capturing 4 channels audio from DSR11

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WHAT mixes 1&2 with 3&4?

The deck or FCP capture?

[Ann Lukacs]

I can separate the audio mix 1&2 from 3&4 when I play it back on the deck but when I try to capture it FCP mixes everything.

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What version of FCP?
What computer?
What OS level?

[Ann Lukacs]

FCP 5; Power Mac G5; Mac OS X … brand new system.

I’m not sure the deck will output the separate channels via the DV firewire in/out. I’ve been experimenting and I’m trying to run the deck through my Sony HDV-Z1U. I can get it to play via the camera and I can now get the FCP clip settings to give me the option for four tracks but I can’t figure out how to capture it.

I’m getting close. Hope you can help. Thanks.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Apple Annie] “I can separate the audio mix 1&2 from 3&4 when I play it back on the deck but when I try to capture it FCP mixes everything.”

When you put clips into the timeline, FCP automatically pans everything to Center. Just pan your audio tracks left and right again to split them out.

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[Ann Lukacs]

Won’t let me do that. All four channels are mixed when they come into FCP.

The master is CH1 stereo left; CH2 stereo right; CH3 dialogue; CH4 music & effects

[Trent Mitsuoka]

Try highlighting the clip, then hit option+L to unlink the audio clips, then do what Walter said and pan each channel individually. Otherwise, I was thinking, it may be playing out from the deck that way. Check the wiring between the deck and capture card.

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[Frank Nolan]

According to the FCP manual you can only capture 2 channels of audio at a time into FCP via firewire. Last week Walter explained to someone on here that you could capture more that 2 channels if the deck supported it, so maybe he can help out here. If it can indeed be done that is great, if not you will need to go into FCP audio/video settings, then click the capture presets tab and edit, or duplicate, the preset you are using. In the quicktime audio settings choose DV audio from the device pop up menu and select first 2 channels. Do a pass into FCP and then go back and select second 2 channels for the second pass. You will then have the 4 discrete tracks in FCP but you will have to link tracks 3 & 4 to the first pass of audio/video capture.

[Ann Lukacs]

SUCCESS!

I knew how to separate the channels in the audio mix menu on the DSR-11. What I didn’t understand was how to get FCP to chose the channels. I found out that by going to the A/V settings, clicking capture presets, edit, and in the QT audio settings menu there is a place to pick which channels you want to capture.

THANKS EVERYONE!!!!