Audio Storyboard from FCE?

I'm working on an animation project that I'm using After Effects and FCE for. To help us storyboard the project better, I was wondering if there was any way to export my edited audio with markers from FCE into a sort of storyboard, so that we can figure out animations with exact timings.
Hopefully that makes sense

Add chapter markers in the FCE timeline. Export to QuickTime Movie. Set the output to audio only with chapter markers.

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Importing multiple audio tracks from FCE HD

On page 22 of the FCE HD manual it says of importing Quicktime movies "...new audio tracks are added below the video track for EACH audio track in the movie". This does not seem to be the case when I import movies exported for Soundtrack. Is the manual wrong, or is it me?
Sorry if this is a FAQ, I've tried a lot of searches and I can't find anything.
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 832 MB Ram, ATI Radeon 7000, Mercury Elite 1 Ghz

Ok - I'm back again. I've been fooling around a bit with this and this is what I have come up with. ST only allows 1 track in at a time. Multitracks of audio from FCE are flattened down which makes it impossible to tweak them individually in ST. I turned the link button off in FCE and exported the audio tracks one at a time. Each track you bring into ST has to be opened in a new ST project file. Then you can tweak them and export them out of ST, and bring them back into FCE.
My opinion however is that ST is such a weak and watered down verion of STP that it is actually better and more time efficient to use the audio tools in FCE to fix your audio problems and do your mix. Sure, if you have STP its a great program - but ST has none of the power tools that its big rother STP has. You are much better using FCE.

Audio out from FCE HD to USB audio iMic

I use my Sys Prefs to set my audio out to a USB audio device (iMic), and all of my audio goes there EXCEPT for FCE HD 3.0 which insists on using the Mac Line Out...
Any way to change this?

Check the following:
SYSTEM PREFS>SOUND>OUTPUT>iMacUSB
UTILITIES>AUDIO MIDISETUP>AUDIO DEVICES
Properties for iMacUSB audio system (dropdown menu)
DEFAULT OUTPUT imacUSB audio system
SYSTEM OUTPUT imacUSB audio system
Just fettled it with my imac USB device.

AC3 Dolby files created from FCE to Compressor don't play in DVDSP

I've never had trouble with AC3 audio files playing in DVDSP until I started exporting from FCE through Compressor directly. AIFF files exported this way play fine, but are sometimes so large that the video+audio is too much for a DVD. This is why I like AC3 files, they are Dolby stereo, and they are way smaller, allowing me to use higher bit rates in Compressor for the video.
Now, when I export using Compressor and specify audio as Dolby 2.0 (AC3) the audio will not play in DVDSP. However, if I create an AIFF file at the same time it plays fine, and I can run the AIFF files back through compressor selecting AC3 output and those files work fine in DVDSP.
What gives? I'd like to be able to encode my audio as AC3 at the same time as I make my MPEG-2 file of the video, and then go directly to DVDSP. Any idea why this is happening, only when exporting from FCE directly through Compressor?
Thanks!

--UPDATE--
I found a series of bizarre workarounds that let me get AC3's from Compressor to work in DVDSP under my aforementioned configuration.
First, rather than using the "Export Using Compressor" option in Final Cut Pro, I used the "Export Audio As AIFF(s)" Option, creating a stand-alone AIFF of my timeline audio.
Next, I opened Compressor from the applications folder (again, not through FCP), and dragged the AIFF into the batch window. On the popup menu in the batch window, I selected "Audio Formats--> Dolby 2.0". I chose my destination and encoded. I did not change any settings in the Dolby 2.0 preset.
In DVDSP, if I clicked import in the assets window and selected the newly encoded AC3, it would show up in the assets bin, but the file STILL would not work. I removed the file from the assets bin.
Just for the heck of it, I opened a new finder window from the dock, found the file, and dragged it directly into the DVDSP assets bin. The file works!!! I couldn't believe it. Double clicking the AC3 in the finder with DVDSP open also places the AC3 into the assets bin, where it also functions properly.
I tried this procedure several times in a row and with several encoded AC3's to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and it wasn't.
So, again, clicking import for AC3's in DVDSP = BAD. Dragging AC3's right in the assets bin from the finder, or double clicking AC3's in the finder = GOOD.
The procedure mentioned above also *does not* work with AC3's made through one of the "DVD Presets" from Compressor. You have to take an **AIFF** into Compressor directly and send it out as an AC3 for it to work.

