Use the patch identifiers on the timeline to quickly and easily connect source channels to record tracks. When you select a source clip, patch identifiers indicate what channels you can record from the source to the timeline.

In the following example, a clip has one video track and two audio tracks. When you select the clip, green patch identifiers appear next to the V1.L1, A1, and A2 tracks on the timeline. If you record the selected clip to the timeline, it is edited to the indicated tracks.

You can adjust the patching to record the source audio channels to A3 and A4. You would then see the following patch identifiers. Empty grey patch identifiers next to a track indicate that nothing is patched to that track.

In the next example, the selected source clip has one video track (patched to V1.L1) and four audio tracks (patched to A1, A2, A3, and A4).

If you disable source channels, in the Player, the disabled tracks appear in the patch identifiers as dark grey boxes. They show that the source contains channels, but these channels are not recorded to the timeline. Similarly, you can disable a track on the timeline so that a record operation does not affect the track.

To patch a source channel to a record track:

1. Select a source in the Source Area.

   Source track patch identifiers appear in the Record Area for each channel in the source.

   
   

   (a) Source track patch identifiers  

2. Create the patch:
   • Drag left on the source track patch identifier to decrease the source track number, or drag right to increase it.
   • Type a source track number using the keypad and then click a record track patch identifier to create the patch. Assigning a value of zero unpatches the track.
   • Click a patch identifier to lock the patch; that is, to prevent the patch from occurring when you record the clip to the Record Area.
3. Drag right on grey patch identifiers to record channels to unpatched tracks.

   
   

To disable a track:

1. Click the patch identifier.

   The patch identifier turns black indicating you cannot record to it.

   TipClick again to enable the track.