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Split audio output
In this trackless environment we now find ourselves in, I am wondering how people deal with out putting a split audio version, e.g vo to the left & m&e to the right?
Thinking logically I would create compound clips of the different audio types in order to give me 2 audio “tracks”, and then adjusting panning controls as necessary, as opposed to treating each and every audio item individually.
If apple intend to persist with the track free audio setup what we need to do is to be able to create our own custom audio buses so then various audio elements can be patched into these virtual tracks.
Oh and throw in the ability to add audio panning, filters etc to these buses and I’m sure it will please many. Here’s hoping anyway 🙂
cheers,
Brendan
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Are you asking about four track output or panning tracks.
Panning tracks is easy. Just select all the clips you want to pan left and in the info dialog box change the pan to left. Do the same for the right side.
In terms of M&E why not do it with multiple timelines. Not too complicated.
You can’t drop anything to tape or to a DA88 with FCPX but there are ways to archive by creating multiple sequences or media managing the sequence to other location and maybe burning to DVD.
David.
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Yes good point about not being able to lay off to tape etc so as you suggested the mutiple sequence option would be the best bet. Thanks.
Would also be great to see audio busses as per STP implemented at some stage in the future.
It’s great to see all the work-arounds, tips and tricks on offer here as we work through the early days of the software.
Cheers,
Brendan
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[David Battistella] “In terms of M&E why not do it with multiple timelines.”
A good trick suggested below by Timothy Paytonis to use compound clips for this. For example, put all your M&E into one compound clip and solo it.
The other good thing about this way of working is that you can apply “channel” effects to grouped clips, for example, to compress or EQ all your dialogue.
For now, it’s definitely a good workaround.
Simon Ubsdell
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I have been wondering about this a lot. For our show, we archive our stories onto tape with 4 channels of audio. We put narration on 1, nat sound on 2, stereo music on 3 & 4.
How do I do this on FCP X?
I think the answer will be in the metadata tags.
Apply the tag “narration” to all the narration tracks. “Music” onto all the music tracks, etc.In the timeline index, you can use the searchbox to find all the narration clips, select all, click on one in the timeline, and they are all selected. Now you can perform an operation on all of them at once. Pretty cool.
You can solo all the narration, and export an aiff file.
Then solo all the music, and export a stereo aiff file.
Now turn on all of your audio tracks, and disable the narration and the music, and you will have all of your video with just the natural sound of the clips. Export that as a quicktime file.You can use FCP 7 or Quicktime 7 to assemble the separate files into a quicktime with four channels of audio.
With only 2 tracks, you could pretty easily select one type of sound file to pan left, and pan everything else right to output a split track quicktime.
Of course, in FCP 7 you don’t need the workaround. I can export my 4 channel quicktime with no problem.
Apple’s FCP faq says they’re working on it:
Does Final Cut Pro X allow you to assign audio tracks for export?
Not yet. An update this summer will allow you to use metadata tags to categorize your audio clips by type and export them directly from Final Cut Pro X.
I’ve just edited my second story that will air locally on our show in Seattle. I’m trying to make it work, but I have a buttload of questions for Apple, and I’m hoping they’ll keep the faith and fix it.
–> Mark
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Mark Morache
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In FCP x it’s called ‘Roles’ (that creates the metadata of each individual clip. Good luck (I’m just understanding this as well)
Mike
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