Which action ensures you import only audio from a Clip into the Timeline?

Which action ensures you import only audio from a Clip into the Timeline?

• A. Enable the Source-side video track and drag
• B. Mute the audio and drag
• C. Import the clip as audio only in a separate sequence
• D. Activate the Source-side audio track (green) and deactivate the Source-side video track, then drag

Answer: (D)

In Avid, what gets placed in the Timeline from a source clip is controlled by the Source monitor’s track buttons. If you want only audio to be brought into the Timeline, you must make the audio track active and the video track inactive. Activating the Source-side audio track (green) and deactivating the Source-side video track ensures that when you drag from the Source monitor, only the audio portion of the clip is placed into the Timeline. The video portion won’t be included because its track is disabled for that transfer. The other options won’t achieve this in the same direct way: enabling the video track would bring video along, muting the audio affects playback but not the actual import, and importing to a separate sequence creates a different workflow rather than placing audio-only into the current Timeline.

In Avid, what gets placed in the Timeline from a source clip is controlled by the Source monitor’s track buttons. If you want only audio to be brought into the Timeline, you must make the audio track active and the video track inactive. Activating the Source-side audio track (green) and deactivating the Source-side video track ensures that when you drag from the Source monitor, only the audio portion of the clip is placed into the Timeline. The video portion won’t be included because its track is disabled for that transfer. The other options won’t achieve this in the same direct way: enabling the video track would bring video along, muting the audio affects playback but not the actual import, and importing to a separate sequence creates a different workflow rather than placing audio-only into the current Timeline.