User Guide

CHP. 5 WORKING WITH TRACKS
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Setting default track properties
You can use the settings of a selected track to determine the
default settings for all new tracks in your project. Properties
that can be set appear in the Set Default Track Properties
dialog.
1. Set up a track in your project with the properties to use as
default settings for new tracks.
2. Right-click the track number and choose Set Default Track
Properties
. The Set Default Track Properties dialog
appears.
3. Select the check boxes that you want to set as defaults.
4. Click OK.
Vegas creates any new tracks in the project with these defaults. To return to the original settings for new
tracks, select the
Restore original defaults check box in the Set Default Track Properties dialog.
Working with track envelopes
Track envelopes allow you to control and automate volume, audio panning, opacity, and fade to color effects
of a particular track over time.
Adding track envelopes
You may add any type of envelope by following the same basic steps.
1. Select the track(s) where you want to add the track envelope.
2. From the Insert menu, choose either Audio Envelopes or Video Envelopes, and choose the type of
envelope you want to add from the submenu.
Tip: You can also right-click an empty area of a track, choose
Insert/Remove Envelope from the shortcut menu, and choose
an envelope type from the submenu.
Track Type Envelope type Description Color
Audio Volume Controls track volume. Blue
Audio Bus send volume Controls track level sent to bus. Lilac
Audio Assignable effects send volume Controls track level sent to assignable effects control. Green
Audio Pan Controls the position of a track in the stereo field (pan). Red
Video Composite level Controls track opacity/transparency. Blue
Video Fade to color Controls fading of a track to color. Designate a top and
bottom color by right-clicking the track, choosing Fade
Colors from the shortcut menu, and choosing Top o r
Bottom from the submenu.
Red
Pan envelope
Fade to Color envelope