[John Fishback]

If you are using music, pick a time that works with it. Count the beats in each measure (typically four) and time how long that is. Then multiply if by four. Usually I count off 16 measures of 4 using a stop watch (or measure the time in your timeline) and divide that by 4 to get how long 4 measures last. Try that as a starting point. Then pick the length of your tranisition to “feel” right to the music. Try to keep everything on the beat. If it’s important that people see what’s in each image, you might want them to be up there longer – perhaps 8 measures. If you want to create impressions with faster moving images, try 2 measures of 4 or even 1 measure. Play around until it looks right to you.

John

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[John Fishback]

Select the track then Option L. Or, Modify menu, select Stero Pair.

John

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[John Fishback]

How many running minutes is your project? I don’t remember the exact number, but you should be able to get about 72 minutes on each audio CD. If your data files are 44.1 kHz 16 bit (not compressed) and fit on two CDs, it seems the audio CD should also fit on 2 CDs. You have a limit of 99 chapters on one CD, but it sounds like this shouldn’t be an issue with only 118 chapters in your title.

John

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[John Fishback]

I’m not sure how FCP handles 44.1 since I always use 48kHz (this is the video standard sample rate). If FCP is not telling you to render then it’s probably sample converting on the fly. This is most likely the cause of the problem. It may be dropping audio frames to keep up.

Select a clip and render the audio. If the problem goes away, do that for all your clips. In the future, use 48kHz for audio that will be edited in FCP. Another thought if you’re using multiple tracks to to mixdown your audio.

Here’s an excellent article about FCP and RT. It explains how FCP tries to play in real time and what happens when it starts to get overloaded and what you can do about it. https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/rendering_rt_fcp_4_balis.html

John

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[John Fishback]

I’ve never used the ihp-120. Is it possible you’re hearing plosive pops from the mic? It’s also possible that if the recorder has a limiter of some sort you could be hearing ducking as a result of a plosive. Some noise reduction programs can reduce and in some cases eliminate plosive pops. This is true of Sonic’s No-Noise manual de-clicking. However, if a limiter reduced the level of the audio, you might not be able to recover this way. You can try putting in a subtle background FX loop to “fill in” the holes,

John

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[John Fishback]

I usually log and capture scene by scene. There are times, however, with a longer clip that I decide I’d like to bail out early, but keep what I’ve captured to that point. When I used to edit with Media100, that was an option when capturing. You could stop or abort.

John

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[John Fishback]

Is there a way to stop capturing a clip with an in and out, earlier than the out, and NOT lose the clip?

John

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[John Fishback]

If the playhead plays off the end of the sequence you have to scroll to follow it. When you stop playing, the sequence will snap to the playhead. Ctrl + or – or Command + or – zoom in and out.

John

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[John Fishback]

Was the mic connected to a mixer? If so, it’s input pre might have been overloaded. It’s also possible that the mic sent a lot of level to your camcorder and overloaded its input pre. Very often the gain control comes AFTER the input pre. Even with your levels not approaching red, you can have overload distortion. If your gain levels were set low (2-4 out of 10) it’s likely this was happening. BTW this happens with pro equipment, too. The Sony BVW-35 was famous for this problem.

John

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[John Fishback]

I’m not sure how to do this in the Viewer (if it’s even possible there), but when the clip is in the sequence timeline, if you select it and then option-L it should should change from stereo to 2 mono tracks. There’s also the Stereo Pair selection in the Modify menu that will do the same thing.

I’m not sure why the audio would play choppy. Check to see of the sample rates of the sequence and files match. If you have a lot of audio tracks try mixing them down. Perhaps you’re stressing your processor.

John

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