Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 849)

62 Part I Media and Project Management
If your audio interface does not support the number of output channels in your audio
output preset, Final Cut Pro warns that you will not hear audio tracks assigned to
unavailable hardware outputs, but you are still allowed to use this preset. For example,
if you are using the stereo (2-channel) built-in audio output on your computer, but you
have selected a 4-channel audio output preset for your sequence, Final Cut Pro warns
you that any tracks assigned to outputs 3 or 4 will not be heard. This is helpful when
trading projects between systems with different audio interface configurations.
Choosing and Creating Audio Output Presets
By default, Final Cut Pro uses a stereo audio output preset that corresponds to the
built-in stereo output of your computer as well as most DV camcorders. If you add an
audio interface with more than two channels for mixing and outputting audio in
Final Cut Pro, you can modify a sequence’s existing audio output preset or create a new
one and assign it to your sequence. If you use this preset regularly, you can make it the
default audio output preset for all new sequences by choosing it in the Audio Outputs
tab of the User Preferences window.
To select an audio output preset for your sequence:
1 Select a sequence in the Browser or Timeline.
2 Choose Sequence > Settings (or press Command-0), then click the Audio Outputs tab.
3 Choose an Audio Output preset from the Load Audio Output Preset pop-up menu,
then click OK.
To change the audio output settings of your sequence:
1 Select a sequence in the Browser or Timeline.
2 Choose Sequence > Settings (or press Command-0), then click the Audio Outputs tab.
3 Choose the number of audio channels you want to access on your audio interface.
Note: Final Cut Pro supports up to 24 audio output channels.
4 For each pair of audio channels, choose Stereo to allow for panning clip items between
the pair of channels, or choose Dual Mono so that each channel can be used as a
discrete output.
5 Choose a downmix level for each pair of outputs.
For more information about downmix levels, see “ Downmixing Multiple Audio
Channels to a Stereo Mix ” on page 64.
6 Click OK.