Adobe 22011292 User Guide - Page 296

282 CHAPTER 15 View Menu - Multitrack View Note: To change a volume envelope, there must be a checkmark next to Enable Envelope Editing (further down the View menu). Note: Volume Envelopes are nondestructive, meaning they don't affect the original audio file in any way. Therefore, if you return to the Edit View or go to another application and play a sound file that you've applied an envelope to, you won't hear the envelope volume changes. The only time this envelope is applied is within Adobe Audition's Multitrack View. Note: Volume envelopes can also be applied to MIDI blocks and edited like they are on audio blocks. However, they are used to change the velocity at which the notes are played back. To help you understand, think of a piano: it plays loudly when you bang on the keys and softly when you lightly touch them. Many MIDI synthesizers are programmed to respond to velocity so that they sound more "expressive" when played, and the most common way is by changing the volume of a sound. However, some synthesizers are programmed so that velocity changes the pitch or the harmonic content of the sound instead; if you find that your MIDI files sound a little stranger than normal when using volume envelopes on your MIDI blocks, this may be why. Show Wet/Dry Mix Envelopes This command enables the display of Wet/Dry Mix Envelopes, which will appear on any block that is in a track that has real-time effects. These envelopes control the wet/dry mix of the effects over time. When the envelope is at the top, the signal coming out of that track is 100% wet (all effects, in other words). If the envelope is at the bottom, the track is 100% dry (which means the original track is unaffected by the effects). A wave block with its Wet/Dry Mix Envelope set to slowly transition from Dry to Wet over the course of the block Note: To change Wet/Dry Mix envelopes, there must be a checkmark next to Enable Envelope Editing (further down the View menu). If View > Status Bar > Data Under Cursor is checkmarked, you'll be able to see the mix percentage as you drag an envelope's control point around. Note: Wet/Dry Mix Envelopes overlap with the Volume Envelopes, so you might have to turn off the Volume Envelopes (uncheck View > Show Volume Envelopes) to see them. Show FX Parameter Envelopes With this command checked, Effects Envelopes appear when you apply certain Adobe Audition effects to a track, such as Pan/Expand, Dynamic EQ, and Dynamic Delay. When you add one of these effects, there will be an Automated checkbox in its settings dialog. If it's checked, an envelope for that setting will appear. (For instance, Dynamic Delay lets you vary Delay and Feedback over time with these envelopes.)