Export from FCE to iDVD, results in black border around movie

Here is the problem....
I have edited a movie in FCE where all of the footage is 1440 x 1080
I export it using: File -> Export... QuickTime movie
I choose "self contained" movie and "audio/video", plus "chapter markers" in the pop up menu.
I then take this into iDVD amd all looks ok in the preview, but once burnt to DVD, there is a large black border around the entire movie. It is almost like it is a smaller movie which does not fill the screen correctly.
Any idea why this happens and how to overcome this. When I lok at the exported movie from FCE- it is 720-x576 and not the full size- is this the problem?
Thanks for any tips.

Hi
Is it widescreen ?
Did You in Your browser window set sequence and material to anamorphous. To me it was a revelation that the Browser window was exstendably to the right with lot's of columns - and one of them was Anamorphous.
Did you start a WideScreen project in iDVD - First window that opens after You clicked Start a New iDVD project (top button). At bottom this new window You set 4:3 (SD format) or 16:9 for WideScreen.
In iDVD You also need to go up to Project and down to Projectinfo
then set 16:9 here TOOO !
Proportion - Change it to 16:9
When I go from FinalCut to iDVD - I do
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mix-down
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Encoding
• I use Pro Quality encoding
Brand and type of DVDs used ( Important as cheap brands DO NOT WORK )
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
Burn speed set (IMPORTANT)
• I set down this to x4 (or x1)
iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this e.g. .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Problems - then Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screen-saving
Yours Bengt W

Exporting from FCE to iDVD

No matter what I do iDVD 09 quits with a "iDVD unexpectedly quit . . " message after exporting from FCE.
The movie has 12 chapters and includes chapter markers.
I have tried to rename file, repair permissions, delete plist prefs, save as disk image, have plenty of hard disk space but all with same result.
Any suggestions?
Doug

Hi Michel,
Here is what I did (and settings)
FCE 4.0.1
Mac OS X 10.5.8
QuickTime Player 7.6.2 (518)
Format: .mov
No Itunes purchased. Just converted one or 2 mp3s to .aiff format
Export settings from FCE:
Export: as Quicktime Movie
Include: Audio and Video
Markers: Chapter Markers
Make Movie self-contained: unchecked
Thanks!
Doug
All media stored on external hard drive but when I burn DVD I bring .mov file
onto my desktop.
Using standard DVD R disks from Staples

