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Preview tone inconsistent with Edit to Tape
I’m mid Avid to FCP switch, and I had been exporting my vids and doing dubs on my avid because that’s where my deck was, but now I’m needing to do dubs direct from FCP.
I have a Kona LHE, FCP 6.0.1, Mac Pro 2×2 3ghz, 4gb ram, ati 1900.
When previewing tone in “edit to tape”, the tone level is dramatically different than the audio level when it actually edits to tape. I set my deck up to -12 or -14 or whatever, and when I drop the sequence on the edit to tape window, it’s MUCH louder. Inexplicably. The tone level is off the charts compared to the perfectly calibrated “preview” tone. The spot is louder, too.
What gives? Is this a bug in 6.0.1?
Thanks for any help…
Cory
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4 Replies
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Have you raised the overall level of your sequence in the FCP audio mixer?
YOu should preview bars and tone from your timeline.
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Check the audio output preferences for your sequence (not just your overall audio preferences).
If your sequence is set for multiple mono outputs (in Avid terminology “direct out” instead of stereo) you need to adjust the downmix settings or it will be very loud.
If your overall preferences differ from your sequence preferences you can expect different levels on output. Hope this makes sense.
On Avid, if you do your mix with your in direct out, but try to output in stereo, your levels will be very loud…similar concept.
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Thanks. Makes sense. I think this was the issue. Never really came up in all the years of AVID because I think I’ve always had consistent audio output settings– plus there’s fewer options in fewer places.. (No “Sequence settings”) And because the hardware was 1st party, it was more integrated into the software, option wise… (not complaining, just noticing the differences…)
Thanks!
Cory
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In Avid your output settings in the Audio Tool are always global. In FCP, you can have different audio output settings for each sequence, because in FCP you can have multiple sequences open at the same time…not possible in Avid.
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