User Guide

Chapter 8: Sound Effects and Music 117
Switching audio tracks
Although the three audio tracks do have their
specialised roles, as described above, these mainly
control on which track new clips will appear. Original
audio will always be placed on the Original Audio
track when a new video clip is brought in; new voice-
overs will always be created on the Sound
Effect/Voice-over track; and new CD audio and
SmartSound clips will be added to the Background
Music track.
Once a clip has been created, however, you can move it
a different audio track if it is convenient to do so: each
track is actually able to accommodate any type of audio
clip. This gives you the flexibility to use two sound
effects simultaneously, for example, simply by placing
one of them on the Background Music track.
The only audio track with special status is Original
Audio. By default, audio clips on this track are edited
in parallel with the contents of the Video track at the
same time index. To treat the audio as a separate clip,
you must first lock the Video track (by clicking its
track icon at the left side of the Movie Window). See
“Advanced Timeline editing” on page 68 for more
information.
The CD audio tool
Use this tool to create an audio clip from a CD
track. You can preview tracks within the tool,
and select either a whole track or an excerpt to add to
your movie.