Audio compression in FCE with AUPeakLimiter and AUDynamicsProcessor

I recently edited a video with poorly recorded audio, and learn some useful things about FCE that I want to share. Hope it will help someone else. I also posted this info, with pictures, here: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/craig.lawson/fce/audio_compression.html
Although the video was shot in a studio, the audio levels ranged from nearly 0 dB to down below 36 dB. Some of the talent were experienced and projected their voices, others were inexperienced, young kids, who did not. The audio system had intermittent ground-loop hum. And one of the XLR cables gave occasional bursts of static, perhaps when someone trod on it. And then there was the rare full-scale pop. A real mess.
The destination was broadcast (community) TV. The station's audio guidelines are, "at audible levels without distortion". Not much of a guideline, so I used the guidelines in the FCE manual and set as my goal -12 dB to -24 dB (I know, the recommendation is a 6 dB range, not 12 dB, but 6 dB sounded bad; maybe they use a compressor). In other words, I want to decrease my dynamic range by 24 dB (from 36 dB to 12 dB), with a maximum at 12 dB. How to achieve this in FCE?
Several people have written about Compressor/Limiter (and it's in the manual), but I was not satisfied with the result. Instead, I used AUPeakLimiter and AUDynamicsProcessor and it worked well. These are the settings I used and why.
*Component 1: Audio Filters > Apple > AUPeakLimiter*
A Peak Limiter prevents audio signals from clipping (in FCE, that means exceeding 0 dB). It does this by turning down the volume at the loud parts, and leaving it alone otherwise. The middle of this page has useful graphs which explain peak limiting: http://www.bluehaze.com.au/unix/level.html
Settings
*Attack: 0.01, units: seconds.* This tells AUPeakLimiter to respond to over-limit peaks within 10 msec. I chose the maximum setting for a more gradual volume changes (not sure if that is best - it may cause sudden peaks to go over limit).
*Release: 0.04, units: seconds.* When the peak has passed, return volume to normal within 40 msec. I chose the maximum setting for a more gradual volume change.
*Pre-gain: 20, units: dB.* Increase the input by 20 dB before doing the peak limiting. This makes the quiet sounds louder, and pushes the loud sounds will above the clipping limit (0 dB). But this is PRE-gain, and after applying this gain the peak limiter brings the signals above 0 dB back down. End result: my quiet sounds are louder, and my very loud sounds and perhaps only a little louder. And no clipping. This setting controls the lower value of the filter chain's dynamic range.
*Limiting amount.* FCE shows this as a setting, but in Garage Band it is a read-out. In Garage Band, it displays the amount of limiting currently being applied. I think that for FCE to display this as a setting is a program bug. Also, adjusting it doesn't do anything.
Result at this stage: all audio is loud, including the noise floor. In other words, it's like a compressor with a hard knee and low headroom.
*Component 2: Audio Filters > Apple > AUDynamicsProcessor*
A Dynamics Processor is a Compressor and Expander in one unit. The compressor decreases the dynamic range of the loud sounds, and the Expander increases the dynamic range of the quiet sounds, making them quieter. More on compression here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamicrangecompression
*Compression threshold: -40, units: dB.* With AUDynamicsProcessor, the compression does not begin at the threshold, but instead begins about halfway to 0 dB. With this setting, the knee is around -20 dB. The Compressor appears to have a "soft knee" (see Wikipedia), but the softness is not adjustable.
*Headroom: 4, units: dB.* The headroom setting adjusts the amount of compression. Lower headroom values result in higher compression. Think of it as the amount of allowed dynamic range above the knee. This setting controls how much peaks may exceed the filter chain's dynamic range: set headroom low if you really don't want the output to exceed your target dynamic range, and set it higher if occasional peaks above your limit is OK.
*Expansion threshold: -60, units: dB.* Sounds below this threshold are expanded. Unlike the compression threshold setting, this sets the position of the knee directly. This setting, combined with expansion ratio, reduce background noise during quiet segments.
*Expansion ratio: 2.* How much expansion to apply to sounds below the threshold. Example: with threshold at -60 dB and ratio at 2, sounds levels at -70 dB (10 dB below the threshold), and pushed down to -80 dB (20 dB below the threshold).
*Attack time: 0.01, units: seconds.* Same as for AUPeakLimiter.
*Release time: 0.100, units: seconds.* Same as for AUPeakLimiter.
*Master gain: -12, units: dB.* This applies post-gain. This setting sets the upper value of the filter chain's dynamic range.
*Comp amount.* FCE shows this as a setting, but in Garage Band it is a read-out. In Garage Band, it displays the amount of compression currently being applied. I think that for FCE to display this as a setting is a program bug. Also, adjusting it doesn't do anything.
Summary
This filter chain effectively compressed my dynamic range, and pushed down my noise floor during quiet segments. Unfortunately, when the talent was talking quietly, the noise became apparent, but to address that requires an adaptive noise reduction filter (e.g. Sound Soap).
The dynamic range mapping created by this filter chain is not so great. Because pre-gain of AUPeakLimiter is so high, it makes the compression ratio infinite above the knee. Then AUDynamicsProcessor lowers the knee and compresses again. A better mapping would use something less than an infinite ratio, and that can be accomplished by putting AUDynamicsProcessor first in the chain. But the resulting filter chain would have more than 2 components, and FCE won't play it in real time (on my system).
If you want the effect I've described, the settings above will get you started. To tune your settings:
1. Disable AUDynamicsProcessor, turn your speaker volume way down, and then play with the AUPeakLimiter's pre-gain until your audio falls within your chosen minimum range on the audio meter. Pay attention to the quiet sounds, and AUPeakLimiter will take care of the loud ones.
2. When your lower range looks good, turn on AUDynamicsProcessor, set master gain, and then play with the compression threshold and headroom. Pay attention to the loud sounds.
3. Finally adjust the expander settings to quiet the noise floor.
Once you have filter settings you like, apply them to your top-most sequence.
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Thanks Sasha for the reply, The Audio Rate on my files are 48KHz and Higher, when I mention the 16 bit I was talking about the Audio Format. The files I have are 16 bit integer where my sequence says it 32 bit floating point Audio Format (not really sure what that means). Would you know why the audio would be perfect on my laptop and not on the pc that is connected to the TV? Could it be because of the Audio Format? because I don't see what else it could be... :/
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Best settings for export from FCE to Web

I'm trying to get a 20-minute project (audio and video) exported from FCE to iWeb in reasonably high quality. I've consulted the manual, and have tried various compression settings and consulted some online tutorials, to no avail - more often than not, if it "publishes" to iWeb, the resulting file looks like it will take the better part of forever to buffer. Any recommendations?

