Sony Acid 7 Manual
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CHP. 12WORKING WITH 5.1 SURROUND 169 Burning AC-3 files to DVD With the addition of the AC-3 DVD Burner included in the Sonic Foundry 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack, you can burn AC-3 files to a DVD. 1.From the To o l s menu, choose Start AC-3 DVD Burner. The AC-3 DVD Burner application starts. 2.Follow the instructions for burning a DVD in the AC-3 DVD Burner online help. To access online help, click Help in the AC-3 DVD Burner screen.
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A APPENDIX ACUSTOMIZING ACID APPENDIX 171 Customizing ACID You can customize ACID to suit your project needs and working preferences. You may change these settings at any time. If you use the same settings for all of your projects, you may set ACID to use your settings as defaults. In this chapter, you will find information about functions that allow you to customize ACID and set the application’s preferences. Working with ACID windows ACID has various windows that allow you to perform specific tasks related to your project or manage your media. These windows can float on the workspace or be docked in the window docking area. All these windows may be viewed or hidden via the View menu or their respective shortcut keys. Window Shortcut keys Description ExplorerAlt+1Allows you to view and access your media files without leaving the work area. You may also preview media files and place them in your project from this window. Chopper Alt+2 Allows you to select portions of a media file that can be placed into tracks as events. MixerAlt+3Allows you to work with busses, assignable effect chains, and soft synth controls. Video Alt+4 Displays a project’s video output at the current cursor position in the timeline. Audio Plug-InAlt+5Allows you to view and edit settings for assignable, bus, soft synth, and track effect chains. Track Properties Alt+6 Allows you to view and edit track attributes. For MIDI tracks, allows you to edit MIDI using the piano roll editor, list editor or other OPT plug-ins. Surround PannerAlt+7In a 5.1 surround project, this allows you to control panning for a track or mixer control. Soft Synth PropertiesAlt+8 Allows you to change the attributes of a soft synth control in the Mixer window. A
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172 CUSTOMIZING ACIDAPPENDIX A Docking and floating ACID windows The window docking area allows you to keep frequently used windows available but out of the way while you are working with a project. You can dock windows either in a single stack spanning the width of the screen or divide the window docking area into sections (e.g., right, middle, and left) and create several stacks. Windows that are not visible display a tab that you can click to display it. You can also expand, restore, or close a window using the buttons in the window’s upper-left corner. Note: When the last window in the docking area is closed or removed, the docking area minimizes automatically. When the docking area is minimized, dragging a dockable window over the bottom of the ACID window causes the docking area to open again. Docking windows 1. If the window is floating on the workspace, grab the window by its title bar and drag it below the track view. As you drag the window, the window’s outline appears. 2.Position the window’s outline in the docking area where you want it and release the mouse. Floating windows You may float a window so that it does not appear in the docking area. 1.Grab the window by its handle (the border along the left side) and drag the window to the workspace. As you drag the window, the window’s outline appears. 2.Position the window anywhere in the workspace and release the mouse. You can move the floating window by dragging it to a new position or docking it again. Tabs Close window Expand/restore window Handle
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APPENDIX ACUSTOMIZING ACID 173 Preventing windows from docking Press while dragging a window to prevent it from docking in the workspace. Note: You can choose to reverse this behavior so that windows will not dock unless you press . From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and clear the Allow floating windows to dock check box on the General tab. Resizing the window docking area You can resize the track list, track view and docking area sections of the ACID workspace by dragging the dividers between them. Tip: You can quickly hide or show the window docking area by pressing . Changing the time ruler format You may specify a time format for the ACID time ruler to display. The ruler, located below the track view, displays real time in several formats. You may change the ruler format in one of the following ways: From the View menu, choose Time Ruler, and choose the desired format from the submenu. Right-click the time ruler and choose the desired format from the shortcut menu. In addition to right- clicking the time ruler in the track view, you can use this technique on the time rulers in the Chopper and Track Properties windows. The following table describes the time formats available in ACID. Using the ruler offset The ruler offset