MacroSystem Pro-Pack - Manual (Page 13)

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Taking differences between the tracks into
consideration, you can of course use them for
purposes other than intended.
Several other buttons in this screen have
changed, due to the new number of sound
tracks:
The audio file list is now displayed in a separate
dialog box when you click on Insert. Scroll
through the list to select the sample you want,
click OK and the sample will be placed at the
beginning of the Workbox scene in the track that
you designated.
Note that if another sample is already at
the beginning of the scene, the system
will automatically insert the new sample
immediately after the existing one.
After it’s been placed, you can always move it
with the Range button, if necessary.
The title and length of the active audio file will
be displayed at the bottom left in the menu.
Another new function that has been added is the
ability to fade an audio file’s volume in or out.
Select a sample and click on the Fade button to
call up a dialog in which you can adjust fade-in
and fade-out of the currently active audio sample.
The audio volume is consequently reduced or
increased for the selected duration (which of
course cannot exceed the length of the audio
sample), reaching the selected baseline volume
at the end of fading.
Should you therefore wish to fade a commenta-
ry in softly, you can for example select a fade-in
time of 1 second (1 s), and thereby prevent the
sound from being clipped.
Should you wish to fade out an audio sample,
the volume is gently reduced towards the end of
the sample and is completely silent at the end of
fading.
The fade-in and fade-out times act upon all
selected changes, i.e. including any changes to
volume of the adjacent tracks.
For example, as the commentary volume is
being increased, the background music is gently
reduced to the selected value.
The volume characteristic is displayed clearly in
the audio samples.
If you then trim a sample or move it, the fade in
and fade out times remain.
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 reduced, the bar at the
lower edge of the audio sample is also dis-
placed. The longer the audio sample, the more
clearly of course the characteristic is displayed.
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 volume
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 whilst the original sound is running and
which ends during a further original sound.