[This is an excerpt from a recent PowerUP webinar: Advanced Audio in Final Cut Pro X, which you can download from our store. You can also access all our webinars by becoming a subscriber.]
This video tutorial illustrates how to create surround sound pans within Final Cut Pro X, as well as a discussion of the difference between the subwoofer and the LFE (low-frequency effects).
Most of the time, our projects are mixed for stereo. However, FCP X supports mixing and outputting projects using 5.1 surround sound. The principle difference between stereo and surround is that, using surround, you are able to place a sound within a 306-degree circle of the listener’s ears.
This short video tutorial illustrates how to display and adjust the surround panner for an audio clip in the Final Cut Pro X Timeline.
TRT: 5:51 — QuickTime HD movie
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3 Responses to FCP X: Surround Sound Panning [Video]
Hi Larry,
Mightily challenged in FCPX making my standard stereo audio FCPX project into the following as required for delivery to network:
Take your stereo audio split it into two mono files panned L&R (I understand that part)
** then duplicate channels 1&2 and put them on channels 3&4**
That’s the part that is not intuitive in FCPX. I have tried many work-a-round scenarios such as surround settings etc. but cannot seem to get my duplicated audio on to channels 3&4 as is required for HD delivery to broadcast networks.
Please advise.
Thank you!
Todd:
GREAT question. I’m not sure – let me see what I can find out.
Larry
Todd:
Its a terrible thing, getting old. The memory starts to go. I’ve covered this in both my articles and a YouTube video – take a look here and see if this helps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBPbexaNiU
Larry