Voice track on Vegas 9.0

Lynda wrote on 12/25/2008, 5:02 PM
I got Vegas 9.0 for Christmas, and I'm already having some trouble with it. I've used Vegas 6.0 before -- a friend has it and we've used it to make videos before. I really liked working with it, which is why I asked for the new version as a gift.

Anyway, when I pull the clips I'm using into the Video track, it's bringing the voice into the Voice track. 6.0 did the same thing, and that's fine. In 6.0, all you do is click on the invidual voice tracks that you want to remove. They turn purple and you use "Edit" and "Cut" or "Delete" and the voice track disappears. Easy as that.

When I do that in 9.0, it takes out the Video clip along with the Voice clip that I'm trying to get rid of!

Please, can anybody here help me with this?

(In the meantime, I think I'll be able to use the Mute button for the Voice track, but I know I've made other videos where I wanted some of the voice track left in, so the mute button isn't a permanent fix.)

Comments

Byron K wrote on 12/25/2008, 5:43 PM
The sound track and video track are linked. Try clicking on the "Ignore Event Grouping" icon. (Looks like a little unlocked lock w/ 2 rectangles behind it)
Lynda wrote on 12/25/2008, 6:01 PM
It worked!! Thank you so much for replying so quickly!

:: victory dance ::
Tim L wrote on 12/25/2008, 8:21 PM
If it bugs you the way it works now, and you want it to work like it did in older versions, there is a preference setting you can change:

Click "Options" >> "Preferences", then click on the "Editing" tab. The fourth option down is "[ ] Cut, copy, and delete grouped events". If you un-tick that option, I think it goes back to deleting just the selected audio event like it used to, rather than deleting the entire group (audio + video).

(I have Vegas Pro 8, but I'm guessing that VMS 9 is probably the same...)