• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Dual Mono Audio Output Question – For QuickTime Render

  Posted by Brad Bobford on October 21, 2010 at 8:32 pm

  Hey all,

  I’m trying to create a stereo mix out of 6 mono tracks that the client delivered me. How do I do this in FCP without changing the mix levels? Do I have to hard pan the tracks left/right? Or do I just assign all the mono tracks (by right clicking in the audio controls of the sequence) to output through channels 1 & 2? Or do I do both?

  Also, what should my sequence “Audio Outputs” settings be set to? Mono or stereo? Lastly why does mono automatically mix down -3db?

  Thanks!

  Mark Spano replied 15 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  October 21, 2010 at 8:46 pm

  You must set your sequence as Stereo (Sequence setting), and pan the tracks as needed.
  rafael

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  Mark Spano

  October 22, 2010 at 4:24 pm

  [Brad Bobford] “I’m trying to create a stereo mix out of 6 mono tracks that the client delivered me. How do I do this in FCP without changing the mix levels?”

  You can’t really unless you know exactly what the tracks are. For example, a VO should be panned center, music should be hard left and right, etc.. Then, if you just want unity summing, make sure that any tracks that are panned L/R are placed at 0dB and any tracks that are panned center are placed at -3dB. This will only work if the tracks you were provided were intended to be summed at unity. If not, the mix will sound awful to you at unity, and you will have to adjust levels to your own taste.

  [Brad Bobford] “Also, what should my sequence “Audio Outputs” settings be set to? Mono or stereo? Lastly why does mono automatically mix down -3db?”

  Set your sequence output settings to Stereo. Assuming it’s a stereo mix you’re after, you won’t have panning control if you set to dual mono. Your question about downmix levels: this copied from the manual-

  Downmix pop-up menu: Commands in this menu determine the amount, in dB, by which an output channel should be attenuated (lowered) or boosted (raised) when audio is downmixed to stereo—either for output to video or as a QuickTime movie or audio file, or when downmix is turned on in the Audio Mixer. When downmixing, audio output channels can be modified from +10 dB to –10 dB, or turned off altogether.

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