Exporting dual mono

I must be missing something... I record voiceover audio on track 1 (left channel only - using Tascam US-122). Sounds great within Soundtrack Pro. But lately, when I export this as a dual mono file, the left channel sounds completely hot. How can I export dual mono without having the levels so out of whack?

I figured it out; the audio default for new projects in FCPX is surround.  Without even going to the project, but just being in the Project Library, you can select one of the porjects and in the information window it shows the project properties, and the ones my issue existed in were each in Surround.  I simply hit the "wrench" in the corner and changed Surround to Stereo.  My only question though, is why would a mono track panned center (and plays back center during editing) end up hard right in export?  Also, why does the same Surround project in Compressor correctly end up with mono tracks centered even if the Surround project remains in Surround?

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  • Exporting as Dual Mono

    I must be missing something... I record voiceover audio on track 1 (left channel only - using Tascam US-122). Sounds great within Soundtrack Pro. But lately, when I export this as a dual mono file, the left channel sounds completely hot. How can I export dual mono without having the levels so out of whack?

    While you like to think of the two files, once linked in FCP as a stereo pair, you captured dual mono and that is what the material is. FCP is a non-destructive editior. It will not change the original files - and that is what STP reads.
    The other way around this is to take the file offline in FCP then recapture it using the correct audio setting (stereo).
    Good luck,
    x

  • How to export a dual mono file to play in quick time?

    My source video file is stereo with left and right channels having different languages.
    In FCPX I set the audio to "dual mono" but cannot export in a way so that I can select the audio channel/ language in Quick time.
    Thanks for any advise.

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    Thanks! It does work in XML format. But since I would need to present the data in a spreadsheet, is there any other way I could go around it?
    Cheers,
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  • Why Does FCE capture DV audio as dual mono instead of stereo?

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  • Captured stereo convert into Dual Mono

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    That's not so nice, because the audio is actual 2 mono channels (2 different mics on interviews)
    I know I can switch off the stereo pair in the timeline. But that's tedious. I need to alter everyclip everytime I drop it in the timeline. Also I cannot Unpair the clip in the viewer, while I do need that because I want to lower the level of only one channel during chosing the quotes (because of wind in 1 mic for instance).
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    Can this be done in Quicktime.
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    UODATE:
    Just opened one of the good clips (captured as DUAL Mono) in Quicktime. Then I see 2 seperate soundtracks. Sondtrack 1 with one ch1 set to MONO and Soundtrack 2 with one ch1 also set to MONO. It that way it differs from the two channels in the one Soundtrack 1 in the clips that were captured as Stereo.
    Export the original masterclip from FCP with Export using QT conversion. and set it to export 2 discrete channels will indeed create a file with 2 Mono cannels. And they import as such. "2 Mono" it says.
    Reconnecting the master clip to the newly created Dual Mono clip let FCP still think this is a stereoclip (As Andy pointed out, this is indeed not working)
    Reconnecting the sequence clips to the newly created Dual Mono clip seems to work. But when I do match frame, then there comes again a stereo-version of the clip in my viewer. (also of course this is because it is looking to the original masterclip that we cannot change in FCP, as we saw in the previous sentence).
    So I found a way to create new Dual Mono masterclips, but still I'm not able to alter the originals to the sequence clips.
    The building will close here. So have to leave.
    But I will try if I can change the settings of the masterclips from within an XML...
    OR the solution would be in QT to split the two channels in two soundtracks in Quicktime... But how?
    Rienk
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  • Converting clips to dual mono

    I'm trying to convert HDV clips shot in stereo into XDCAM HD clips that will support write-back to my Sony PDW-U1. But the U1 only supports "dual mono" audio, not stereo. I'm looking at the audio tab in my Compressor settings, and don't see such an option. I have Mono, Stereo, Stereo Headphones, and on and on. I'm currently running tests, but has anyone found a way to create supported audio for write-back to XDCAM devices that would be dual mono? Or is there a feature in FCP that I haven't found?
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    This has to be done through Final Cut Pro. Not possible to do in Compressor yet.
    Have a look at this article: http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/ljmultaudio.html
    "In Final Cut Pro 6 the Sequence Settings window got a new audio export option called Discrete. This option is used with the Export QuickTime Movie command. If you choose this option, each exported QuickTime audio track is labeled with the corresponding output bus number of your sequence."
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    1. Make a sequence in FCP with dual mono audio and add your HDV material.
    2. Choose File > Export > Using Compressor
    3. Create a new QuickTime Movie setting with the XDCAM compressor you want (under video settings)
    4. Set the audio to Pass-through
    5. Select at destination and a name for your clip and hit submit!
    If that does not work, change the sequence settings in FCP to the XDCAM preset you want, change the audio output settings, and add your HDV material. Render and output.

  • Combining dual mono tracks into single stereo

    I may be brain dead about this and since I have been recording a client all day--a non-pro doing a VO--I am. I may not be using the search function very well either here or in the manual.
    I am working on a 27 minute film segment in Logic exported from FCP using the XML function. Mostly that has gone well but is by no means plug and play. It is very cool to have the project based in Logic and be able to do all my audio and music in one environment to HD picture.
    My quandary is this: I would like all of my dual mono tracks from FCP to appear as a single stereo track in LP8. Is it possible to "collapse" two tracks into one with out exporting, reimporting them and then re-syncing possibly?
    This is a confusing project and the more I can simplify my organization the easier my life will be.
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    One easy way to treat the two mono tracks as one for editing a so forth would perhaps be to assign them both to the same Group. That way all edits, automation and such will be applied to both tracks.
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  • Capture and Export of Mono Audio in FCP HD

