User manual SONY VEGAS 7

[. . . ] Revised August 7, 2006 After Vegas software is installed and you start it for the first time, the registration wizard appears. This wizard offers easy steps that allow you to register the software online with Sony Media Software. Alternatively, you may register online at http://www. sony. com/mediasoftware at any time. Registering your product will provide you with access to a variety of technical support options, notification of product updates, and special promotions exclusive to registered Vegas users. Registration assistance If you do not have access to the Internet, registration assistance is available during normal weekday business hours. [. . . ] From the Options menu, choose Preferences. From the Audio device type drop-down list, choose an audio device type other than Microsoft Sound Mapper (such as Windows Classic Wave Driver). 4. Choose the playback devices for the six surround channels: · · · From the Default Stereo and Front playback device drop-down list, choose the appropriate device for the front left and right surround channels. From the Default Rear playback device drop-down list, choose the appropriate device for the rear left and right surround channels. From the Default Center and LFE playback device drop-down list, choose the appropriate device for the center and LFE surround channels. 5. Click OK. Overriding the default device routing By setting up the device routing in the Audio tab of the Preferences dialog, you have set the defaults for surround routing. However, you can override the default device routing at any time using the Surround Master bus in the Mixer window. 1. In the Mixer window, click the Audio Device Selector button ( channels (Front L/R, Rear L/R, and Center/LFE) appears. ) on the Surround Master bus. In the submenu, match a surround pair with the appropriate output. Repeat steps one and two to match each surround pair to the appropriate output. Assigning audio to the LFE channel Once the project is in 5. 1 surround mode, you must decide whether a track will provide the "5" (surround panning) or the "1" (LFE channel) in 5. 1 surround. Initially, all tracks in a surround project are set to provide surround panning, but you can assign a track to the LFE channel instead. You can assign an individual track to the LFE channel or you can route the track to a mixer control (bus or assignable effect chain) and assign the mixer control to the LFE channel. To assign audio to the LFE channel, right-click the surround panner on the track header or mixer control and choose LFE Only from the shortcut menu. The track or mixer control is assigned to the LFE channel. Right-click the surround panner and choose LFE Only. . . . . . to assign the track or mixer control to the LFE channel. To change a track or mixer control back to surround panning, right-click the LFE indicator and choose Surround Pan from the shortcut menu. Note: Before rendering your surround project, check your surround authoring application's documentation to determine its required audio format with respect to the LFE channel. For more information, see Setting up surround projects on page 192. WORKING WITH 5. 1 SURROUND | 193 Adjusting volume Adjusting track volume for 5. 1 surround projects behaves almost identically to stereo projects. The controls in the track headers and Mixer window can function as trim controls that adjust the overall volume of the track, bus, or assignable effects chain, or they can adjust volume automation settings. For more information, see Track automation on page 143. Adjusting track volume You can adjust track volume using the Vol fader in the track header the same way you do in stereo projects. Click the Automation Settings button ( you want to adjust trim levels. ) on the track header and verify Show Automation Controls is not selected if Track header in trim mode Select Show Automation Controls if you want to adjust volume automation. The fader handle is displayed as a automation mode. in Track header in automation mode Adjusting assignable effects send or bus send levels You can adjust send levels for busses or assignable effects chains using the multipurpose fader in the track header. Click the fader label and choose an assignable effects chain or bus from the menu. [. . . ] From here you can adjust track volume or transparency, add track effects, mute or solo tracks, and reorder tracks. Track View The track view, or timeline, is the space events appear on tracks. APPENDIX B | 359 -Law -Law (mu-Law) is a companded compression algorithm for voice signals defined by the Geneva Recommendations (G. 711). The G. 711 recommendation defines -Law as a method of encoding 16-bit PCM signals into a nonlinear 8-bit format. The algorithm is commonly used in European and Asian telecommunications. -Law is very similar to A-Law, however, each uses a slightly different coder and decoder. Undo Buffer This is the temporary file created before you do any processing to a project. [. . . ]