Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 986)

About Exporting Audio Tracks to Individual Audio Files
If you have a lot of source audio in your sequence that wasn’t captured with timecode,
or if you need to export your audio to a video system that doesn’t support OMF import,
you can export each audio track to its own audio file. These files can then be imported
into a multitrack audio application. The disadvantage of this method is that it doesn’t
preserve your edit points because all of the audio clips in 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.
Individual audio clips
in a typical sequence
Individual audio clips
have been consolidated
into single large clips
with the duration of
the sequence.
For information about getting ready to export audio tracks as individual audio files, see
“Preparing to Export Audio Tracks as Audio Files.” For information about exporting audio
tracks, see “Exporting Audio Tracks as Individual Audio Files.”
Preparing to Export Audio Tracks as Audio Files
Before you export your sequence’s audio tracks to audio files, you should make a duplicate
of your sequence to use for the export process. This leaves your original edited sequence
untouched.
• Stage 1: Making a Duplicate of Your Sequence
• Stage 2: Inserting Sync Beeps for Each Audio Track
• Stage 3: Arranging Audio Clips So They Don’t Overlap
986 Chapter 60 Exporting Audio for Mixing in Other Applications