks, the sound
will move with the scene it was placed under.
If changes are made to the scenes that overlap
with the audio file, the audio will be deleted
(after a warning message).
Audio files placed in the music tracks are not
connected to one scene, but maintain their
position according to the starting point of the
storyboard.
If you make changes to the scenes positioned
before and after the audio clips on these tracks,
the audio will stay put while the storyboard
scenes shift.
Due to this varying behaviour, audio tracks that
are `stuck´ to the video footage are particularly
useful for commentary tracks or sound effect,
whereas a music piece is probably more suitable
as a background track.