Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1496)

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Exporting Audio for
Mixing in Other Applications
If you plan to send your audio to an audio
postproduction facility for finishing, you can export audio
tracks to the Open Media Framework (OMF) interchange
format, or export tracks as individual AIFF files.
This chapter covers the following:
 Ways You Can Finish Your Audio (p. 145)
 Organizing Your Audio Clips for Multi-Track Export (p. 146)
 Exporting Audio Tracks to Individual Audio Files (p. 147)
 Exporting Audio Output Groups to AIFF(s) (p. 152)
 Exporting OMF Audio Files (p. 158)
 Exporting Audio Clip Information to an EDL (p. 161)
Ways You Can Finish Your Audio
How do you plan to finish mixing your audio? This is an extremely important question,
because it affects what you’ll do to the audio in your edited sequence. Essentially, you
have two choices:
 Completing your final mix using Final Cut Pro
 Exporting your audio for sweetening at an audio postproduction facility
Although Final Cut Pro is a capable audio editing environment, having your audio done
at a specialized postproduction facility means you’ll have a professional audio editor
and mixer working on your soundtrack.
Another reason to use a postproduction facility is to have your audio worked on in a
room where acoustics have been especially designed for mixing. Additionally, excellent
monitoring speakers and high-quality audio equipment will allow your editor to hear
everything that’s in the audio, so you can be confident that the frequencies and levels
being adjusted in your audio are accurate.