Exporting audio for mixing in other applications, Ways you can finish your audio, Exporting audio for mixing in other – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual
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This chapter covers the following:
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Ways You Can Finish Your Audio
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Organizing Your Audio Clips for Multitrack Export
(p. 984)
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About Exporting Audio Tracks to Individual Audio Files
(p. 986)
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Preparing to Export Audio Tracks as Audio Files
(p. 986)
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Exporting Audio Tracks as Individual Audio Files
(p. 990)
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Exporting Audio Output Groups to AIFF Files
(p. 991)
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Exporting Multichannel QuickTime Files
(p. 995)
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(p. 995)
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Exporting Audio Clip Information to an EDL
(p. 998)
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(p. 999)
If you plan to send your audio to an audio post-production facility for finishing, you can
export audio tracks to standard audio formats such as AIFF or OMF.
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:
• Complete your final mix using Final Cut Pro.
• Export your audio for sweetening at an audio post-production facility.
Although Final Cut Pro 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.
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