Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1955)

472 Glossary
sound recordist The individual on a film or video crew responsible for setting up the
audio recording equipment, and for setting the levels and managing the audio
recording during a shoot.
Soundtrack Pro Audio File Project Also called a .stap file. This is the native file format
used by the Soundtrack Pro File Editor. Data is actually stored in a special Mac OS X
format called a package (or bundle). A Mac OS X package appears to be a single file in
the Finder but actually contains a collection of files such as the original audio file,
temporary render files, and the list of actions applied to your audio file.
Soundtrack Pro Multitrack Project Also called a .stmp file. This is the multitrack project
file format in Soundtrack Pro. Like Final Cut Pro project files, clip and Timeline
information is stored in the project file; clips refer to media files stored elsewhere.
source media files The original QuickTime files captured to disk. The clips you use in
Final Cut Pro are pointers that represent your media files, but changes made to clips
within Final Cut Pro do not affect the media files on disk.
source monitor In a linear editing suite, a monitor that displays source tapes before
recording them to the master tape. In Final Cut Pro, the Viewer acts as the source monitor.
source tape The video and audio tapes that were originally recorded during a shoot.
Media files are captured from the source tapes, edited, and ultimately output to a final
master tape.
special effects Visual effects applied to clips and sequences, such as motion effects,
layering, and filters.
speed indicators Display the speed of clips in a sequence using tic marks. The spacing
and color of these tic marks indicate the speed and playback direction of the clips.
split edit An edit in which the video or audio items of a clip end up being longer than
the other; for example, the sound is longer than the video at the head of the clip, so it
is heard before the video appears. Also referred to as an L-cut or J-cut.
splits A method of delivering an audio mix of programs destined for foreign language
distribution, typically using a multitrack audio recorder. Separate mixes for dialogue,
music, and sound effects are recorded to separate pairs of audio tracks to make
redubbing the dialogue and remixing it back together easier.
static region An area in a sequence in the Timeline that you lock so that it is visible
even when you scroll to see other tracks. It can contain audio tracks, video tracks, or
both. When you create a static region you get three regions in the Timeline: a top,
scrollable region for the other video tracks, a middle static region, and a bottom
scrollable region for the other audio tracks. You can’t scroll up or down in the static
region, but you can resize it to accommodate more or fewer tracks.