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Audio Tracks
Each audio track in a Resolve timeline corresponds to a single channel strip on the Mixer’s left
side. Depending on how an audio track has been configured, each audio track is assigned a
specific audio format such as mono, stereo, LCRS, 5.1 surround, or 7.1 surround, so that multiple
audio channels within the clips on that track can be correctly routed to the proper audio output
for monitoring and rendering via the lanes that can be seen within each track on the
Fairlight timeline.
Audio tracks in DaVinci Resolve have been designed to contain multiple channels of clip audio
within a single track, but how those individual audio channels are displayed depends on the
page. The Edit page hides these individual audio channels, displaying only a single clip in the
timeline to make it easier to edit multi-channel sources without needing to manage a huge
number of tracks. However, the Fairlight page has a unique track and lane system for
displaying audio.
The Fairlight page displays the same number of tracks as the Edit page, but each track on the
Fairlight page is divided into lanes, which expose each individual channel of clip audio for
editing and mixing.
(Top) Stereo audio in the Edit page represented by a single track; (Bottom) The same stereo audio in the Fairlight
page shows the two lanes that correspond to each of the stereo audio tracks
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