Well, not sure about what you mean “in reasonably high quality”...?
What export-settings did you use...? size and codec...?
A twenty minutes project for the web in reasonably quality...?
Did you start with your project in FCE with the best and highest uncompressed resolution ?
Did you export (compress) from this resolution once to your desired web format ?
Doing file compression properly, I guess, one needs years of experience...
There are far to many variables one has to consider...
t’s rather an art-form than exact science...
Anyway...
If you like, here are one of my settings:
Compression H.264 / Frame Rate Current / Key Frame Automatic / Quality Medium /
Data Rate Automatic (higher rate - higher file size) / Encoding Best Quality /
Size 480 x 270 (16:9) / Sound AAC Stereo 44.1 kHz (Mono and lower Rate reduces size).
Regards
Nolan

I have an apple iphone 4 that I want to download audio books from my library onto it. I cannot figure out how to do that. The iphone does not show up on my mac laptop as a connected device. Does this kind of download have to run through itunes? Thanks

I have an apple iphone 4 that I want to download audio books from my library onto. I cannot figure out how to do that. The iphone does not show up on my mac laptop as a connected device. Does this kind of download have to run through itunes? Thanks

Yes it is done through iTunes. The iPhone will never show up in Finder as a device. The following is general information on iTunes sync: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386 and the following is a previous discussion where the post by Andreas Junge helped others that had a problem syncing audiobooks: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20052732#20052732

I can't delete my audio books from my music in my ipod. have deleted them fromi tunes library. they are grey out in my ipod music folder and can do nothing with them. can't accerss options under summary of my ipod either to operate manually. thanks den

I. can't delete my audio books from 'my'music' in my ipod. (have not had this problem for the 18mths I have had ipod) they are delEeted in itunes library but not in my ipod. they show up in my music in i tunes but are greyed out and I can't do anythbng with them. also can not acess options in my summary of my i pod to operate manuanly. nothing comes up in options.
Thanks Denise

Use Shift+Delete to remove items from a playlist and the library at the same time.
tt2

Combined audio & video from iMac mini DVI & headphone ports to HDMI to TV

I presently have my iMac connected to my Sony Bravia tv so that the video goes from the mini DVI port through a converter to HDMI to a 25 foot cable, a HDMI coupler and another 25 foot cable to the TV. The video quality is good since I use 24 AWG cables. The audio goes from the headphone port through a 50 foot 3.5 mm cable to a converter to RCA stereo cables to the tv. The audio quality is not very good with this setup and I would like to send the audio over the HDMI cable with the video so that I would have only a single cable over the 50 foot run and could use a HDMI wall plate for a neater installation. I am wondering whether anyone has tried this somewhat expensive solution to my kind of problem, and whether it worked. Atlona DVI + Digital Audio to HDMI Converter. Model: AT-DVID-HDMI

Not sure if it would work. The audio input is described as +audio (SPDIF) input+ which is not analog or the Toslink optical digital. SPDIF is a digital format, so you would need another converter. And since the video input is full DVI, you'd need a different adapter for the iMac's video output.
Considering the complexity, additional adapters, rather long travel length, and $199 price for the Atlona device, depending on what you want to show on the HDTV, you may want to consider an Apple TV. The older 40GB version is $149 at the Apple +Special Deals+ page. You can then stream your content wirelessly, and not have to worry about any cabling. But obviously, an Apple TV does not stream everything that that iMac can play, so it would only work if what you want to show is stuff you can play in iTunes. Plus you may want to see what Apple introduces at the 1/27 special event.
The iMac's audio output port doubles as an optical digital port, with a Toslink adapter, so if the Sony Bravia has optical digital input, you may be able to run a Toslink cable. I believe 50 feet is too long, so you would need some type repeater at the midway point.

