MIXING DOWN VIDEO TRACKS
I am ready to out put my project which has multiple video layers. I know I can nest my effect layers but is there a way to mix down all of my layers making one video layer with all of the effects rendered?
Then there's still no need to "mixdown" the video.
For DVD, the best method is to export a self-contained or reference movie (File->Export->QuickTime Movie). Note that if your Sequence isn't already fully rendered, it may take some time. Also make sure you include chapter markers if needed and that you do NOT recompress all frames.
Use the QuickTime Movie in Compressor and choose the appropriate DVD preset.
Once Compressor is done, import the resulting .m2v video file and the .ac3 audio file into DVD-SP for authoring and burning.
For going to tape, fully render the Timeline then then perform a 'Print-to-Video' or just hit record on your DV recorder and hit the space bar on your Mac keyboard (assuming you're working in DV).
-DH
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Is there a way to mix down your tracks into one so you can have more tracks to use
Is there a way to mix down your tracks into one so you can have more tracks to use
Here is my tutorial to bounce tracks
http://ipad.slapwagon.co.uk/
some quality is lost due to export compression, but it's bareable considering you don't need to connect to a pc or use itunes...
cheers
@zorin -
Mixing Down Multiple Tracks - Question
Hi.
Is it possible to mix down 2 or more tracks into 1 single track?
I'm doing some soundtrack work, working on the multi-track editor to a video I imported. I have a constant background ambiance that I made using the multi-track editor and the apple loops.
Is there a way I can mix the 3+ tracks that make up this ambiance down into 1 single track? Thus giving me less tracks to worry about (and less clutter) when editing additional foley sound effects etc.. over the ambiance?
Any help would be appreciatedExport your mix. In the After Export drop-down you should find *Add to New Tracks in session* (or something like that)
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Why when mixing down video, audio gets panned to left?
I don't know why it happens. I've checked and it's not panned at all before the mix down/render. Any help?
I think it figured it out. If you're doing a stereo project but have the project set to Surround it will mix down with an odd pan to the left. Just an FYI.
I fixed the project properties and now it mixed down with no pan. -
Moving clips up/down video tracks.
Hello
In Vegas if I wanted to move a clip up or down X# of tracks, I could use the key-pad. #2 moves down and #8 moves it up.
Isn't there something like this in FCE? Using a keyboard command is much easier to keep the clip from inching sideways.
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AllenDavid and Tom
Thanks. Tom, even if there's a clip say on the track above and I have my moving clip selected (option + select) wouldn't it go right through the clip on the track above to any empty track I wanted to put it on?
Reason is many times I'll have a clip on V1 I want to move to V3 and there's a clip on V2 already?
Allen -
Mixing down tracks within a GB project
Hi Guys. Here's a question that I cannot work out (perhaps because it's not possible??)
How do you mix down 3 or 4 tracks into one, as we used to do in the days analogue mixing. eg, I have a nearly completed project, but decide to add a string quartet composed on 4 tracks - one for each instrument, but would like to mix it down to one track to make it easier to move/copy etc
Regards
Iain
ibook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)Make sure to keep a copy of your orchestral GarageBand project. You may not be happy with the mix when everything is completed.
There should be no reason to mix down the tracks, however. GarageBand 3 will automatically make a Software track into a Real track by just "locking" the track. This will save you CPU cycles if this is an issue. That way you will still have control over the mix parameters. -
Audio and Video tracks don't go up/down together EVEN when linked selection is checked!
I'm sure this is something really simple but I just can't figure it out. And it must be a button or a option that I've checked because it didn't use to do that a few days ago.
Basically, I have a clip on the timeline which has a video and an audio track. I want to move the video clip up to the next video track but I want the audio to move down to the next audio track too. Right now it's not doing that. Only the video file moves up to the next track and the audio clip remains in the same track. How do I fix that so that however many tracks I move the video up by the audio goes down by that same number of tracks?Hi Shooternz,
shooternz wrote:
Not sure how other NLES manage it but I think it would be a pain if audio automatically followed video in this respect. eg Blocked layers b'cos something is already there.
