Monitoring 5.1-channel surround sound – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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Monitoring 5.1-Channel Surround Sound
Final Cut Pro does not support multichannel surround sound mixing capabilities or editing
of speaker assignments, but you can configure your system to monitor certain kinds of
5.1-channel surround sound audio files. If you have 5.1-channel surround sound files that
have been mixed in another audio application such as Soundtrack Pro, you can import
these files and then configure your audio outputs and hardware to monitor in surround
sound.
Important:
A multichannel audio interface and speaker system with at least six channels
is required to monitor surround sound.
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4
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Busses
Timeline tracks
Audio clip
Audio clip
Audio clip
Audio clip
Audio clip
Audio clip
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2
3
4
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6
Tracks 1 and 2 routed
to stereo bus
Stereo
Stereo
Dual mono
Tracks 3 and 4 routed
to dual mono busses
Tracks 5 and 6 routed
to stereo bus
There are two ways of configuring your sequence audio outputs for 5.1-channel surround
sound monitoring:
• Use the 5.1 Monitoring audio preset: If you know in advance that you are going to edit
a 5.1-channel surround sound file into your sequence, you can assign the 5.1 Monitoring
audio preset to your sequence.
• Use the Match Audio Outputs command: This command automatically configures your
sequence audio outputs and track output assignments based on the currently selected
audio clip in your sequence. You can select a 5.1-channel surround sound clip in your
sequence and use the Match Audio Outputs command to automatically configure your
sequence outputs.
To configure Final Cut Pro for 5.1-channel surround sound monitoring using the Match
Audio Outputs command
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Import a multichannel surround sound QuickTime audio file into Final Cut Pro.
Note: Final Cut Pro supports only surround sound audio files that contain the MPEG_5_1_A
QuickTime audio track tag and whose channels are ordered in the following sequence:
left and right, center, LFE, and left surround and right surround.
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Chapter 53
Assigning Output Channels and External Audio Monitors