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  • Posted by Mark Dannunzio on March 14, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    I am pretty solid with video editing with FCP.
    I am NOT solid with audio editing/mixing.
    I recorded two people, having a wireless mic on both.
    How do I set up FCP to handle two seperate channels, and in the end, how do I mix music in? Mixdown?

    Does that make sense?

    Thanks
    Mark

    Mark Dannunzio

    Mark Dannunzio replied 18 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 11 Replies
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  • Jeremy Garchow

    March 15, 2008 at 4:43 am

    Have you captured the footage?

  • Mark Dannunzio

    March 17, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    Yes I captured the footage. How shall I set up the sequence and then export when finished?

    Thanks
    Mark

    Mark Dannunzio

  • Jeremy Garchow

    March 17, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    HOW did you capture? Dual mono or stereo?

  • Mark Dannunzio

    March 17, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    I captured duel mono.

    Mark Dannunzio

  • Jeremy Garchow

    March 17, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    Then you are fine. FCP defaults to two channels of audio out in stereo. Simply add audio to your timeline and master.

    Jeremy

  • Pat Defilippo

    March 18, 2008 at 2:55 am

    Hello,

    I have edited several pieces this way and know that what Jeremy says is 100% correct.

    However, if your two people were close in proximity, you might want to blade the audio tracks when one stops talking and the other starts. Then, bring the audio channel of the person NOT talking to zero. This will get rid of any echo that you’re picking up and dramatically improve the quality of your audio.

    Make sure you go to your sequence settings and turn on audio waveforms because they will definitely help your audio editing. Also, I have used fades to “ramp” up and down audio levels where two people talk at the same time. You might want to play with that if a straight cut doesn’t sound right. Cutting will usually do the job for you, though, as it keeps the ambience at the same level throughout.
    -Pat

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  • Pat Defilippo

    March 18, 2008 at 2:56 am

    Hello,

    I have edited several pieces this way and know that what Jeremy says is 100% correct.

    However, if your two people were close in proximity, you might want to blade the audio tracks when one stops talking and the other starts. Then, bring the audio channel of the person NOT talking to zero. This will get rid of any echo that you’re picking up and dramatically improve the quality of your audio.

    Make sure you go to your sequence settings and turn on audio waveforms because they will definitely help your audio editing. Also, I have used fades to “ramp” up and down audio levels where two people talk at the same time. You might want to play with that if a straight cut doesn’t sound right. Cutting will usually do the job for you, though, as it keeps the ambience at the same level throughout.
    -Pat

    G5 Quad 2.5 Desktop with 4GB Ram, 500GB HD & Fiber Card ~
    30″ Cinema Display & 17″ Sony SVGA ~
    Swift Data 200 Internal 1.6TB SATA II RAID 0 ~
    AJA Io LA ~
    Final Cut Studio 2 ~
    Sony UVW-1800 Beta-SP ~
    Sony DSR-40 DVCam ~
    2.33ghz MacBook Pro 17″ (with FCS2) ~~~

    P D Post Productions, Inc. ~
    TV~DVD~VHS~CD~WEB
    for Corporate Communications, Commercials, Infomercials, Television Programs and Family Occasions since 1983 ~
    E-mail PD@PDPost.com ~
    Website http://www.PDPost.com ~
    Business/Cell Phone (847) 275-5671

  • Pat Defilippo

    March 18, 2008 at 2:56 am

    Hello,

    I have edited several pieces this way and know that what Jeremy says is 100% correct.

    However, if your two people were close in proximity, you might want to blade the audio tracks when one stops talking and the other starts. Then, bring the audio channel of the person NOT talking to zero. This will get rid of any echo that you’re picking up and dramatically improve the quality of your audio.

    Make sure you go to your sequence settings and turn on audio waveforms because they will definitely help your audio editing. Also, I have used fades to “ramp” up and down audio levels where two people talk at the same time. You might want to play with that if a straight cut doesn’t sound right. Cutting will usually do the job for you, though, as it keeps the ambience at the same level throughout.
    -Pat

    G5 Quad 2.5 Desktop with 4GB Ram, 500GB HD & Fiber Card ~
    30″ Cinema Display & 17″ Sony SVGA ~
    Swift Data 200 Internal 1.6TB SATA II RAID 0 ~
    AJA Io LA ~
    Final Cut Studio 2 ~
    Sony UVW-1800 Beta-SP ~
    Sony DSR-40 DVCam ~
    2.33ghz MacBook Pro 17″ (with FCS2) ~~~

    P D Post Productions, Inc. ~
    TV~DVD~VHS~CD~WEB
    for Corporate Communications, Commercials, Infomercials, Television Programs and Family Occasions since 1983 ~
    E-mail PD@PDPost.com ~
    Website http://www.PDPost.com ~
    Business/Cell Phone (847) 275-5671

  • Jeremy Garchow

    March 18, 2008 at 3:01 am

    Excellent point, Pat. That will get rid of any phase cancellation if need be.

  • Mark Dannunzio

    March 18, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Thanks so much guys. In the exporting process now….

    Take care

    Mark

    Mark Dannunzio

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