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Audio Decibel level difference
Ok, This is going to be long for the sake of clarity. I regularly shoot two-camera projects at the local federal courthouse. I use my “A” camera as my main audio camera. My “B” camera is strictly for shooting wide shots. I capture two separate mics on “A” camera, shotgun mic on channel 2 and the courtroom system audio on channel 1.
Once I bring the footage into FCPX, I create multi clips, sometimes by using the audio, sometimes by setting markers. I usually cut in the magnetic timeline( the first stage of “Timeline” in fcpx) Once the cutting is locked, then I open up the multi clip in the Angle Editor and then open “A” camera up into its own timeline. This allows me to mix the audio as two discreet channels. When I’m happy with my mix, I exit out of “A” camera’s Timeline, then exit out of the Angle Editor. I’m now back in the Magnetic Timeline. My question is, has anyone else noticed that the audio is three decibels quieter in the magnetic timeline than it is in the timeline for “A” camera?
Is this a bug in fcpx or am I doing something wrong? This little “gotcha” has me pulling my hair out and is delaying these projects being complete. Any help or advice is much appreciated.
Things are gettin’ interesting…
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Are you using any audio effects on the multicam clip? Volume can also be adjusted globally in the inspector audio tab.
Also, is it just for this project, or have you noticed this in other projects as well?
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yeah, I’m using some heavy audio effects on the multiclip audio. It’s only during the Voir Dire part of the trial that I do this since the jurors aren’t mic-ed. And yeah I figured I could just bring up the gain globally to workaround the problem.
..and knowing is half the battle.
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