In the following example, the track to which ducking is applied contains music and an adjacent track that causes ducking contains a voice-over.
Procedure
- In the montage window, place the clips that contain the music and the voice-over on separate adjacent tracks.
The voice-over clips must be located inside the time range of the music clip.
- Select the clip containing the music.
- Select the Envelope tab.
- In the Selector section, open the Envelope Type pop-up menu, and select Volume/Fades.
- In the Level section, click Ducking.
- In the Ducking Settings dialog, make your settings.
Depending on whether the voice-over track is above or below the music track, you must select Previous Track or Next Track.
- Click OK.
Result
The level of the music is automatically lowered by the voice-over clips.