muted tracks in lpx from fcpxml

[Kyrina Bluerose]

Finally found a secret to unmute the tracks (not in the track list) but the tracks are all wrong.
What came into LPX was not what I edited in FCPX, but just the entire raw clips – or what I’ve deleted. I’ve done this a dozen different ways and am wasting all kinds of time getting nowhere. Not only can I not import the audio clips from the FCPX session into the music session I’ve got going in LPX, but I can’t even import it into its own session accurately.

There is so much info on “how-to” export and import (with some conflicting messages, some instructions that do not correspond to what I see when I follow them) and none of what I am finding and following are working, and I am feeling more and more confused and frustrated. This seems like a very simple thing to do, but yet it’s been a nightmare.

Does anyone export the audio tracks from FCPX into LPX for better editing and recording/adding music or is that just a stupid idea?

[Jeremy Garchow]

As Jeff mentions, updating your software will help, but you can also try X2Pro to make an AAF and import that AAF to Logic:

https://x2pro.net

[Kyrina Bluerose]

Thank you.

I am really not sure why purchasing separate software is necessary or even logical to do something that has clear instructions on how to do between two apple products. That just seems unreasonable or even a plain old scam.

I wish I had money to throw at these problems but I don’t. I can’t understand why they don’t work as they are supposed to – my versions are not that old. If this was a year or two ago, they would be brand new and having the exact same problem. What did people do way back then? Every single thing I have tried to do tonight has not worked, wasted time, not resulted in any learning or progress, and everything I looked up in “how-to” videos or instructions doesn’t produce the same results. I feel extremely frustrated and am on the verge of quitting both of these programs.

The latest problem is that exporting XML from LPX and importing to FCPX is consistently missing half the tracks. I have so had it. ????

[Jeremy Garchow]

Paid software is an option.

Otherwise, the app updates you can download for free.

[Jeff Kirkland]

Logic’s ability to import FCPX XML is a work in progress and improves with every update but a year ago it was buggy. In the current version of the software, it still has its issues but works much better. X2pro on the other hand, is software dedicated to getting FCPX audio into a format that any Pro Tools compatible DAW should be able to read and has been doing it a lot longer than Logic has, giving it an advantage over the basic import built into Logic.

As Jeremy says, the updates for both Logic and FCPX are free and give you many more useful features than just improved XML handling – so if sending audio to Logic is important, updating seems like a no-brainer.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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