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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Motion 81
To display the Audio tab, do one of the following:
m Choose Window > Audio.
m Press Command-6.
m If the Project pane is already visible, click the Audio tab at the top of the pane.
The Audio tab contains a number of columns with both display and editable
information about the audio components of your project:
On: Contains an activation checkbox to turn the audio on or off.
Name: Identifies the file by name. To edit the name, double-click the text area of a
selected file, type a new name, then press Return. This column also contains a slider
and value field to control the level (volume) of the file. Numbers in the value field are
measured in decibels (dB).
Pan: Displays the left-right balance of the sound. You can modify the Pan parameter by
dragging the slider to the right or left or by entering a numerical pan value. Negative
numbers move panning to the left, positive numbers move panning to the right.
Status: Contains Mute and Solo buttons to control audio playback for the file. When
the Mute button is active, all sound from that file is removed from the mix. When the
button is inactive, audio from the file plays back based on the level slider in the Name
column.
When the Solo button is active, other nonsoloed audio elements do not play. This
allows you to temporarily play a single item without hearing the other files in the mix.
You can solo more than one file. This allows you to hear just the soloed files rather than
the entire mix.
Output: Specifies audio output channels such as stereo, left, right, center, and so on.
Click the field, then choose the output channel you want for the audio track.
Lock: Allows you to lock an audio file to prevent any changes from affecting that file.
This column also may include a link icon when a file has a corresponding video
element.
Mute
Solo