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Turn on Real Time in the Time Configuration
dialog to hear the sound track when you play
your animation.
Inter face
Audio group
Choose S ound—Displays a file selector where you
choose a sound file.
Remove Sound—Deletes the waveform from Track
View.
Reload Sound—Reloads the last loaded file. This
allows the sound file to be reloaded when it has
been changed by another program.
Active—Plays the waveform during animation play
back.
Metronome group
The Metronome track produces a regular beat
using two tones. You specify three settings in the
Sound Options dialog to control the Metronome:
Beats per minute—Sets the frequency of beats. The
beats display in the Metronome track s as black
vertical bars. Default=60.
Beats per measure—Sets which beat is emphasized
with a higher pitch tone. Emphasized beats display
in the Metronome track as black pluses. For
example, a sett ing of 4 generates a higher pitched
tone every fourth b eat. Default=4.
Active—Playsthebeatsduringanimationplayback.
Track View Menus
Maintoolbar>CurveEditor(Open)>Menubar
Graph Editors menu > Track View - Curve Editor > Menu
bar
A menu bar appears at the top of the Function
Curveeditor,theDopeSheet,andtheexpanded
track bar layout. These menus make it easier to
locate tools; they also make features accessible that
were formerly found on Track view flyouts and
only a vailable during certain modes of operation.
The Tr ack View menu bar is contextual; it changes
between Curve Editor and Dope Sheet modes.
ThesametoolsavailablethroughtheTrackView
menu bar can also be accessed using the Cur ve
Editor and Dope Sheet toolbars. There are,
however, some tools that can only be found on the
toolbars, and do not appear in the menus.
Interfa ce
Modes—Lets you choose between Curve Editor
and D ope Sheet. See
Modes Menu (page 2–501) .
Settings—Controls the behavior (auto-expansion,
etc.) of the Hierarchy list window. Also contains
controls that improve performance. See
Settings
Menu (page 2–501)
.
Display —Affects curve, icon, and tangent display.
See
Display Menu (page 2–504) .
Controller—Assig ns, copies, and pastes controllers,
and makes them unique. Here you also add
looping. See
Cont roller Menu (page 2–506) .
Tracks —Adds Note and Visibility tracks. See
Tracks Menu (p age 2–509) .