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Fake surround sound…
In FCP, if you only have one sound input (be it mono or only a left or right side because the amateurish cameraman messed up the settings on the camera), a way I was taught around this for a stereo situation is to simply duplicate the audio track and pan one left and one right. I’m aware this has other implications, but for now I’m talking hypothetically.
Now what if you wanted to do something similar for a surround sound situation?
-I get confused because when you import some audio files form Sound studio they’re one about 6 different tracks, each sounding the same, and I assumed it was for surround sound- but if they’re all the same sound, why do this? Does that mean if you only had normal stereo sound it would ONLY come out of two speakers? Would most amps not sort out the sound and play the left from the left half of the speakers, and right form right? (ie if 6 speakers, 3 will play left and 3 will play right)? If NOT, how do you simulate this in the FCP timeline, so that each speaker only plays one track?😀
Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Production Assistant, Grace Productions
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Do you have soundtrack? if so cut your video then send it to Soundtrack and adjust the audio there. I find it’s easier working on it like that, more so if I have to do surround sound. I hope this helps.
Editor, Sound Designer, Stop-Motion Animator, Lighting, and Pack Mule
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Copying the same file to the right side doesn’t make it stereo. It is dual mono. You’d have the same result by panning your single track to the center and raising the gain approx. 3 db. Doing the same with surround buys you nothing in terms of it sounding like true surround, you’ll just have identical sound coming out of all the channels. Most of the time, dialog is panned center, (although, off-screen dialog might be place to one side) and music & FX are stereo (or surround).
John
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I don’t think most people realize that most of the time there is nothing coming out of the rear speakers on Hollywood movies. Which adds to the impact of when there IS something there.
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