• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Audio Issues

  Posted by Gaurav Walia on May 29, 2009 at 6:13 pm

  Hello All,

  Understanding:
  Novice

  Media:
  DVD to DV converted
  Stereo Audio

  Issue:
  In the audio viewer the a1 audio waveform is low to non-existent
  (see https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9256/picture5kki.png)

  Question:
  How do you copy the a2 audio waveform to a1? (step-by-step would be appreciated)

  Mark Spano replied 17 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Fishback

  May 29, 2009 at 8:40 pm

  Click on your clip in the timeline. Hit CMD-L. You’ll notice that the underline in clip name that you see in the clip is now gone. Click anywhere outside the clip and both the video and audio are now un-selected. Click on just the A2 audio and copy it with CMD-C. Now click on A1 and Paste Attributes (OPT-V). A box will pop up. Check Content, Pan and Levels and OK. Select all three tracks (video, A1 and A2) and CMD-L and they’ll be linked again (and the clip name will be underlined again). That’s it.

  John

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  Mark Spano

  May 29, 2009 at 9:03 pm

  Do you want to mix the two, or just get rid of what’s on A1 and add A2’s contents in A1’s place (creating a mono soundtrack of A2 material)?

  If you want to mix A1 and A2, I would export the audio from the clip (right-click on clip in the browser and export quicktime conversion, audio to AIFF, 16-bit 48kHz uncompressed). Then import that AIF into iTunes, and in preferences, Import Settings, choose AIFF, custom, 48kHz, MONO). Right click on the item in the library window and choose Make AIFF Version. Find this new Mono AIFF file and reimport that into FCP. Load your clip in the viewer (as in your screenshot). Create a sequence with just V1 and A1. Arm only V1, overwrite. Locate to the head of the clip in sequence. Load the new MONO AIFF in the viewer. Arm A1, overwrite. Now you have a mono mix sync to picture.

  If you want to replace A1 with A2, then just open the clip in the viewer (as you have in your screenshot). Create a sequence with one video and two audio tracks. Arm V1 and A2 in sequence. Overwrite. Now delete track A1 from sequence, and pan A2 center. Now you have a mono audio track with only A2’s contents.

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