nodes on volume envelope
 

Re volume envelopes in Vegas 9:

I remember hearing somewhere that in Vegas 9 you can insert 4 nodes on the volume envelope line at one go, making it easier to set up a section on which to increase or decrease the volume. Is this correct? If so, how do you switch this feature on?

This feature is active as soon as you enable a volume envelope (shortcut key is V).
Highlight the desired area of the timeline and click the Volume envelop line once only.
4 points are automatically added, 2 at the beginning and 2 at the end of the time selection.
Points 1 & 2 are created 1/2 frame before and after the start time.
Points 3 & 4 are the same at the end point.
Note that the two middle points are offset from the start/end by 1 frame only so if you want to have a slow fade in and/or out, these will have to be adjusted manually.

These limitations are why I like the "fourpoints" script at http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/FourPoints.js that Edward Troxel created.

Hey Mike

I learn something new every day!!! Thanks
After doing the right-click and add point routine I discovered (after many right clicks) that you can just just double-click the line 4 times and the nodes are pretty much where I need them. The script will even be faster, of course!!!

Chris

Man, that is awesome! That would have saved me a lot of time, these past few years. Thanks for sharing.

Note that the new add 4-points around the selection area is a NEW feature of Vegas Pro 9. There's also some quirks with the new feature but it CAN be very useful.

I've got to be honest here and say that, until Renton's post, I had never played with this particular feature of V9 Pro :-)
The online help file was of no use so I actually opened the manual (I admit it, I broke the law about men reading manuals!!) and read about it.
As I said though, I've been using Edward's script for a long time now and find it a lot more useful as you can adjust the fade in/out times by changing the length in the script.
I modified it and saved out versions for 1/2 sec. and 2 sec. fades (1 sec. is the default) as this is what I use the most.

The scripts are definitely more flexible. But the new feature is cool. If you want to see something weird, though, try this:

Create a selection area and change the volume which will add the four points.

Now create a new selection area with a couple of those points inside the new selection area.

Next try to adjust ONE of the nodes in the selection area - it creates four new points instead of just adjusting the one node.

Thanks Mike and Ed. Appreciated.