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importing music files from itunes
I imported music from a CD into Itunes and then imported those files to FCP 4.5 but there are crackles in the music. What gives?
Bips
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2 Replies
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Check the format of the import into iTunes. It’s probably set to MP3 or something… you need to work with aif files in FCP. You can change the import format in iTunes, or simply use QuickTime to convert the files (which are proabaly aifs or CD audio files at 44.1 kHz) and change them to aif files at 48 kHz.
They may also simply copy from the CD’s to your scratch disk, and import them from there to FCP. They’ll likely work in their native format.
Jerry
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Have a quick check back … theres been a topic covering these kind of issues here before.
I think the final result was that you should set iTunes preferences to import audio as AIFF, 48 kHz, 16bit, Stereo.
FCP4.5HD does a very poor job (or at least a very inconsistent job) of handling CD audio tracks when you drag them straight from CD to your Scratch Disk …. it may well be that QT Pro does a better job, and certainly the iTunes import method above provides consistently good audio.
Also the much anticipated FCP5 will likely fix a myriad of issues, it might be that this one is amongst them.
Cheers
Andy
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