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Best Way To Bring In Music
What is the best way to bring in downloaded music from I Tunes to FCP?
Thanks!!!
Patrick Morrow -
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Well. I am not sure if you have the copyrights to do that.. but IF you do, it’s just a matter of converting it to AIFF. This is a bit of complicated matter, cause it’s very easy to do this technically, but I am a bit unsure of the creativeCows view on this. Any Admins have an opinion ?
Anders
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This assumes you have the rights to use the music you are downloading in your video.
If available download the higher res version with the DRM-free music (this does not give you the rights to use download music).
Or you can just burn the music to a cd and reimport the songs, they are now ready to convert .
In iTunes pref set importing to AIFF and set custom encode – 48800/16 Bit/stereo.Select the song(s) in itunes and under Advanced there will be a convert selection to AIFF. These can now be brought into FCP.
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Let me add that there are reasons for doing this falls under “Fair Use” and I also do this a lot for record labels that are too slow getting me music for their own deadlines. So the process does not break copyright laws (I think, hope?).
If this is something that I should not have posted it would not hurt my feelings if it got deleted.
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What about quality loss during this process?
1. Doesn’t burning a .mp3 file back to a CD cause some degredation?
2. What about converting from the format of the CD back to an AIFF? -
1. Yes, but so minor that I doubt that you’d hear it. MP3’s are so degraded anyway.
2. The format on the CD is in the AIFF format, so it is basically copying it. But converting it from 44.1k to 48k, that FCP needs to work with.
Seriously, you will not notice the difference from the original MP3 to the converted AIFF file. Unless you are a serious audiophile, in which case the mp3 will drive you nuts.
And really…be careful about using music purchased from iTunes. If you don’t have the rights to it, and you show it publically at all (even youtube) then you can get in hot water. A recent YouTube video was yanked because a Prince song was playing IN THE BACKGROUND…
RIAA going bonkers.
Shane
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1. Is it a good idea to use .mp3 files for anything intended for broadcast? I am not concerned about noticing the difference, I know I can not tell, though I just didn’t think .mp3 files were technically good enough quality for this.
2. So does this mean that I can use any of the thousands of .mp3 files I have in my iTunes library, convert them to AIFF, and use any of them for a project (with permission from the owner of course) and not be overly concerned with obtaining some master higher quality version?
Thanks Shane for all of your help!!!!
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[kat.hayes] “1. Is it a good idea to use .mp3 files for anything intended for broadcast? I am not concerned about noticing the difference, I know I can not tell, though I just didn’t think .mp3 files were technically good enough quality for this.”
I guess that would depend on the bit rate. 128k would be the lowest, and might pass, but I’d be wary. 160, 192…yes. My composer delivers the final mix to the audio mixer as mp3 files at 192 and they work fine. AIFF would be better, but really, who can tell the difference beside the true audiophile. And by the time it hits the airwaves…compression galore.
[kat.hayes] “2. So does this mean that I can use any of the thousands of .mp3 files I have in my iTunes library, convert them to AIFF, and use any of them for a project (with permission from the owner of course) and not be overly concerned with obtaining some master higher quality version?”
Most downloaded mp3 and AAC files are 128k…I wouldn’t trust those too much. 160 to 192…yes. And yes, PERMISSION is a vital thing. But with the CDs I imported, I still use the AIFF setting. But I did have an assistant who encoded to 160 AAC files (to save space on his laptop) then converted only the ones needed to AIFF files (in iTunes) and then gave them to me. So that is one way to do it.
Shane
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For a music show I produce I have my audio guy upload Apple Lossless of the final mix and use Quicktime to convert them back into Aiffs. Quicktime is a good converter also. Depending on your qorkflow it can be a lot faster and you are not having to change your import back and forth in iTunes. Just 2 different ways to do the same thing.
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1.) Is AAC the same as Dolby Digital 2.0?
“But I did have an assistant who encoded to 160 AAC files (to save space on his laptop) then converted only the ones needed to AIFF files (in iTunes) and then gave them to me. So that is one way to do it.”
2.) So is AAC higher quality than .mp3 but not higher quality than AIFF?
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