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FCPX Sound
The FCPX discussions, tutorials and marketing blogs do not seem to talk much about the sound features of the new program.
Does FCPX incorporate Soundtrack Pro? Given the brief descriptions of the sound correction features on the tutorials out there, it doesn’t look like it has many ways to really work on sound other than the apparently limited options offered in FCPX?
Would someone please discuss this. Thanks.
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30 Replies
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Does not incorporate STP.
Has noise reduction, hum filter, and a fair number of fx presets. Keyframing and mixing is abysmal. Extremely cumbersome, even to do a dimple audio dissolve. The trackless timeline makes any kind of traditional mixing techniques impossible. To make matters worse, you can’t export yet for further mixing in any audio program (no AAF, OMF or XML).
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Phil, Soundtrack Pro is gone, though some of its features have been incorporated into X. You can also now use 3rd party plugins. My feeling is that, on one level, the audio features are better than FCP7 but not as robust as Soundtrack Pro. Being able to edit audio sub-frame was, for me, one of the most exciting features. I do hear that a simple audio crossfade is more difficult., though I haven’t tried it On the down side–and for me it was an absolute deal breaker– the concept of tracks has been completely removed from the program to facilitate the magnetic timeline. This has created all sorts of delivery and compatibility issues. Buying an Automatic Duck utility will allow OMF, so you CAN get your audio into ProTools, Logic, et al., but not in any kind of pre-sorted fashion. As I say, this was a deal breaker for me. Maybe it will be sorted out in the future. Who knows?
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Phil, I didn’t get as far as a mix–the lack of audio tracks stopped me cold–so I would listen to what John is saying above, as he has clearly tried it.
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Soundtrack Pro is not gone officially yet… it’s part of Logic Studio!
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Better than FCP7, worse than STP. Ultimately I think they will re-introduce dedicated audio lanes.
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True enuf! I forgot. Curious to see if it makes the next suite.
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I was afraid they did away with audio tracks. What made FCP 7 so nice was the ability to round trip to soundtrack pro in a nondestructive manner if FCP didn’t have the tool needed to modify/fix audio. Latest project had 20 tracks of audio and I could easily see situations where more tracks are needed. Now I understand why Adobe and Avid are looking good, especially with their change over offers.
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Is there any “mixer” interface, or does all volume adjusting happen on the timeline, clip by clip, adjusting with the mouse?
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That would be nice. It would be a step toward making it usable for me. What about mixing? As I said, I didn’t get that far. John Pale’s experience seems to have not been good. What is yours? How exactly do you mix without tracks?
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There is no mixer panel. You can mix by rubbing-banding key frames in the timeline. One handy feature is the region tool, which lets you highlight a segment of a clip and then drag down the volume level. This automatically adds 4 audio key frames.
– Oliver
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