simultaneous 4-channel DV audio capture: change over time and reason

[Mark Petereit]

If you double-click on your first audio channel in the Final Cut Pro timeline and look at the viewer, you’ll see a pan setting which is most likely set in the center. This is why you hear your mono channel in both sides of your headphones.

[Anthony Guest-scott]

I see. So, it sounds like, from what Rafael suggests, that digital audio generally, when represented as Mono, does not assign it to a particular left or right stereo (or surround, for that matter) output.

Thanks, Mark, for suggesting that solution in FCP. Another way I’ve found is by using the Assignment drop-down list in QuickTime’s audio settings for the file (in the file’s sound track under Properties). For my example, I can just set Channel 1 to “Left” instead of “Mono.”

Anthony