[Andrew Richards]

The FAQ did specify that the upcoming audio output control via metadata was coming this summer.

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.

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

I was primarily referencing the “slow clap” meme (that gif is often used in forums as a sign of respect), but I thought it would be an ironic image given the early references to Kane in this thread. My intent was to applaud Jeremy’s experiment and I thought Kane was indeed an ironic figure to show. I didn’t consider the context of the film, so now it is even more meta.

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

[Chris Harlan] “I’ve been thinking about how you could quickly recognize types–dia, sfx, vo, mu, m&e, etc.–in a trackless timeline, and I wonder if color-coding might not help. I could probably adapt more easily if all my VO were teal, and all my sfx salmon.”

I’ve wanted to be able to color code timeline items for a long time, well before FCPX. You’d think it would be a trivial thing to enable. Then again I’m not a programmer.

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

[David Lawrence] “The problem with compound clips is that they rob you of your piece’s overall context. Any adjustments must be made inside their own little island. If you break them apart to see context, you lose any transitions.”

Excellent point. That needs to be improved. The context ought be displayed when you drill into a compound clip. You shouldn’t have to choose between working a fine edit in context and retaining the effects applied to a compound clip. I still like to concept, but it is too limited today to be workable.

[David Lawrence] “It’s fantastic in the abstract and would be a wonderful as an additional tool in the usual kit. But I don’t believe it’s a replacement for the flexibility of the spatial model. Especially for audio. I do a ton of multitrack mixing in FCP as part of my normal workflow. “

I agree in general; I think there needs to be a way to visualize and manipulate whole audio channels in aggregate. I’ve written about my idea for how this could be done a couple of times. Of course, it the here and now, none of that is available.

[David Lawrence] “Question: How much work have you done with Soundtrack Pro or Pro Tools? Do you think a trackless magnetic timeline model would be more efficient for these applications?”

Very little. I’ve always done as much of my audio editing as possible in FCP. I’ve only gone to STP for noise processing and the like. I haven’t used Pro Tools in anger since college. Like I said before, I think the concept of trackless is good, if very roughly executed this first go round. I think the advantages of trackless don’t have to exclude the advantages of tracks (even if the present execution does). I like the idea of the system being aware of explicit media relationships that can be exploited to revisualize the interface according to the task at hand. I think the guts necessary to support such a thing are there in FCPX.

I guess my enthusiasm is largely for the potential in the magnetic timeline model, rather than the current implementation of it.

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “Let’s be clear then – why do you use QWERTY?”

Clever.

OK, I admit I use Qwerty because it is the standard, familiar, and ingrained in my muscle memory.

Slow pitch right down the middle for you.

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “How long have you been using it?

How has it improved your composition results?”

Do you think it is somehow intellectually dishonest or dissonant for me to defend the magnetic timeline, agree the Dvorak keyboard is a useful analogy, but type on a Qwerty?

If that isn’t the point you’re trying to make, what is?

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

ARD will let you push files and install .pkg files, but it won’t remotely image. If you don’t have it, make sure you buy ARD via the App Store and not in the box. $80 download, $500 box (really!).

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

I like to use DeployStudio. Very handy and can go from bootable drive to NetBoot server. You can use it to create images and deploy images.

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Andy

[Andrew Richards]

[Herb Sevush] “I am beginning to think that X is to FCP7 as Motion is to Shake. “

That’s a solid parallel you’ve drawn there. I too remember the giddiness about how they thought behaviors made keyframes obsolete. Yeah, not so much…

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Andy