FCP &, and earlier behaved that way. I prefer the way Premiere Pro does it. You often do not need to move the audio to a different track when you move video to another track. I want to control the placement of audio and video separately now.
Thanks,
Kevin -
Problems Exporting multiple tracks / Mix down - Big Probs!
Hi Guys,
I apologise for the large holes in my knowledge in advance.
I have asked a similar question before but I got a screen grab that does not appear in my version of STP (I use Version 2.0 I think, apologies, I am at work so can't be totally sure)
I have created a 30 minute project that goes accross 3 tracks with various bits of cut audio.
If I wan't to create one single MP3 of the whole piece I really struggle. The Option to create 'MP3' is greyed out, and the only option that creates the seems to create the single 'submix' file, is the option to export all tracks, buses and submixes etc.
When I go to open the WAV though it crashes, it also doesn't list a duration (which i think is why it is crashing).
I managed to export it at all using the lowest rates in the export menu but when I open the submix wav, it plays it full mixdown correctly but with about 8 empty tracks(?) in the main edit / playing window (not the session style window with all the tracks, buses etc)
I then can't convert the wav to an Mp3 (perhaps because it is not a standard wav) which means curtains for my podcast at present.
I am so sorry for the drivel that I have just written, If it does make sense I would be so glad if you could help me out.
How best to Mix Down my project?
Many thanks.
Dave.Hi there,
My bad, the master mix was there, it is at the top but seperate so i must have missed it or thought it was the title of the menu, anyway, thanks for your help on that one.
The surround sound issue still bugs me but I changed the setting in 'Multitrack' and it seemed to work, as for the submix track, i see that at the bottom of the project (along with busses?) and there doesn't appear to be any sound file in there, i'll take another look and see if the settings need changing.
Thanks so much for your help as it was really doing my head in (along with the random crashes and slight movements in levels that I didn't touch)
It's fixed now so thank you very much indeed!!!
Here is the file if you wanna listen to it (shamelss plug), it;s a bit weird.
http://thehorncast.blogspot.com/
Dave -
Mixing down - lost MIDI tracks
Hi
I have just started using GarageBand over the past couple of months. I have figured out all about locking tracks etc - or so I thought. I can get all the tracks to run fine (real audio and MIDI). The only thing is that when I export to iTunes, a couple of the MIDI tracks can be lost. Why???
It all seems quite random. My MIDI keyboard is connected. And all the tracks are locked for mixing down. (Did I need to have the keyboard connected at the moment when I locked the tracks, maybe?) The funny thing is, on some songs I am hearing all the tracks, MIDI included.
So, baffled...You don't need to have the keyboard connected for exporting the mix: and you don't need the tracks to be locked - that is to make it easier for the CPU to handle the load with a lot of tracks.
As to the missing tracks, forgive me for asking, but are you sure you didn't click the mute button instead of the lock button? (We've all done things like that! - and it's worth starting with the basics). Anyway, try a mix without locking the tracks - perhaps that's the problem, and, as I say, there's no need. -
Do you mix down to two tracks to master song?
When I would master a song using Sonar I would mix down the song to two tracks and master on the two tracks. Now that I am using Logic Pro x I am not seeing anyone talk about mixing down to two tracks. So I am wondering if everyone is doing their mastering on the full song or if they are actually doing on two tracks. I am using Ozone 5 and wanted to know what everyone was doing before I started.
ThanksI'm old school, I never master in the DAW, always mix down to a stereo mix and then master that. I find it far easier to get a good mix, when not worrying about mastering, it's also what I'm comfortable with. I master using a PC with Soundforge, again, that's what I'm used to, my Mac Pro and PC are linked (networked) via a high speed cable modem so it's easy to transfer files back and forth.
