User Guide

CHP. 5 WORKING WITH TRACKS
CHAPTER
101
Working with Tracks
Tracks contain the media events on the timeline of a project. There are two types of tracks: video and audio.
Each type of track has its own features and controls. While tracks can be organized and mixed in any order,
track hierarchy can be important in determining the final output for video. Because tracks are containers for
events, effects that are applied to a track apply to every event in that track.
Managing tracks
Once you have added a track to your project, you may perform basic editing tasks on it such as duplicating,
deleting, and renaming.
Inserting an empty track
Vegas creates tracks for you when you drag events to empty spaces in the timeline. You can also add empty
(eventless) tracks to a project. You can record into these tracks or use them as placeholders for specific media
that you will add later. For example, you may want to create an empty track and then record a voiceover
directly into a project.
1. Right-click in either the track view or the track
list to display a shortcut menu.
2. Choose Insert Audio Track or Insert Video Track.
You may also add an empty track from the
Insert menu by choosing Audio Track or Video
Track
. Vegas adds an empty track at the bottom
of the track list.
Duplicating a track
You can duplicate a track in your project including all of the events contained on it. When you duplicate a
track, the duplicate is placed directly below the original track. You can duplicate one track or select multiple
tracks to duplicate.
1. Click the track that you want to duplicate.
To select multiple tracks, click each one
while pressing to select adjacent tracks
or to select nonadjacent tracks.
2. Right-click and choose Duplicate Track from
the shortcut menu.
Right-click to
view shortcut
menu
Shift
Ctrl
5