How to select audio tracks when watching dailies ?

[Nick Meyers]

you can turn tracks off or on with the round green buttons on the left of the timeline.
if you option click, it will solo that track (and un-solo)
this method it’ll stop playback.

another approach is via the monitoring controls, opened by clicking the tiny speaker icon at the bottom left of the timeline.
this will reveal solo/mute buttons, and using these will not stop playback.
clicking is the only way to activate them, i think. if there are keyboard commands, i don’t know them.

a different approach is if your clips are stereo, and you are monitoring though an amp, you can simply change the balance from left to right.

cheers,
nick

[Stéphane Lambert]

Thanks for your kind answer !
Clicking on the correct icons for each clip when you have many to view is a little cumbersome.
The amp thing is a good idea. Even using the simple computer’s sound balance btw is a pertinent practical tip I did not think of !
Cheerio
Steph

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[Nick Meyers]

hi Steph,

i didn’t explain properly –
i prefer to view my rushes i a TIMELINE, rather than clicking each one into the viewer, one by one.
so load all your rushes into a sequence, or better have a separate sequence for each day, or scene.
then in the timeline you can simply turn off/on channels as you view.

cheers,
nick

[Stéphane Lambert]

Hi Nick,
Now I get it ! Am I dum !
Of course, I’ll put them all in the TL, brilliant, thanks again !
Steph

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