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FCP audio panning trouble
I’ve run into a snag with FCP audio. I’ve got stereo clips that have no information on the left channel. I’ve done what I normally do in this situation, and deleted the blank left channel, and center panned the right so I can edit and hear the dialogue from both speakers. Pretty basic. For some reason, in my current project, the clips that are center panned only play out of one speaker. I believe its related to what track they sit on in the FCP timeline. Because the even number tracks spit out to the right, and the odd to the left. However, I’ve never seen this before. Is there a track setting I’m not aware of? This is audio from HDV footage if that’s relevant. I’ve checked the manual, and other cow postings, but can’t seem to find the answer. If anyone knows what I’m looking for, please help. Thanks for any input.
-george
MAC G5 Dual 2.5 PowerPC, 2.5 GB RAM, FCP 6 -
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First, make sure its not just a wire that’s pulled loose in your monitor setup.
Then, you might try trashing the FCP Preferences.
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Well, the audio meters in FCP reflect what I am hearing. Its definitely not a monitor problem. I tried trashing prefs and that didn’t seem to work either. I’ve got a feeling it has to do with a sequence or clip setting, but still don’t understand it. Items on tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 and so on are coming out of my right speaker, and are playing as thought panned right (even though clips are individually panned center). The FCP meters are also only playing on the right side. Items on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, etc are coming from the left speaker, and showing up on the left meter in FCP.
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Select a clip in the timeline and press control-period. How does it play back?
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop” -
I think I may have found something for you.
Go to your “Sequence Settings” –
Final Cut Pro (menu) > User Settings
Audio Outputs (tab) >You should have “Default Stereo Preset” as your choice.
Click on that and make sure:
Outputs: “2”
Grouping: “Stereo” (not “Dual Mono”)If you choose “Dual Mono,” your audio will follow the track selection (odd = Left, even = Right) and not the Pan.
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Tom, When I press those keys, nothing really happens.
Matte, yes, thank you. I did try that setting as well, and tried a few of the configurations there just to be sure. That wasn’t it. I did figure it out though…. I quit FCP, trashed all of my audio render files at the finder level, and then re-opened my project. I re-rendered the audio and it now works properly. Not sure if this is a bug with FCP or possibly something to do with the HDV format in FCP.
If any of the moderators know about this, maybe they can weigh in.
Thanks for your help.-george
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