Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1880)

Note: When you move a Final Cut Pro project file to another system along with its
sequences, those sequences retain the audio output setting with which they were originally
created, regardless of the number of audio output channels available on that system.
Settings in the
Audio Outputs tab
• Outputs pop-up menu: This pop-up menu allows you to specify the number of audio
outputs available on your external audio interface. This menu defaults to two output
channels for simple stereo output. Additional output channels can be added in pairs.
You can specify as many as 12 pairs of audio outputs, or 24 total outputs.
• Channel Settings boxes: Each pair of outputs has its own settings box, each with its own
set of controls. Adding pairs of outputs adds additional settings boxes.
• Channel number: This number defines which output channel the controls affect.
• Downmix pop-up menu: Commands in this menu determine the amount, in dB, by
which an output channel should be attenuated (lowered) or boosted (raised) when
audio is downmixed to stereo—either for output to video or as a QuickTime movie
or audio file, or when downmix is turned on in the Audio Mixer. When downmixing,
audio output channels can be modified from +10 dB to –10 dB, or turned off
altogether. For more information about setting proper downmix levels, see
“Assigning
Output Channels and External Audio Monitors.”
• Stereo Grouping buttons: These buttons define whether a given pair of audio output
channels is stereo or mono. Sequence tracks assigned to stereo pairs of outputs have
pan turned on. A single downmix pop-up menu sets the downmix level for both
channels in the pair, which defaults to 0 dB. Sequence tracks assigned to dual mono
pairs of outputs have no stereo output, and the panning slider for that track is
disabled. Two downmix pop-up menus appear, one for each channel, which default
to –3 dB. For more information about how to set proper downmix levels, see
“Assigning Output Channels and External Audio Monitors.”
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