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  • Automation Gain Tool

    Posted by Tvi Editor on July 20, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    Hi, I’m still learning on AVID Xpress Pro, and wonder if anyone can tell me whether the Automation Gain Tool has been done away with? All of my books and the training DVD I bought refer to it.

    I’m on Version 5.5.1

    Thanks!

    Jon Zanone replied 18 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jon Zanone

    July 23, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    It should be there.

    Make sure you have (and I’m not in front of an Avid, so this is from memory – scary…) ‘auto gain’ enabled in your timeline. There is a little fast menu (hamburger menu) at the bottom left part of the timeline window. Click on that, and find the setting. This is also where you find the audio sample plots, dupe detection, etc.

    FYI, if you look a little right of the fast menu, you’ll see a window displaying the name of your settings. Click on that, and you’ll see ‘save as’. I’ve got my settings set up to see my ‘normal view’, and to see larger audio tracks (I call them, er, big audio 1_2, big audio 3_4, etc). That way I don’t have to set up my timeline view every time. When you expand your timeline (both horizontally and vertically), you can really get in to see the waveforms, as well as have much more control over the auto gain line and placement of the audio keyframes. You can save the vertical height of each track of the timeline, but not the zoom factor.

    To delete views you no longer use, go to settings, timeline and delete the offending setting.

    BTW, you can’t use ‘&’ when naming your views. You have to use an underscore, or something like that.

    HTH,

    Jon

    “The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”

  • Guy Maxfield

    August 1, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    Im Having A Problem Conserning The Automation GAin Tool It Is Active And The Wave Forms Show Up I can Make Key frames But after All Of That I Cand Drag The Nodes up or Down Right Or Left
    HELP!

    Prof. Morphious

  • Jon Zanone

    August 2, 2007 at 11:58 am

    Use alt (PC) or command (mac) whilst dragging the keyframe to change the location / level of the keyframes.

    Jon

    “The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”

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