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FCP using Soundtrack Pro export to OMF
I’ve been using Soundtrack Pro to Normalize some of the quiet parts of my clips, while still in FCP. I send my clips from the FCP timeline to Soundtrack Pro, Normalize them (non destructively) , then save the Soundtrack Pro project to include the source audio, and the clip changes are automatically reflected in my original FCP timeline. Now I assume the new audio level is linked to the Soundtrack Pro file. I’m going to export an OMF file for Pro Tools audio sweetening.
Question: Will my new Soundtrack Pro (non-destructive) normalized clip be congruent in the OMF file I want to export from FCP, or will the OMF file only have the original quiet source non audio?
Thanks
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Whatever media you hear (is connected) in the timeline will be in any exported audio file.
Does that answer your question?
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A much simpler trick is to add the compressor filter to quiet clips – don’t use any compression ( ie 1:1 ) but there is a heap of extra gain you can add.
To answer your question in an earlier post; as a sound facility, I don’t need normalised clips for mixing. I have so much gain in my digital mix path that normalisiing would be unneccessary. Also a normalise render in FCP may not be floating point processing. 32 bit floating point gain, as you can expect on most digital mixers, is much better than 16 or 24 bit normalising.
Did you do a test to make sure the rendered normailsised clips had handles? If not then you are making a nighmare problem for sound post. I suspect you are going to a lot of trouble for a rough mix for pic editing. Try the compressor filter gain trick instead as this doesn’t need to render or affect the OMF.
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