Trying to connect a Belkin brand audio cable from my MacBook Pro to a Sony flatscreen TV. Cannot get any sound from the laptop out of the TV. What am I doing wrong?

I'm trying to connect a Belkin brand stereo audio cable from my MacBook Pro to a Sony flatscreen TV (Apple "genius" handed me the cable to purchase.) I have tried all the ports in the back of the Sony, and tried the volume on both the cable and TV remotes. I cannot get sound out of the Sony from my MacBook Pro laptop. What am I doing wrong???

Downloaded your operating manual. It appears that you need to connect the HDMI to HDMI 1 and the audio to the input socket just to the right of the VGA socket (i.e., between the VGA and the RF input connection). The picture on page13 seems to be the clearest I could find:
Although it's not exactly clear I think they are talking about a standard 3.5 mm (1/8") stereo jack for the audio inpu as opposed to the more common RCA jacks used in the row just above that VGA input socket.
I haven't checked the manual as yet whether you need to set anything special with the controls other than input select.
Note, if that truly is a 3.5 mm stereo jack cables are very common. In your case it would just be a cable with a 3.5 mm jack on each end.
Update:
You will have to experiment with this but I think you will need to try pusing the input button to select either HDMI1 or PC (or Component?). The manual is not clear on this (page 31). Sometimes it just comes down to pushing buttons.

How Do I Transfer audio recordings from my iPhone? They won't sync, I can't find them in Internet Explorer, and I can't find them in iPhone Explorer

I can't get audio recordings from my phone.
Why are Apples software developers such idiots? Can their software ever come up to par with their design and marketing??? This is McDonalds all over again- no the best hamburgers don't sell the best and neither do the best phones, at least not in America.
Someone prove my wrong by showing me how to get these extremely important audio recordings off of my iPhone and onto a usable format. The recordings are up to an hour long and I've already tried reinstalling my iTunes software, they aren't even visible in Windows Explorer, or iPhone Explorer software... but when I turn on my stupid phone they are there - I have restored my phone from backup and reset my phone and this just astoundes me yet another feature that a 7 year old could require in a software design eludes inclusion- "If people may spend hours and hours recording meetings and important conversations should we make it simple to move audio files recorded with the audio recording app included with every phone to computers so that they can save them to computers, CDs and share and send them others?" ...."YES!!!" . Why is Apple so against open source control of these phones and especially an audio download platform? Money- so they can profit off of every song played on these stupid phones. Great job Steve! Way to force users of your products to become leemings in your plot to control the online music community profits. Way to put your greed before your customers. This too will fail. Consumers always get what they want in the end- enjoy the profits off of online music purchases while they last... in the meantime at least consider puttings some money into hiring some programmers from Nokia to fix your stupid syncing code and terrible iPhone interface.

instead of writing such an essay, you could have explained better what you tried to do to get them.

How can I copy an audio effect from a clip and paste it to another clip in the same timiline...With FCPro 7 it was all so fast........

how can I copy an audio effect from a clip and paste it to another clip in the same timiline...With FCPro 7 it was all so fast........

Tom Wolsky wrote:
The advantage goes to FCP7 if you allow that it can copy and paste filters, audio and video, transformations, and other attributes separately.
You can do that in FCPX too, as all the things you cited are listed separately in the inspector.
Here's a little gotcha. Let's say you've color corrected a few clips and you've applied an effect to one and want to paste it the other clips. You switch off color correction and copy the clip. You select the other clips and paste effects. What do you think happens? The effect is applied, but the color correction is applied as well, only it's switched off as it was in the first clip, so all the color correction on the other clips is lost. Fun, eh?
I'll try to replicate your gotcha - but no, that doesn't sound like fun at all!

How can I code to play audio continuously from page to page in iBooks for reflow ePub

Hi,
I have tried and successfully completed the iBooks ambient soundtrack option in Fixed Layout ePub. It works fine.
But while trying the same in Reflow ePub, it is not working in iPad iBooks. I have latest iBooks version and latest iOS version in my iPad.
Please let me know how can I code to play audio continuously from page to page in iBooks for reflow ePub?
Thanks,
Sundaram

As soon as the user turns to the next page, the audio stops.
That's how it works in all cases.
the book is a read aloud book.
See the 'How-To Read Aloud' section in iBA Tips and Tricks 01

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