has anyone figured out 10.13 audio configuration?

[Noah Kadner]

https://larryjordan.com/articles/dual-channel-mono-audio-in-fcp-x/

Noah

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[Jenn Lindsay]

Thank you, and ugh, I wish! That’s from 2011. But with the 10.3 update the audio sidebar is totally different.

Here are some screenshots. You’ll see in the Information panel, in the audio section, there’s an Audio configuration option but my audio file has no drop-down menu Channel Configuration option or Channels options.

I just can’t figure it out!
Thank you!

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[Noah Kadner]

Are you sure that’s the camera original? Because the channel config is basically the same:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12575?locale=en_US

If you’re not seeing option to view a clip as dual mono the channels may not be present in the clip.

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[Joe Marler]

[Jenn Lindsay] “how to make the audio dual mono or stereo…..

There’s no “Channels” menu on the audio configuration sidebar. And the Angles editor is a little beyond me”

In 10.3x it’s the same as previous for single camera material. For multicam it changed — in that case you must open the multicam clip in the angle editor, click on the camera angle you want, then in the Inspector audio tab, click on the waveform and you’ll have the option for dual mono.

[Jenn Lindsay]

But I’m only working in a single camera and I still don’t have the configuration options. I tried to make my single camera clip a compound clip but then I could figure out how to get into the angle editor. I don’t know why this is so confusing 🙁

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[Jenn Lindsay]

Ah, maybe you identified the problem. Because the clip is actually a synced clip that was imported from Plural Eyes. But I don’t understand why I still can’t double the audio. Even if I double it manually I can’t figure a way to balance them or pan.

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[Noah Kadner]

Open the original clip in the event browser then look at its channel configuration in the inspector. If you don’t see any dropdown menu then it’s a single channel mono file- really that simple.

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[Jenn Lindsay]

Is there no way to turn a single channel mono into a dual mono?

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[Joe Marler]

You have a synchronized clip which is a container for two base clips. As part of changes for the new “roles” functionality, if you want to change an audio component for a sync clip, you must right-click on the clip in the timeline, select “Open Clip”, then in the Inspector change it to Dual Mono, then in the timeline click the timeline history “back arrow” to return to the parent timeline.

It is similar with multicam clips except you must open it in the Angle Editor. It is a little less discoverable with sync clips because unlike MC clips they won’t automatically open from double-clicking on them.

There is some more info here, but it doesn’t specifically explain this situation: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207124

[Jenn Lindsay]

Ah!! Yes!! Success!!

I don’t know why, but I’ll take it. I guess I need to school myself in this roles thing.

Thank you so much.

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