allows you to change the project ruler to start at a specific time. Typically, this feature is used in conjunction with SMPTE and MIDI projects when their timelines are the main reference. Basically, the ruler offset allows you to set the ACID time ruler based on another project’s timeline for reference purposes, i.e., the SMPTE or MIDI timelines. Time format Description SamplesDisplays the time ruler in samples. Time Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds.milliseconds. SecondsDisplays the time ruler in seconds. Time & Frames Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds.frames with a frame rate equal to that of your video. Absolute FramesDisplays the time ruler in total frames from the beginning of the project. Feet & Frames 16 mm Displays the time ruler in feet+frames at a rate of 40 frames per foot. Feet & Frames 35 mmDisplays the time ruler in feet+frames at a rate of 16 frames per foot. SMPTE Film Sync (24 fps)Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds:frames with a frame rate of 24 frames per second for synchronizing with film. SMPTE EBU (25 fps)Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds:frames with a frame rate of 25 frames per second for European Broadcasting Union. SMPTE Non-Drop (29.97 fps)Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds:frames with a frame rate of 29.97 frames per second. SMPTE Drop (29.97 fps)Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds;frames with a frame rate of 29.97 frames per second using dropped frame numbers. SMPTE 30 (30 fps) Displays the time ruler in hours:minutes:seconds:frames with a frame rate of 30 frames per second. Ctrl Ctrl F11
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174 CUSTOMIZING ACIDAPPENDIX A When you enter a new value along the timeline, ACID adjusts the ruler’s time units at the cursor position and at the start of the timeline. For example, if the cursor is positioned at the 2:00 minute mark and you enter 15:00 minutes, the start of the project will begin at 13:00 minutes. The ruler offset feature works the same for all time formats in ACID. 1.Position the cursor anywhere along the timeline. 2.Right-click the time ruler to display a shortcut menu. 3.From the shortcut menu, choose Set Time at Cur sor. A box opens at the cursor position. 4.Enter a time value. 5.Press to set the cursor position’s time value. The value that you enter at the cursor position affects all time values that precede and follow it. Using the project grid The project grid appears on the track view and is mainly used to align the events in your project. The grid divides your project into equal units based on the setting that you choose. The grid setting can be based on the project type or how you prefer to work. It is important to remember that in some cases the grid lines and the ruler divisions do not match. This is because they are two independent functions. However, you may set the grid to align to the ruler, which is the default setting. The grid can use the following formats: Setting the grid type You may change the grid type at any time and apply it to your project. There are two ways to set the grid type for your project. From the Options menu, choose Grid Spacing, and choose the type of grid you want from the submenu. Right-click the marker bar, choose Grid Spacing from the shortcut menu, and choose the type of grid that you want from the submenu. Ruler Marks16th Notes Measures 16th Note Triplets Half Notes32 Notes Quarter Notes 32nd Note Triplets Quarter Note Triplets64th Notes 8th Notes 64th Note Triplets 8th Note Triplets Enter
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APPENDIX ACUSTOMIZING ACID 175 Using the toolbar ACID is set up to display the toolbar below the menu bar. However, you may hide and customize the toolbar to suit your preferences. The settings that you apply to the toolbar remain set until you change them again. Hiding and displaying the toolbar If you prefer to use shortcut keys when working with your project, you may hide the toolbar to create more workspace. Choose Toolbar from the View menu to hide it. The check mark next to the command is removed and the toolbar disappears. The toolbar remains hidden until you choose To o l b a r from the View menu to display it again. Reordering toolbar buttons ACID allows you to change the toolbar’s button order to suit your preferences. You may either reorder the buttons directly on the workspace or via the Customize Toolbar dialog. Reordering buttons on the ACID workspace 1. Hold and drag the button that you want to move to the new location on the toolbar. A hand icon ( ) within an outline of the button indicates that you are moving the button. 2.Release the mouse to drop the button in its new location. Tip: If you drag the button off the toolbar, the button is removed. Reordering buttons in the Customize Toolbar dialog The Customize Toolbar dialog allows you to control the order and functionality available on the Toolbar. You may return the toolbar to its default settings by clicking the Reset button. 1.From the Options menu, choose Customize Toolbar. The Customize Toolbar dialog appears. 2.On the Current toolbar buttons pane, select the button that you want to move and click Move Up or Move Down . 3.Click Close to save the toolbar changes and close the dialog. Shift
