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Working with Audio Channels
After searching the Cow for some audio help, I discovered that I need to break apart my file in order to adjust individual audio channels. But once I break apart the clip, I can’t hear anything.
My set up is Channel one is a mono feed from the audio board, channel two is a mono camera mounted shotgun mic, 3&4 is the built in stereo mic.
My Project is 720p stereo. I want to use the feed from the Audio board as much as possible, but there are a few spots the the feed was to hot and is clipping so I need to bring it down and bring up the shotgun. But once I break the clip, I can’t hear anything.
When I open the each of the separate channels in the inspector, under channel configuration it says “unsupported clip”
Thanks for your help.
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Grant… you gotta give us some more information about the format.
I edit four channel source audio as well, and I always try to do that without breaking the audio apart from the video, unless I absolutely must.
FIrst, turn off the tracks you don’t want on. Do that either in the audio inspector, or by opening up the clip in timeline mode and using V to disable the channels.
Now from here, if I want to ride the levels of multiple channels, I use the open in timeline option, and inside the clip, I ride the levels, then close it back up.
There are other ways to do this. If you are recording a concert, or something that won’t need many cuts, you can break apart the audio, and then place all of channel 1 with the board in a giant compound clip that you can see in the timeline and ride up and down with keyframes. Likewise for channels 2, 3 and 4.
The fact that the audio is unsupported is a problem. That’s why we need more information.
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Not sure I can help.. but I have seen this behaviour with my testing with an 8 channel Quicktime clip.
It ‘auto-detects’ the clip as 3 stereo and 2 mono. I can change it to 8 mono or 4 stereo etc, but not manually assign stereo pairs and mono tracks. Also there is no routing for the individual tracks as I see without breaking apart.
Once broken apart I see the ‘unsupported clip’ error message in the channel configuration. This seems to indicate that you can’t configure the channels in an audio clip that is from within a VandA clip.
I can, however, then assign panning to those 8 seperated tracks and then combine them all back in a compound clip – which could all work but seems like a lot of effort at the moment.
I think I can only then adjust the panning by breaking the compound clip apart again… but maybe that’s a good thing.
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Thanks Mark, the “open in timeline” was what I was missing.
Now as far as riding the levels, what are the options for doing that? All I can figure out is how to adjust the entire track or use the range tool to select an area. Is there an easier way to bring down a track at a certain point, have it stay there and then bring it back up when I need it.
Cheers,
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I figured out I can do it in the inspector window. It sure seems like there would be a more efficient way of doing it.
Cheers.
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Make your audio tracks larger using the clip appearance window, under the right part of the timeline.
Option-click to add keyframes. Click and drag to move them up/down/left/right. Select one and cmd+ or cmd- to raise/lower it.
Use the range tool to elevate/reduce a range.
Read the manual man.
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Don’t live your life in a secondary storyline.Mark Morache
FCPX/FCP7/Xpri/Avid
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
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Thanks Mark, I appreciate your help.
I have been reading the manual, though not cover to cover. And I have a gone through two of Ripple Training’s series. There is a lot of new and different stuff and some of it takes a lot to sink in.
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