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Adding audio keyframe with pen tool automatically lowers db
This is something that I’ve run into here and there and, while not a big issue, can be a tad frustrating.
I double-click on an audio clip in the timeline and load it into the viewer. I zoom in on the selection I want to tweak. I get out my trusty pen tool. I decide where I want to put a keyframe, I place the pen tool over the chosen spot, I click, and TADA!! I add a keyframe AND I also lower the level of that keyframe – in the same click (with no motion to the mouse, I might add). The problem is, I don’t want to lower the volume at that spot, I want that spot to stay the same. I know that I can just move it back up to where it was, but you’re not always sure where it was exactly, and it’s a pain to have to go all the way back to the beginning of that clip (could be a 30 min piece) and check the level setting there and come all the way back down and readjust.
I’ve tried adding the keyframe by clicking with the pen tool exactly on the db line, slightly below it, slightly above it, to no avail. This problem is not consistent, so you’re never quite sure when it’s going to pop up, and you may not always notice when you’ve just lowered your audio a tad. When it does happen, I can apparently add the keyframe, hit CMD-Z, and then add it a second time with no problems.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Nick
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5 Replies
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NIck,
However imperceptibly, my guess is you’re dragging it down. Easy enough to park on it, and use the audio toolbox to fix it numerically.
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Well, that would be my guess too if I came across that post from someone else, so I totally understand your answer. But I could swear that I’m not moving at all. Ah well, it can be worked around, it just seems a pain…
Nick
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Happens to me too when working in the audio timeline, even with the track height set to the largest view. So you’re not alone.
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Select the clip in the timeline, and apple + K will add an audio keyframe for you, wherever the playhead is. I’m not sure if that works in the viewer as well, but I would think it does.
This is mappable to any other key if you prefer something else.Hope this helps!
Craig
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Great tip, thanks!
Nick
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