FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio

Shane Ross
Los Angeles California USA

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In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Shane Ross details how to export multiple channels of audio, both to tape and to a Quicktime movie. If you want to export more than just the standard of two channels that Final Cut Pro is set up to do by default, this is the tutorial for you.

This tutorial is also available as a podcast.

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Joseph Hung

For crying out loud! I've been trying to figure this out for ages. Right click on the tiny little line? That's crazy.

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@Joseph Hung
by Shane Ross

Or right click in the mixer. Open the mixer...more area.

Shane
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@Shane Ro
by Joseph Hung

Will you look at that. Still a buried feature though. Still crazy that one has to right click on the line... I guess I should have looked in the manual. Thanks Shane!

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Jesper Laursen

Fine tutorial, no doubt. However, when I have set up the eight channels I need in the audio settings and try to OK them, I get a notification saying that my 'current audio device does not support the number of outputs set in the sequence settings audio outputs tab'. Am I lacking some hardware here or what?

best regards
Jesper

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Graham Saywell

Thank you for this. The track assignment in the timeline was eluding me. You think they could make it a little simpler!

SAVED MY ASS is the best way of describing this tutorial!

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Andy Neil

Nice job Shane. As a trick, you could mention that if your default sequence has only 2 tracks of audio, and you change the audio outputs BEFORE adding new tracks, then the newly added tracks will self-assign to the proper output channels.

Also, I really hate right-clicking between the auto-select button and the lock. Luckily, you can also assign output tracks in the audio mix tool.

Andy

http://www.timesavertutorials.com

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Tom Daigon

Thanks Shane. This is a very useful tutorial. I have been wondering about this process for a while and in the near future will have to implement it. Its good to have you making
video tuts again!

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Jerry Hofmann

Nice job Shane!

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Re: FCP: Export Multiple Channels of Audio
by Rob Grauert

lol, i actually laughed out loud when you right clicked near the track locks to assign the tracks to a channel. I mean, talk about a buried feature, although I guess it's in the manual. Being such an intuitive program, that would have been a head scratcher for me.

Great tutorial though

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