Apple Soundtrack Pro - Manual (Page 26)

26 Chapter 2 The Soundtrack Pro Interface
Timeline
The Timeline gives you a visual representation of a multitrack project, showing the
position of clips, the playhead, and other items in time. The Timeline is organized into
three groups of horizontal rows called tracks, busses, and outputs. You can add and
arrange audio clips in tracks, use busses to create submixes, and send audio to physical
output channels using outputs. You can control the sound of each track, bus, and
output using the controls in its header.
 Timeline editing tools: Select items using the Selection (arrow) tool, or split audio
clips using the Split (razor) tool.
 Automation Mode pop-up menu: Choose the mode for recording automation using
either the onscreen controls or an external control surface.
 Project controls: Set the project’s time signature, tempo, key, sample rate, time
format, and other properties using these controls.
 Show pop-up menu: Choose whether the video track, audio tracks, busses, outputs,
and master envelopes are visible in the Timeline.
 Global Timeline view: Shows a miniature view of the entire Timeline and the playhead
position, and lets you move quickly to different parts of a project.
 Time display: Shows the current playhead position in both Time-based and Beats-
based formats. You can set the playhead by typing a new playhead position in the
time display.
Scroll bar
Audio tracks
Project controls
Track area
Level meters
Timeline editing tools
Time display
Global Timeline
view
Time ruler
Timeline controls
Automation
Mode pop-up