Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 995)

Note: All audio that requires rendering is automatically rendered with a render quality
of High, regardless of the render quality setting.
Exporting Multichannel QuickTime Files
The rules for audio grouping are the same when exporting a QuickTime movie as when
exporting individual AIFF files: stereo output pairs are exported as a single stereo
QuickTime audio track, and each mono output is exported as an individual mono
QuickTime audio track.
To export your sequence to a multichannel QuickTime movie file
1 Select a sequence in the Browser or open a sequence in the Timeline.
2 Choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
3 In the Save dialog, choose a location and enter a name for the file.
4 Choose a sequence preset from the Setting pop-up menu.
If you want to set a particular audio sample rate or bit depth, you can also choose the
current settings of the selected sequence, or you can choose the Custom Settings option.
5 Choose Audio Only from the Include pop-up menu.
If you want to export a complete QuickTime movie that contains video as well as
multichannel audio, choose Audio and Video.
6 Select Make Movie Self-Contained.
The number of audio tracks created in the resulting QuickTime movie depends on two
areas in the Sequence Settings window. For details, see
“Audio Output Export Settings.”
Exporting OMF Audio Files
Open Media Framework—or OMF—is a cross-platform file format for exchanging video
and audio sequence information between different editing systems. Avid originally
developed the OMF file format, and many editing applications have incorporated some
level of OMF import and export compatibility. Today, OMF is most often used for
transferring audio sequence, track, and clip information from video editing systems to
audio post-production applications. OMF can store far more information than traditional
EDLs, especially when it comes to audio interchange.
When you export your sequence audio as an OMF file, the resulting OMF file contains a
description of your audio edits (the clip In and Out points in the Timeline) along with the
audio media files. You can use the OMF Export command if you plan to deliver your audio
to an editor using an OMF-compatible digital audio workstation (DAW). Most audio
facilities are able to use OMF files.
995 Chapter 60 Exporting Audio for Mixing in Other Applications