AUDIO: discrete channels vs channel grouped

[Richard Sanchez]

This will affect how your sequence is played out to a tape deck, (or mixer) and it will also determine the channel assignments for a multichannel Quicktime or AIF file. In discrete channel, each channel will go out as a mono stem. Ch 1 Ch2 Ch 3 and so forth. With Channel grouped, if you have say, two mono channels, and 1 stereo channel, it would be exported as Two Mono Stems and One Stereo Pair. If you set it to stereo mix, it will downmix everything.

You have to set your channel assignments by right clicking the left part of timeline, where you would patch your tracks (and disable or lock tracks)

Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Joel K.]

Thank you. So just to clarify then, picking one or the other wouldn’t really effect an OMF file to the point where it wouldnt work right?

[Richard Sanchez]

I don’t believe that it will affect an OMF, since the the OMF is going to operate based on tracks as opposed to channels.

Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Bret Williams]

You can also patch in the mixer window. The far left section that many of us keep closed called “tracks.” Right click on those. Same thing. But a little easier to manage.