Viewing audio files – Apple Motion 4 User Manual
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To import a multitrack QuickTime movie file using the Import command
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Choose File > Import (or press Command-I).
2
In the Import File dialog, select the QuickTime file.
3
Choose an import option from the Audio pop-up menu (located at the bottom of the
Import Files dialog), then click Import.
The file is imported with your chosen option.
Viewing Audio Files
You can view a listing of all the audio tracks in your project and view the audio waveform
for an individual track. You can also view information about each track, including its
duration, sample rate, and file size. In the Audio tab, each channel in a multichannel audio
file—or each track in a multitrack file—can be selected separately.
To view a listing of your project’s audio tracks
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In the Project pane, click the Audio tab to see the audio files in your project.
To view the waveform of an audio track
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Select an audio file or channel of a multichannel file in the Audio tab, then do one of the
following:
• Click the Timeline tab in the Timing pane, then click the Show/Hide Audio button at
the lower left of the pane.
A bar appears, containing the waveform of the file, if the Timeline row size is tall enough.
If the bar does not contain a waveform, adjust the height of the bars in the Timeline.
For more information about how to adjust Timeline tracks, see
Important:
In a multichannel audio file, all of the audio channels in the file appear in
the Timeline.
• Click the Keyframe Editor tab in the Timing pane, then click the Show Audio Waveform
button at the lower-left corner of the pane.
The waveform of the track appears in the Keyframe Editor, along with any keyframes,
if the Timeline row size is tall enough.
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Chapter 20
Working with Audio