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176 CUSTOMIZING ACIDAPPENDIX A Adding buttons to the toolbar ACID includes a series of buttons that you may add to the toolbar. These buttons are listed in the Customize Toolbar dialog. You may also add separators on the toolbar to organize the buttons to suit your preferences. You may return the toolbar to its default settings by clicking the Reset button on the dialog. 1.From the Options menu, choose Customize Toolbar. The Customize Toolbar dialog appears. 2.On the Available toolbar buttons pane, use the scroll bars to locate the button that you want to add and select it. 3.On the Current toolbar buttons pane, select the button that you want the newly added button to proceed in order. For example, if you want to add the Save As button and want it to precede the Publish To button, select the Publish To button in the Current toolbar buttons pane. 4.Click Add. The new button is added above the selected button on the Current toolbar buttons pane. Tip: You may also double-click a button to add it to the toolbar. 5.Click Close to save the toolbar settings and close the dialog. Removing buttons from the toolbar You may remove buttons and separators from the toolbar. If you have added buttons to the toolbar, removing unused or unwanted buttons allows you to maximize the toolbar’s space. You may remove toolbar buttons either directly on the workspace or via the Customize Toolbar dialog. Removing buttons on the ACID workspace 1. Hold and drag the button that you want to remove off the toolbar. A hand icon ( ) within an outline of the button indicates that you are removing the button. 2.Release the mouse to remove the button. Shift
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APPENDIX ACUSTOMIZING ACID 177 Removing buttons in the Customize Toolbar dialog You may return the toolbar to its default settings by clicking the Reset button on this dialog. 1.From the Options menu, choose Customize Toolbar. The Customize Toolbar dialog appears. 2.On the Current toolbar buttons pane, select the button that you want to remove. 3.Click Remove. The button is removed from the Current toolbar buttons pane and will not appear on the toolbar. Tip: You may also double-click a button to remove it. 4.Click Close to save the toolbar settings and exit the dialog. Using the time display The time display above the track list reflects the cursor’s position on the timeline. Changing cursor position You can edit the cursor position using time as it is displayed on either the beat ruler or time ruler: To set the cursor’s position based on the beat ruler, right-click the time display and choose Edit Cursor Position - Beats from the shortcut menu. To set the cursor’s position based on the time ruler, right-click the time display and choose Edit Cursor Position - Time from the shortcut menu. Once you make your selection from the shortcut menu, a box appears for the appropriate time display. Enter the cursor’s new position and press . Tip: You can also edit the cursor position directly by double- clicking the desired time display value and entering the new cursor position. Changing the time display The time display window always reflects the format of the time ruler. You may change the ruler settings for the time ruler via the time display window. 1.Right-click the time display window to display a shortcut menu. 2.Choose Time at Cursor Format to display a submenu. 3.Choose the desired time format. Both the time window and time ruler display the chosen time format. Enter
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178 CUSTOMIZING ACIDAPPENDIX A Monitoring MIDI timecode You can use the time display to monitor incoming or outgoing MIDI timecode. ACID can be set to monitor MIDI in the following ways: Display MIDI timecode generated from external sources. Display MIDI timecode and MIDI clock information that ACID is generating. Within ACID, the time display settings work in conjunction with your project’s properties and MIDI setup options. 1.Right-click the time display window to display a shortcut menu. 2.From the shortcut menu, choose the type of MIDI monitoring for ACID to display. Once you have made your selection, the time display window displays both the MIDI code being input or output and a status message. Setting default track properties Each new track in ACID has certain default properties, including height, volume, pan type, and track effects. MIDI tracks also have a default set of MIDI editors that appear in the Track Properties window. You can modify these track properties and then use the modified track as a standard for all new tracks you create. 1.Modify a track’s volume (pg. 46), pan type (pg. 103), height (pg. 45), track effects (pg. 93), and/or MIDI editors (pg. 147). 2.Right-click the track header and choose Set Default Track Properties from the shortcut menu. 3.Select the check boxes for properties you wish to set. Clear the check boxes for the properties you wish to leave as they are. Tip: Select the Restore original defaults check box to return to the original track properties. 4.Click OK.