Not Track-Level, Clip/Event-Level Volume Envelopes & Composite-Level Envelopes?

[Mike Kujbida]

You do realize that all you need to do with Volume envelopes is add 2 points before and 2 points after the clip and drag the centre of it down.
It takes less time to do than it did to type this.

Here’s a different way of doing it that you might like.
Bring your cursor up to the top of the audio clip on track 5.
You’ll see it turn into a double arrow (up/down) with the words Gain is 0 db.
Drag it down to the appropriate level.

[Jill Simpson]

I know adding 4 points (and dragging 2) is not a terrible thing, but that takes 10 clicks, not counting the initial adding of the envelope.

I never noticed the “gain is 0 db” arrow method before. Thanks.

The same method works for composite levels: hovering at the top of any video track brings up an “opacity is 100%” [thing] which can be click-dragged down.

Solved x 2, except:

When we do want a volume/composite-level envelope, we should be able to add it to an event, because otherwise:
(a) !!! throughout the track (perhaps 90 minutes or so) there is one more thing that [pops up] when hovered over, i.e. gets in our way!!!
(b) when rendering, I wonder if portions of video that would require [no processing], would now require time-consuming processing.

[Mike Kujbida]

“I know adding 4 points (and dragging 2) is not a terrible thing, but that takes 10 clicks, not counting the initial adding of the envelope.”

If you’re using a pro version of Vegas that supports scripting, try Edward Troxel’s FourPoints script as discussed in this thread here on the Cow.

For your envelope “wants”, send your suggestions to Sony – and then wait and wait and … 🙁

Vegas 8 Pro has “smart rendering” so any event that hasn’t been altered in any way shape or form flies through the render process.