Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 1017)

Chapter 74 Exporting Audio for Mixing in Other Applications 1017
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Exporting Audio Tracks to Individual Audio Files
Final Cut Express HD allows you to export each audio track in your sequence as a
discrete file, which you can then open in another audio application for final mixing. The
disadvantage of this method is that it doesn’t preserve your edit points because all of
the audio clips on each track become one audio file. Your audio editor then has to
manually edit each track to get back to the original clips. You also cannot include
handles (additional media on either side of a clip) on your audio clips this way.
Before following the steps below, make a duplicate of your sequence and use that
duplicate for the export process. This leaves your original edited sequence untouched.
Individual audio clips in a
typical sequence
Individual audio clips
have been consolidated
into single large clips
with the duration of
the sequence.