quicktime exporting with seperate audio tracks

[Tom Wolsky]

It’s explained in books, DVDs and the manual. You set the audio output in the sequence settings and you right-click in th track headers to assign which tracks go to which output channel.

All the best,

Tom

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[George Bonilla]

Thanks Tom! I am sure it is in all of those. But, they do make it hard to find! I searched every combination and found nothing. 2 dubbing houses and Technicolor couldn’t tell me how! Anyway, thanks so much. Can you be just a bit more specific? Where do I find the sequence settings and the header? I know, I sound dumb but I just am not used to quicktime. I use it once every year. When we get a movie ready. thanks again

[George Bonilla]

Hi Tom, found it! But, when I chose 4 tracks it gave a warning that said this device does not support this many tracks? I had to let it mix down the sterio pairs? Correct?

[David Roth weiss]

[george bonilla] “I had to let it mix down the sterio pairs? Correct?”

Hi George!

Typically the M&E tracks should be combined as a stereo mix on 3&4.

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[Paul Dickin]

[george bonilla] “I had to let it mix down the sterio pairs?”
Hi
That’s controlled by a check button on FCP’s Audio Mixer window.
Uncheck the Stereo Downmix button, and the four audio tracks will be treated separately – you can Export a 4 Channel movie, but you won’t hear what’s on 3 & 4 if you play your timeline without a 4 channel sound system.

[Tom Wolsky]

What format are you working in? DV? Only two tracks out to the device. You’re not going out to the device. Ignire the warning and set the tracks for output.

All the best,

Tom

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[George Bonilla]

They will be exporting to a digibeta tape. I did export as per Davids instructions. I did open up the audio and add chenels 3-4 but was I supposed to do something else? Like tell them what streams? Great copy but, I got everything on the track 1-2. Nothing on track 3-4 that I can see. Their instructions for dubbing in foreign voices is dialog on track 1-2. Music and effects on 3-4. So if I do use 4 tracks and only 2 record will I still get all of the sound? The main thing they need to do id be able to lift off the dialog track separately and keep everything else. Thanks for all the input. Can I get a step by step? Thanks again

[David Roth weiss]

[george bonilla] “So if I do use 4 tracks and only 2 record will I still get all of the sound?”

You’ll have to tell us what this means George. I know it confuses me…

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[George Bonilla]

Oops, sorry about thta. I was resonding to this post from Paul:

Hi
That’s controlled by a check button on FCP’s Audio Mixer window.
Uncheck the Stereo Downmix button, and the four audio tracks will be treated separately – you can Export a 4 Channel movie, but you won’t hear what’s on 3 & 4 if you play your timeline without a 4 channel sound system.

I am worried because I beleieve they said they wanted sterio pairs on 1-2 (dialog) and 3-4 (music and effects).

Sorry for the confusion. The copy I made looked beautiful, thanks David. I just still have to get those separate audio tracks.

[David Roth weiss]

[george bonilla] ” beleieve they said they wanted sterio pairs on 1-2 (dialog) and 3-4 (music and effects). “

Dialog is mono George. So the tracks should be as follows:

1. Dialog-1 – mono – center panned
2. Dialog-2 – mono – center panned
3. M&E (mixed) – stereo left channel – hard panned left
4. M&E (mixed) – stereo right channel – hard panned right

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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