User Guide

CHP. 5 WORKING WITH TRACKS
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Adjusting stereo panning
When you click the slider label and choose Pan from the menu, the slider controls the position of a track in
the stereo field. Vegas audio tracks are preset to center the signal. Move the slider to adjust the signal’s
output left or right. As you move the slider, Vegas displays the signal’s percentage going to either the left or
right channel. For example, moving the slider to 60%L means that sixty percent of the signal is mixed to the
left channel, while forty percent is mixed to the right.
You can further control the panning by right-clicking the multipurpose slider and selecting an option from
the shortcut menu:
• The
Add Channels panning model is most useful for panning
stereo source material. This model makes the stereo image
appear to move as a unit between the speakers. As the fader is
moved from the center to a side, more and more of the signal
from the opposite side is folded into the side you are panning
towards, until at the extreme, both channels are fed at full
intensity into a single channel. This panning model uses a
linear panning curve.
• The
Balance panning model is most useful for adjusting the
relative signal levels of the right and left channels in stereo source material. In this model, moving from
the center to a side, the opposite side starts at a base dB level (either 0 dB, -3 dB, or -6 dB) and decays to
no signal level. The signal in the side you are panning towards starts at the base dB level (either 0 dB,
-3 dB, or -6 dB) and increases to 0 dB. This panning model uses a linear panning curve.
• The
Constant Power panning model is most useful for panning mono source material. As you move the
fader from side to side, this model creates the illusion of the source moving around the listener from one
side to the other in a semi-circle. This model uses a constant-power panning curve.
You can add a pan envelope to automate panning changes. For more information, see Working with track
envelopes on page 107.
Adjusting bus levels and assignable effects send levels
If you add a bus or an assignable effects chain to your project, you can control the level of tracks sent to these
mixer controls using the multipurpose slider. Bus and assignable effects send levels are preset to -inf. dB
(mute) for playback. Click the slider label and choose the mixer control from the menu, then move the
slider to adjust the send level. For more information, see Adjusting a bus send level on page 140 or Assigning audio
tracks to assignable effects chains on page 141.
Using the composite level slider (video only)
This slider determines the opacity of the video track. Drag the slider to
control the transparency or blending of each track. Left is 100% transparent
and right is 100% opaque. You can also double-click the percent to enter a
specific value.
Bypassing motion blur envelopes (video only)
If you applied a motion blur envelope to your video bus track, this envelope affects all tracks. You can select
specific tracks to bypass this envelope by clicking a track’s
Bypass Motion Blur button ( ). For more
information on motion blur envelopes, see Adding a motion blur envelope on page 113.
Using track motion (video only)
Use the Track Motion button ( ) to move a video track over another track (i.e., picture-in-picture). For
more information on adding track motion, see Adding track motion on page 215.