Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 1015)

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Exporting Audio for
Mixing in Other Applications
If you plan to send your audio to an audio post-production
facility for finishing, you can export each audio track as an
individual AIFF file.
This chapter covers the following:
 Ways You Can Finish Your Audio (p. 1015)
 Organizing Your Audio Clips for Multi-Track Export (p. 1016)
 Exporting Audio Tracks to Individual Audio Files (p. 1017)
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 Express HD
 Exporting your audio for sweetening at an audio post-production facility
Although Final Cut Express HD is a capable audio editing environment, having your
audio done at a specialized post-production facility means you’ll have a professional
audio editor and mixer working on your soundtrack.
Another reason to use a post-production 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.