HI
The post was setting out some steps for you to check that the effect was actually working. A simple change in gain over the whole of a clip might not really be noticed. A change in gain along a clip possibly would.
"How? I don't see volume"
Volume is the value shown when you click the loudspeaker icon on the sound track. (Not the same as gain) It was just to check the volume level of the clip
"Can't i just click toolbar > audio > audio effects > amplify? "
The FX and other timeline prompts can disappear if you are zoomed out too much.But using the toolbar prompt will also work. This enables the use of effects on multiple grouped clips. The FX is for a single clip which was what I was describing as a test.
"Where's effect cursor? "
The effect cursor line (scrubber bar) is the red vertical line in the effects window..see my image which is the effects window.This can be moved right and left to indicate particular points in the clip. (Left is start and right is end.)
"Won't the effect work with cursor in anywhere, as long as the clip is selected?"
Yes. With no keyframes created the effect is applied automatically to the whole clip at the value selected. As I mentioned though with the whole clip treated you may not notice a change. Hence using keyframes at different points makes the change more evident.
"Where's keyframe button?"
This is the first button above the graph pane with a small green cross. Clicking this sets the selected parameter value at the red cursor line position. In effect it fixes the graph line at that point. You can now grab the line further along and drag it to a different point. When released each point becomes a keyframe where the parameter value is different. The parameter will change between these points as the clip is played.
"Can't i just set the gain for the whole clip using the gain slider or typing the number?"
Yes..For a single clip (with no keyframes) but not multiple clips
"if my sequence has 50 clips, then i have to separately set the volume for each one?"
That's about it (with this apparent bug) You can easily lower the volume of the whole Track but not all the clips grouped
"Any other way to apply an effect to all clips, that will work in current version? "
You could create a sequence from the clips on the timeline which, if reloaded will act as a single clip. You would then need to save the sequence audio as a new file and drop down to the timeline. Now the effect can be added to the whole of the sequence.
Edit: Borate has just outlined this procedure above. :-)
Nat
