Sony Vegas 6 Manual

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Using video event envelopes
Velocity envelopes are only available in the full version of Vegas software.
Video envelopes allow you to control an event’s opacity or velocity over time. Envelopes appear as lines on 
an event. With a velocity envelope, you have the added control of being able to create and edit envelope 
points.
Note: Event envelopes only affect an event. Track 
envelopes affect the entire track. For more information, see 
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Changing an event’s fade curve
You can set the shape of the fade curve (fast, linear, slow, sharp, or smooth) that an event uses to increase or 
decrease the opacity over time. To access the different fade curves, right-click anywhere in the event’s fade-
in or -out region and choose 
Fade Type from the shortcut menu.
Tip: If you use the same fade curve frequently, you can set it 
as a default for all new video event envelopes. For more 
information, see Editing tab on page...

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Reversing a video event
Setting the velocity to a negative value reverses the video, working backwards from the point where the 
negative value occurs. An event that has been reversed plays backwards until it gets to the first frame and 
then holds that frame for the duration of the event.
1.Right-click an event, choose Insert/Remove Envelope, and then choose Ve l o c i t y from the submenu.
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Adding an event to an existing group
1.Right-click an event in the existing group, choose Group from the shortcut menu, and choose Select All 
from the submenu to select all of the members of the group.
2.Press  and click the event to be added to the group.
3.Right-click the event, choose Group from the shortcut menu, and choose Create New from the submenu.
Note: Events can only be in one group at a time. Adding an 
event to an existing group essentially clears the old group...

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Using the Mixer
The Mixer window is where you control the project’s busses and assignable effects chains.
Multiple audio busses and assignable effects chains are only available in the full version of Vegas® software.
Using the Mixer window
The Mixer is a dockable window where you can control audio busses and assignable effects chains within 
your project and adjust the outgoing signal’s volume and routing.
Viewing the Mixer window
The Mixer window appears in the window...

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Using the Mixer toolbar
The Mixer’s toolbar allows you to access project properties, add busses, and add assignable effects chains to 
the Mixer.
Using the Mixer Preview fader
The Preview fader allows you to adjust the volume and monitor output levels of media files when you 
preview them from the Explorer or Project Media windows, or play them back from the Trimmer window. 
The Preview fader also controls the metronome volume. For more information, see Using the metronome on...

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Using busses
Multiple audio busses are only available in the full version of Vegas software.
A bus is a master control for the audio-signal mix of one or more tracks. You can assign tracks to play back 
on a specific bus. For more information, see Assigning audio tracks to busses on page 186. 
However, to assign a track to a bus, you must have more than one bus in your project. Each project has a 
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Adding multiple busses
1.Click the Audio Properties button () on the Mixer window. The Project Properties dialog appears with 
the 
Audio tab displaying.
2.In the Number of stereo busses box, enter the desired number of busses (up to 25) to appear in the Mixer 
window. 
3.Click OK to add the specified number of busses and close the Project Properties dialog.
The new busses appear in the Mixer window.
Deleting busses from a project
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3.Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.
4.In the Mixer window, click the Playback Device Selector button on the bus you want to route.
5.Choose a hardware device from the menu.
 The button is displayed as a  when a bus is routed to the master bus.
 The bus letter is displayed (, , and so on) when a bus is routed to another bus.
 The button is displayed as a  when a bus is routed to a hardware output.
Note: You can map multiple busses to a single sound card.
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Muting a bus
Muting allows you to temporarily suspend playback of the bus. When a bus is muted, the word Muted appears 
at the bottom of the meter. You can mute more than one bus at a time.
The Mute button can mute the bus, or it can adjust mute automation on the bus’s bus track. To mute the bus, 
click the 
Automation Settings button  and verify Show Automation Controls is not selected. Click the Mute 
button (
) to mute the bus, and click it again to restore playback.
To...