Being Discrete

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Filed in: Weekly Tip

So you’ve worked hard getting a perfect mix and have created submixes, outputted your show and are ready to archive your show as a self-contained QuickTime. In the past, if you were to do this, your audio would be mixed down to stereo or as grouped channels (i.e., stereo and dual mono).

Now, in Final Cut Pro 6 you can export individual discrete channels very easily.

Open up the Sequence Settings (Command + 0) window for your sequence.
In the General tab in the bottom right-hand corner there is an area labeled Audio Settings.
Change the Config pulldown option to Discrete and click OK to save the change.
Choose the File menu > Export > QuickTime Movie.
Save the file as you normally would. Discrete channels will be saved in the export.

Like this tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.