• Apple Final Cut Pro

  No playback on two audio channels imported as ‘four mono’

  Posted by Jesse Freeston on June 5, 2017 at 10:09 pm

  FCPX imports audio as ‘Four Mono’ with audio from the lapel and boom mics on channels 1 and 2 respectively. Channels 3 and 4 are empty. The waveforms show and the meters go up and down, but there is no playback. (see screengrab)

  If I switch to ‘Two Stereo’ in the Inspector I can hear the playback, but I lose the ability to adjust the levels of the two mics individually.

  Any ideas?

  

  I am editing on OS X Sierra and FCPX 10.3.1.
  Shot with Sony PXW-X70.

  Jesse Freeston
  Documentary Filmmaker/Editor/Shooter

  Jeff Markgraf replied 8 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Duncan Craig

  June 6, 2017 at 9:08 am

  Edit the multicam clip into a timeline and it will playback the audio.
  I’m having the same problem here.

  It’s happening since I update to the recent version, I expect it’s a ‘feature’ of the new Roles related stuff, but it’s a real PITA.

  FS100, EX1, GoPro, 2x Hacks, FCPX etc
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  Jesse Freeston

  June 20, 2017 at 9:01 pm

  Hey Duncan!

  That’s what I’ve been doing too, a bit of a PITA as you say. Have you found a solution in the last couple weeks?

  Jesse Freeston
  Documentary Filmmaker/Editor/Shooter
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  Jeff Markgraf

  June 21, 2017 at 12:06 am

  Duncan & Jesse –

  See the reply to Ben above (or below) this thread and try the MIDI configuration fix. Hope it helps.

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