Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 897)

Initially, you choose whether clip items are mono or stereo during capture, but you can
change this when you edit in the Timeline.
About Mono and Stereo Clip Items
Clip items may be linked in the following ways:
• Mono clip item: A mono clip item is a single audio clip item that contains one audio
channel and is not linked to any other clip items.
• Stereo pair clip items: Two clip items can be specially grouped together as a stereo pair.
Creating a stereo pair allows you to adjust the level and pan controls of both clip items
simultaneously. Clips captured as stereo are automatically added to the Timeline as a
stereo pair. For more information, see
“Audio Editing Basics.”
• Linked clip items: To keep items in sync while you edit, you can link up to 24 audio clip
items (mono or stereo pair) together. Linking audio items does not change their mono
or stereo pair characteristics. Dual mono clip items are a typical output group in which
two mono clip items are linked together. For more information, see
“Linking and Editing
Video and Audio in Sync.”
How Audio Outputs Affect Panning Sliders
Panning sliders can behave in three different ways, depending on the clip item linking
and the type of audio output assigned to a track. For more information about audio
outputs, see
“Audio Signal Flow in Final Cut Pro.”
• Mono or stereo clip item and mono audio output: Any track assigned to a mono audio
output has its panning slider disabled.
Timeline tracks
To mono bus
To mono bus
To mono bus
Mono clip
Stereo clip
Stereo clip
• Mono clip item and stereo audio output: A track’s panning slider allows you to control
the stereo placement of the mono clip.
Timeline track
Mono clip To stereo bus
897 Chapter 56 Using the Audio Mixer