    I have just upgraded to FCP HD from FCP 3. My problem is all of my audio needs to be Mono only. In v3 this was simple I just chose Mono from the capture settings and Mono for Export.
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    Do your FCP mix in stereo as Colin suggests, then take the final audio track into STP or Peak and do a "mix to mono" and then save a new AIFF file with the resulting mono clip.
    Then bring that back into FCP on a new audio track, line it up with the stereo, then either disable or delete the stereo tracks. This will give you a true mono audio track.
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  • Can't get a clip to behave as Dual Mono

    FCPX 10.0.9 is refusing to treat just one of my clips as dual mono.
    When I right-click, show in timeline, it opens in a timeline with a single audio track showing.
    For all the other clips / projects, right-click -> show in timeline reveals two separate audio tracks.
    This clip was shot in the same exact way as every other clip.  In fact, it was shot in between other clips that work.
    When i select the clip, the inspector shows Channel Configuration - Dual Mono, in both the timeline and the event browser.  Same as all the other clips.
    If only I could slip the audio separately in the project timeline - but if I try, all I can do is select part of the clip - I can "Expand audio components" and see the two mono tracks in the timeline... but if I try to move them, all I can do is select parts of the clip, whichever tool I use.  Can't move them separately.
    Here's what I've tried:
    1. trashing and re-importing the clip.
    2. trashing and recreating the project.
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    3. duplicating the clip and importing that into a project.  (this solved the same problem for another clip, but doesn't work on the current clip).
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    7.  Copying the camera card to the hard drive and importing from there instead of straight from the card.
    8.  Importing the clip with "separate mono and group stereo audio" checked, then again with it unchecked
    9.  Opening the clip in quicktime pro 7 and changing the audio channels from "left" and "right" to "mono" and "mono."
    10 quitting, renaming the clip in the finder, and reopening FCPX
    One thing I notice is that through all theses steps, FCPX never has to re-generate the audio waveform files for this clip.  It is seemingly remembering the clip and using a saved audio metadata set of some kind, which I think prevents me from solving the problem...
    Dang!  I was so enjoying FCPX after a year of premiere pro.  Thought 10.0.9 had ironed out a lot of bugs, but glitches are the worst thing ever.

    Wow - hours and hours spent...  no solution...
    OK, when I "expand audio + video" in the project timeine I get...
    Then collapse that, and "expand audio components"
    Wow!  Dual mono.  And the waveforms are clearly different, indicating true dual-mono.  But I can't seem to independently move those tracks; all my tools just try to select parts of the clip.
    If I click the clip and "open in timeline", it looks as above, but I no longer have the option to "expand audio components."
    So for a different example, one that worked without any trouble or tricks...
    Then right-click, open in timeline...
    Very different result.  That clip was shot AFTER the non-working one.  The clip I shot before works as well.  The odds that I changed something on my camera for that one clip, and then changed it back...??
    I went through all my camera switches and menus (HMC-150, shooting AVCHD) and can't find anything remotely relevant to the problem at hand.
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  • FCPX Dual Mono vs Stereo question

    Hi everybody - I've been busy but recently on the Zumiez show I came out of it with a question:
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    Thanks for any help!  -Stephen

    Hi everybody - I've been busy but recently on the Zumiez show I came out of it with a question:
    I like to route each of my AJA KiPro ISO records two separate channels of audio, I send a line-feed to CH. 1 (left) and I run a NAT mic feed to CH.2, (right).  If I bring the captures into FCPX, for example to create short lifts, I want the producer to be able to choose between the line feed or the ambient mic, so I leave them as "Stereo", but it isn't really a stereo track.  I needed to adjust the levels, raise the line level and lower the mic level, but I can't do that unless I designate "Dual Mono".  When I designate Dual Mono, I can adjust the levels seperately and even apply filters indivisually, but then the channels are summed mono.
    How do you keep stereo seperation on two individual tracks and still be able to make individual adjustments?  Or maybe another way to the same goal; can I set hard pans on a pair of Dual Mono tracks?
    Thanks for any help!  -Stephen

  • How do you set different volumes on dual mono?

    I'm missing something, I'm sure, right?  I normally record a mic to a channel and NAT sound to another channel - so say for example, I might mic up a presenter on stage, and take that feed into Channel 1 (external source) and leave my on-cam mic set to internal for Channel 2 - so I can bring that up in the edit for either Q&A from the audience or just to swell applause.  In FCP7 audio tracks showed dual mono as two tracks with individual overlays so you could adjust each channel as needed.  In X I only see a single track of dual audio, and in the information box, I can check or uncheck the channel I want - and a lot of times, that's good enough, but how do you keep both channels and adjust the volume of each one seperately?

    Tom - thank you.  So to make sure I am clear though, (my audio was always dual mono, and in the inspector they are represented as two seperate tracks where I have the option to check or uncheck each one), but the timeline, they appear as a single track and in your solution (which worked) you are saying to break apart (as in make them seperate from each other and able to fall out of sync?  that kind of break apart?)  it still worked I was able to see two tracks, similar to FCP7 - and I can adjust volume seperately on each channel, but are they no longer linked in terms of sync?  If I am understanding correctly, then is that to say there is no way to keep their connection to the video they belong to and also still see each channel and adjust each channel independently of the other?

  • How do I import stereo audio as pan centered, "Dual Mono?"

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    For most of my video recording, I’m running two wireless mics and am recording in stereo.
    90% of the time, I’m working with one track or the other and, because I’m cutting for broadcast news, the pan for the audio needs to be centered.
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    There is, as I remember, no option for this during import - but you can select multiple clips and set it on all at once.

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