V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Source - Destination EditingConceptSource - Destination Editing is a powerful method of viewing and editing material especially applicable to editingmultiple, multi-track, takes into one, ‘ideal’ take. Special Source and Destination Track Groups allow multipleTimelines to be visible simultaneously. Each Source and destination Timeline has its own zoom level and Playheadcursor. By taking advantage of the ‘Collapse’ feature, editing 48 track source material becomes almost as simple asediting mono or stereo.Source - Destination editing can also be extremely useful in broadcast and tracklaying applications. Pyramix canhave as many clip editors as you wish. Just create some tracks, group them, set the group as a Source. Set the ClipEditor track or tracks as ‘always visible’ (in the Tracks Tab Window, so each Clip Editor always stays on top of thecomposition and that’s it.If there is no Destination group in your composition then the section between the Gates in the Source Group/ClipEditor is sent to the positions delineated by the Mark In/Mark Out on the selected track(s) in the composition.Setting up a Source - Destination EnvironmentTemplatesThe quickest and easiest way to get started with Source - Destination editing is to use one of the supplied Templates.Choose the one which most closely matches your requirements, modify to taste and save as a Templatefor future use.Starting from ScratchIn the Track Groups window, Create as many Source groups as there are alternate versions of the material you areediting and select their type as Source.Tip: Create a Group, select its type as Source then choose Tracks > Duplicate Selected Track Group repeatedlyuntil you have the required number of Source groups.Create as many Destination groups you want to edit to (generally only one) and select its (their) type as Destination.Create as many Tracks for each source take as you need for your editing and associate a Group to each of them.Set these groups as Keep Cursor, Free Zoom, Auto-Solo and No Selection.Select the option "Auto Select Tracks" in the Tracks menu. Tracks > Auto Select TracksShow the Source - Destination Toolbar, View > Scales > Toolbars > Source - Destination.You are now ready to proceed with the Source - Destination Editing the following manner:Source and Destination Groups have special markers called Gate In and Gate Out which can be set, nudged andauditioned:Set the selected Track Group Gate In/Out of the selected Track Group to Cursor with the menu Cursor & Marks >Gate In/Out to CursorTo remove a Gate set it again in the same position.Gates can be dragged with the mouse by clicking on them and moving.Gate colors:By default, Gates are displayed in Grey.The Source Gates currently selected for the next edit operation are displayed in White.The Destination Gates currently selected for the next edit operation are displayed in Black.The current Source and Destination Gates for the next edit operation are the selected group Gates or if no groupsare selected the last group where Gates have been set/removed/modified.Editing : Source - Destination Editing 8 - 132