Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1512)

Chapter 11 Exporting Audio for Mixing in Other Applications 161
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Exporting Audio Clip Information to an EDL
Some audio postproduction software can import EDLs just like video editing
applications. Importing an EDL creates audio clips (or regions) in the audio application’s
timeline, which you can then use to recapture your audio from original source tapes.
This is similar to a video online edit session, in which all clips are recaptured at the
highest quality possible. Since the engineers are recapturing all of the audio directly
from the source tapes using workstations with dedicated high-end audio hardware,
you can be assured of the highest possible quality.
EDLs can only store information for up to four audio channels, and the clips must be
originally captured using timecode. If some of your audio doesn’t have timecode (for
example, if you imported a track from a CD), you must first transfer your music and
sound effects to a timecoded video or audio format, then edit the timecoded clips into
your sequence. If your program has more than four audio tracks, you need to export
multiple EDLs and have them collated by your audio editor.
For detailed information on exporting EDLs, “ Exporting EDLs ” on page 124.
Copying Audio to Timecoded Tapes for Logging, Capturing,
and EDL Export
If you captured media files from non-timecoded sources such as VHS tape, DAT tapes,
reel-to-reel tape recorders, or imported audio CDs, the resulting EDL won’t be useful for
recapturing because the EDL does not contain relevant timecode information that
references back to the original sources. The solution is to copy all of your non-
timecoded audio to formats that support timecode. You should do this before you
begin editing your movie.
CD
Cassette
Media without timecode
DAT with
timecode
DV tape
Media with timecode
DAT without
timecode