Patching on the Timeline
 
 
 

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.

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(a) Patch identifiers  (b) Track identifiers  

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.

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(a) Unpatched 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).

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Note If the source clips have more tracks than the record clip, add video/audio tracks to the timeline to see the patching of the “hidden” source tracks.

If you disable source channels 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.

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(a) Disabled source channel/disabled track  

To patch a source channel to a record track:

  1. Select a source in the schematic.

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

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    (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.
    • Click a patch identifier to lock the patch; that is, to prevent the patch from occurring when you record the clip to the timeline.
  3. Drag right on grey patch identifiers to record channels to unpatched tracks.

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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.