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CHAPTER 4: THE TIMELINE ■

The Rules of Patching Tracks

There are certain rules that apply when using the track selector panels. Each rule is

simple and might even seem to be common sense, but just in case, let’s look at them:

• First, you cannot edit deselected tracks from your Source side to the Record side.

Although this may seem obvious, it’s a common error. Select the Source tracks so

that they are highlighted and horizontally lined up.

• The second rule is complementary to the first one. You cannot edit on deselected

tracks on the Record side to from selected tracks on the Source side.

Sync Locks

On the left side of each Record track panel indicator is another minipanel. Using

this box will engage sync locks and will also allow you to lock tracks, as we will see

later.

Using this tool and the Sync Locks function has advantages and disadvantages.

Sync locks will allow you to keep things in sync, no matter what you do. (The excep-

tion here is Timeline editing, which we’ll discuss later.)

The advantage is that after you engage sync locks, it’s a kind of worry-free

editing. If your edits are simple and basic—just building a nonintricate audio and

video track—you’ll probably find sync locks indisposable. When I say “simple and

basic,” I mean you’re just laying down chunks of synchronous audio and video

together, and then going back and adding some cutaways as video-only over the

basic track.

But if you have to move bits of audio here and bits of video there, and you’re

dealing with multiple video tracks and outside nonsynchronous audio, using sync locks

might not be as desirable. You might even find yourself mired in situations in which

the sync locks took over to “protect” you, and you didn’t want that kind of protection.

When you create a new sequence, the Timeline will default to sync locks being

on. Sync lock settings are saved with your Timeline.

Although I personally don’t use the Sync Locks option, that decision is given to

you. To apply sync locks, click the left minipanel of the Record track panel indicator. A

slash mark appears. The selected track has locked sync (see Figure 4.10).

To turn sync locks off, click the minipanel on the left of the Record track panel

indicator again. The Sync Locks indicator will disappear.

Note: A word of caution:Older versions of Avid software, from the not-too-distant past,do not save sync

lock settings with the Timeline and always default to off when you reopen the Timeline.

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