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Keyboard Patching on the Timeline
 
 
 

You can set up video and audio patching using the keyboard. When patching to a video track with the keyboard, you are always patching to the Primary video track.

To patch a source video channel to a record track using the keyboard:

  1. Press the number on the numeric keypad that corresponds to the source channel (in most cases this is 1 for source video channels).
  2. Press the Video key (Tab).

    The Patch identifier is routed to the Primary video track.

To patch a source audio channel to a record track using the keyboard:

  1. Press the number on the numeric keypad that corresponds to the source channel.
  2. Do one of the following:
    Press: To patch the selected channel:
    Q To record track A1.
    W To record track A2.
    E To record track A3.
    R To record track A4.

    The specified source channel is patched to the appropriate record track.