Sony Vegas 5 Manual

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Panning mixer controls
You may choose to route tracks to busses or other mixer controls (such as assignable effect chains) and pan 
them as a group rather than panning each track individually. 
Note: When you route a track to a bus, stereo (two-
channel) output is sent to the mixer control and the mixer 
control sends 5.1 (six-channel) output to the Surround 
Master bus.
1.Add a bus or assignable effect chain to the project. For more information, see Using the Mixer...

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Using the Surround Panner window
Whether you’re adjusting track panning or mixer control panning, you use the same controls in the 
Surround Panner window.
View the Surround Panner window by double-clicking a surround panner on a track header or mixer control. 
Once the Surround Panner window is open, you can dock it in the workspace. For more information, see 
Window docking area and floating window docks on page 21.
Tip: You can also choose Surround Panner from the...

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Moving the pan point
A variety of methods are provided to help you position the pan point in the Surround Panner window.
Choosing pan types
When you pan a track or mixer control, you can choose among several pan types to determine how to pan 
the audio. The current pan type appears at the bottom of the Surround Panner window.
Right-click the Surround Panner window and choose a pan type from the shortcut menu.
The
 Add Channels pan type makes the audio appear to move...

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Using the grid to monitor panning
The grid in the Surround Panner window helps you to visualize how your panning will sound. The grids 
spacing changes to match the current pan type.
The vertical lines represent the points where the left-to-right signal ratio is 6 dB, 0 dB, and -6 dB 
respectively: at the far-left line, the left channel is 6.0 dB louder than the right channel.
The horizontal lines represent the points where the front-to-rear signal ratio is 6 dB, 0...

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5.Close the Surround Panner window.
A keyframe with the pan settings you created appears below the track at the cursor position. 
Tip: You can also add keyframes by double-clicking the 
keyframe row or by right-clicking the row and choosing 
Add 
Point
 from the shortcut menu. Once you’ve added the 
keyframe, double-click it to adjust panning settings in the 
Surround Panner window.
As you add keyframes to a track or bus track, the Surround Panner window shows the...

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Changing keyframe interpolation curves
To control how the pan is interpolated between keyframes, right-click a keyframe and choose an 
interpolation curve type from the shortcut menu. Keyframe interpolation curves control how the pan occurs 
over time. The keyframe color changes according to the interpolation curve you have chosen.
Adjusting the Smoothness slider
The Smoothness slider controls the perceived motion of sound within the sound field among three or more...

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Hiding keyframes
1.
Select the track for which you want to hide keyframes.
2.From the View menu, choose Show Audio Envelopes, and choose Surround Pan Keyframes from the 
submenu.
Deleting keyframes
Right-click a keyframe and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.
Rendering surround projects
5.1 surround projects are rendered to produce six monaural files (AIFF, WAV, W64, or PCA) or a single 5.1-
channel file (AC-3, WMA, and WMV). You can then use an authoring...

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9.Click Save. 
Note: You can use an application such as the Sony Pictures 
Digital 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack to encode 5.1-channel 
audio to AC-3 for use in DVD authoring.
Creating a DVD with DVD Architect Software
If you have DVD Architect™ software from Sony Pictures Digital, you can create menu-based DVDs, music 
compilations, picture compilations, or a single-movie DVD that will play back automatically in your DVD 
player.
DVD Architect software includes support...

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Using Advanced 
Video Features
While simple to learn, Vegas® software is a powerful application with many advanced features. This chapter 
covers some of the advanced video features of this powerful tool.
Cropping video
With the Event/Pan Crop window, you can resize media in a video event or selectively crop media without 
resizing. The 
Stretch to fill frame drop-down list allows you to resize the media to fill the output frame (when 
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Open the Event Pan/Crop window by clicking the Event Pan/Crop button ( ) on the event.
Note: If any controls shown in the figure above are not 
visible, enlarge the Event Pan/Crop window by dragging the 
lower right corner until all controls are revealed.
The 
Smoothness control and the keyframe controller are used when adding keyframe animation to create 
panning, zooming, or scrolling effects. For more information, see Animating event panning and cropping on...