Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 845)

Note: Busses in Final Cut Pro are used for routing tracks to hardware audio outputs or
for automatic stereo downmixing. You cannot create send or auxiliary busses as you
would in other audio applications.
Hardware Outputs
Hardware outputs are the physical outputs on your audio interface or any other device
you connect your audio output busses to, such as the audio outputs of a DV deck.
Final Cut Pro supports up to 24 hardware audio outputs.
Audio
interface
2
3
4
5
6
24
1
VTR
Speakers
By default, Final Cut Pro uses the audio output device in the currently selected Easy Setup.
If you need more audio output channels or higher-quality outputs, you can connect a
third-party audio interface to your computer. For more information about audio interfaces,
see
“Connecting Professional Video and Audio Equipment.” For information about choosing
an audio output device for Final Cut Pro, see “Configuring External Audio Monitors.”
Defining Output Busses by Grouping
Output busses can be grouped together as dual mono or stereo outputs.
Hardware outputs
Stereo
1
Dual
mono
2
Stereo
12
1 2 3 4 5 6 24 25
Stereo
3
845 Chapter 53 Assigning Output Channels and External Audio Monitors