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Auto-Ducking Tab: Audio Busses

In the Auto-Ducking tab for Audio Busses, you can lower the volume level of one audio signal in order for another simultaneous audio signal to have more prominence.

General

Interface Element

Description

Name

The name of the object.

Notes

Any additional information about the object properties.

Controls the Mute and Solo states for the object and shows the implicit mute and solo states for the object.

Muting an object silences this object for the current monitoring session. Soloing an object silences all the other objects in the project except this one.

A bold M or S indicates that the Mute or Solo state has been explicitly set for the object. A non-bold M or S with faded color indicates that the object's Mute or Solo state was implicitly set from another object's state.

Muting an object implicitly mutes the descendant objects.

Soloing an object implicitly mutes the sibling objects and implicitly solos the descendant and ancestor objects.

[Tip] Tip

Hold the Ctrl key while clicking a solo button to exclusively solo the object for which the solo button is associated.

[Note] Note

Mute and Solo are designed to be used for monitoring purposes only and are not persisted in the project or stored in the SoundBanks.

Auto-Ducking

Interface Element

Description

Recovery Time

The amount of time from the termination of the audio signal in the current bus to the beginning of the fade-in for the signals that were ducked.

Default value: 1
Range: 0 to 10
Units: Seconds

Maximum ducking volume

The maximum amount by which the current bus volume can be attenuated when ducked by one or more busses.

Default value: -96
Range: -200 to 0
Units: dB

[Note] Note

The default slider range is from -96 to 0. You can go over those limits by entering the value directly, or by rolling the mouse while the focus is on the edit control.

Opens the Project Explorer - Browser where you can select an Audio Bus to add to the auto-ducking list.

The Master Audio Bus cannot be selected, and an Audio Bus cannot duck itself or any of its parent busses.

Deletes the selected Audio Bus from the auto-ducking list.

 

Click the Configure Columns... shortcut (right-click) option from the column header band.

The Configure Columns Dialog opens. Specify which columns to display and their order.

Busses

The name of the Audio Bus.

Volume

The amount by which the volume of the selected Audio Bus is reduced during auto-ducking. In the Target column you can select whether this volume adjustment applies to the voice or the bus volume.

Default value: -6
Range: -200 to 0
Units: dB

[Note] Note

The default slider range is from -200 to 0. You can go over those limits by entering the value directly.

Fade Out

The time to fade out from the original volume to the ducking volume.

Fade In

The time to fade in from the ducking volume back to the original volume.

Curve

The curve shape that defines how the signal will fade out and fade back in.

Target

Defines what property the ducking system will target.

Here are the two possible values:

  • Bus Volume: Targets the final bus volume directly.

  • Voice Volume: Targets the audio objects playing in the bus. This will also affect the sends applied to the targeted audio objects.

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