Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 User Manual
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Methods for Sending Audio from Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro
You can take several approaches to working with your Final Cut Pro project’s audio in
Soundtrack Pro. The method you choose depends on your situation.
Do you need to make specific changes to audio clips in your project?
Final Cut Pro allows you to open one or more clips in the Soundtrack Pro File Editor, where
you can analyze and process the audio using a variety of powerful tools.
Do you need to batch process multiple audio files?
Using customizable Soundtrack Pro scripts, you can automate repetitive audio processing
tasks such as removing clicks, adding fades, or normalizing levels.
Do you need a complete audio post-production solution for your movie, including
sound editing, sweetening, and mixing?
You can send multiple Final Cut Pro clips—or even an entire sequence—to a
Soundtrack Pro multitrack project, where you can complete your final mix by adding
additional tracks of sound effects, voiceover, and music. Both stereo and surround sound
mixing are supported.
Sending Audio Clips from Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro
There are three methods you can use to open a clip in the Soundtrack Pro File Editor:
• Send a clip item or items to Soundtrack Pro as a Soundtrack Pro audio file project: A
Soundtrack Pro audio file project is created for each item. This allows you to
nondestructively make changes to the audio in the Soundtrack Pro File Editor. The
original clips in Final Cut Pro are automatically reconnected to the new Soundtrack Pro
audio file projects. You have the option to copy the entire media file for each clip item,
or you can create trimmed versions with handles. For more information, see
Clips from Final Cut Pro to the Soundtrack Pro File Editor
.
• Process a clip with a Soundtrack Pro script: The clip opens in the File Editor, the actions
in the script are performed automatically, the clip is saved with the changes, and the
File Editor moves to the background so you can continue working in Final Cut Pro. If
your clip’s media file is a standard audio or video file, you have the option to create a
new Soundtrack Pro audio file project, so as to process the file nondestructively. If you
don’t take advantage of this option, the script processes the source media destructively
(permanently). If your clip’s media file is already a Soundtrack Pro audio file project,
the changes are nondestructive. For more information, see
File with a Soundtrack Pro Script
.
• Open a clip’s media file destructively in the Soundtrack Pro File Editor: If you do not use a
Soundtrack Pro audio file project for editing and you save the changes to the file in its
native format, or in any flat audio file format (such as AIFF, WAVE, and so on), any
changes you make to the audio file are destructive (permanent). For more information,
see
Opening a Final Cut Pro Clip’s Media File in Soundtrack Pro
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Chapter 19
Using Soundtrack Pro with Other Applications