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  • FCP and z7 camera audio issue?

    Posted by Emmet Reddy on March 25, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    Hi i have a guy who using a Z 7 sony camera which is shooting in dv mode onto a flash card but when i import it into final cur pro i have to render the audio because its says the audio format is 32-bit audio?
    i have asked the camera man is it not a setting on his camera but he says it only has a 16bit audio setting which is what i want but i get it in FCP as 32bit and i have to render every time.

    Any ideas

    Thanks Emmet

    Priyam Biswas replied 15 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • John Fishback

    March 25, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    For no render the audio must be PCM 48kHz 16 or 24 bit. The Z7 records in 2 audio modes. The cameraman must switch to the 16bit/48kHz mode to avoid rendering in FCP.

    Z7 Audio Signal Format
    HDV
    MPEG1 Audio Layer II
    DVCAM/DV
    16-bit/48kHz 2 Channel Mode
    12-bit/32kHz 4 Channel Mode

    John

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  • Emmet Reddy

    March 25, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    Thanks I will pass on details to cam dude.
    Cheers Emmet

  • Michael Gissing

    March 25, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    You are confusing bit depth with sample rate. As John has pointed out 16 bit(depth) 48Khz (sample rate) 2 channel is the correct setting.

  • Emmet Reddy

    March 27, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    Thanks for the useless information,
    I know the difference between bit depth and sample rate the audio rate is 48Khz and the audio format was 32 bit floating point and the problem was solved bye using the log and transfer window which is 48khz 16 bit audio so no rendering.

  • Priyam Biswas

    February 12, 2011 at 7:56 am

    I am having the same problem with the 32 bit audio. Please let me know if any one gets a solution.
    Thanks

    Priyam

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