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How do I combine all my video tracks to one layer so that I can add a letterbox to it all?
You could also add a layer to the top and lay the mask on that layer. Of course you know that if you have 16:9 (or other widescreen ratios) that you want to make a letterboxed version. and if you don't you losing picture area by masking.
o| TonyTony |o -
Audio And Visual Mix Down? (not export)
I was just wondering if a user can MIX DOWN the audio and video without exportng the video and reloading it back into the project...
Also if anyone can tell me if the scale rulers are of any use besides using them as a marker, for instance maybe controlling playback within a certain range??? Forgive my loose terminology.Certainly!
When you say mix-down, to you mean raising the volume level in some places and lowering it in others? That's done using audio keyframes.
Audio keyframing can be done right on the timeline. Just select a clip and position the CTI playhead over it, then click the Make Keyframe button on the track header, to the left of the audio track. This will create a keyframe point at the position of the CTI. Raising this point will increase the volume and lowering it will decrease it. You can create and position as many keyframes as you need to mix your audio tracks.
As for your playback issue, you can isolate which area you edit, render or output by placing the Work Area Bar (the light colored gray bar that runs along the ticker on the timeline) so that it only covers a portion of your project.
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Why does FCP keeping mixing down audio
I'm working on a school play that we shot with 2 cameras. I edited it with the multiclip feature.
Only problem is when I'm trying to lay down the final sequence, it won't let me lay down 4 tracks of audio.
when creating the muticlip I added the other 2 tracks of audio from the other camera--so there are 4 tracks displayed.
Now when i load them in the Viewer and try to overwrite in a new sequence in only give me 2 tracks of audio-I need all 4 tracks to do the audio mix.
Why won't FCP let me lay down the audio, I've made sure the tracks are connected. I'm an avid editor learning FCP as i go.
I checked the archives but could not find anything useful.
This would seem like a rather easy task.did a 2 camera shoot for a play. There is audio on both channels of each camera for a total of 4 channels of audio.
I made my multiclips by syncing the audio from both cameras and creating inpoints.
Than i layed those multiclips into a seq. so I can edit it.
When i did this, you can only lay down audio from one camera into the muliclip sequence. So I added the other 2 channels of audio from the multiclip on A3 and A4.
So after the edit, I know have all my cuts in the video timeline and 4 audio tracks in the timeline.
I have 4 sequences like this b/c we had tape changes during the performance.
I now want to take those 4 sequences and create one final sequence(called Master) that has the edited multiclips with all 4 channels of audio but when I load the act 1 sequence in the viewer and try to lay it down in the (master) it only drops down 2 audio tracks...not the 4 that i see in the act 1 sequence.
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Final cut x muting a video track?
what options do you have when right clicking on a video clip in the timeline? can you mute video tracks???
Mute Audio
Pulling down the volume fader to mute an audio channel is not the right way to (from a sound engineer point of view). If you had the level set at a specific level then you have to remember that if you want to "unmute" it. The Mute button is the correct way to to. Unfortunately, FPx doesn't have a mixer (yet) so you have to go to the Inspector and uncheck the audio. You will notice that the waveform disappears from the Clip
Mute Video
To mute the whole Video (or any Clip), just select the Clip and use Key Command V or the Menu Command "Clip > Disable"
I cover that in more details in my manual "Final Cut Pro X - How it Works", available on my website:
http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/
Edgar Rothermich -
Mix Down the audio just prior to exporting.
What does it mean to "mix Down the audio". I have seen that several times. I have tried to look it up but can't find that phrase.
ThanksQuote from the FCE HD Manual (Ch.23 pg.662):
"This command has no effect on how your clips are edited. All audio clips remain on their own tracks in the sequence just as they were before. The Mixdown Audio command only consolidates the clips for playback in an invisible preview file"
Playing or Printing to Video back after mixing down requires less CPU power for audio; then CPU has more time for video ...
Piero
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