4. Special Cases: Exporting Audio
In this exercise, you will learn how to export audio for special cases, such as Soundtrack, OMF files, and AIF files.
| 1. | Start Final Cut and open Chapter 12 Lesson, if it isn't open already. Double-click Seq Snowboard Final to load it to the Timeline. Leave the Timeline selected. | | 2. | You can export a movie to Soundtrack two ways: File > Export > QuickTime Movie File > Export > For Soundtrack
The For Soundtrack option automatically sets the file output settings for Soundtrack.As usual, select the sequence in the Timeline or in the Browser, then choose File > Export > For Soundtrack. The screen that appears is very similar to the File > Export > QuickTime Movie screen, except at the bottom. Final Cut preset some of the choices for you: it selected Audio Scoring Markers, so your Soundtrack markers are included in the export, and made it a Reference movie (not Self-Contained) since it figured you weren't going to delete any media because the project wasn't finished.Audio scoring, or Soundtrack, markers are markers that are created inside Final Cut, and viewed inside Soundtrack. These markers are labels that can indicate where you want music to start, or end, or actually, anythingthey are just labels. | | 3. | Open Soundtrack and drag the movie from wherever you saved it (I generally save my temporary movies to the Desktop to make them easy to find) into the Video tab at the top center of Soundtrack.From there, you can watch the movie while you compose the music.That's how to export from FCP to Soundtrack. But, sometimes, you need to export only the audio files. In this case, you have two choices: Export an AIF file Export an OMF file
An AIF (or AIFF) file can be played anywhere. It is the native format of the Mac, as well as all CD audio. An AIF file merges all the clips in a track into a single audio file for the entire track. The biggest advantage to AIF is that all audio programs can play them. Plus, an AIF export will include all volume changes and filters in the audio.An OMF file is a special-purpose file that is used for transferring audio specifically for mixing from Final Cut into audio programs such as DigiDesign's ProTools or Bias Inc.'s Deck. The key advantage of using OMFs is that all clips remain distinct and editable, each with its own set of handles. The biggest disadvantage to OMF is that only a limited number of audio programs support them. In addition, exporting OMF files from Final Cut does not include any volume changes or filters. | | 4. | To export AIF files, choose File > Export > Audio to AIFF(s). The standard export dialog box appears, except for different settings at the bottom.The standard sample rate and sample size (or bit-depth) for DV and broadcast video is 48 kHz, 16-bit. So the initial two choices are fine.If you want to export your audio as dual mono, that is with both channels linked and panned to the center, choose Channel Grouped. If you want to export your audio with all the odd-numbered channels panned to the left and all the even-numbered channels panned to the right, choose Stereo Mix.Final Cut exports all audio tracks whose visibility indicator is on. (So, if you want to export individual tracks, turn the visibility light off for all tracks you don't want to export.) | | 5. | To export OMF files, choose File > Export > Audio to OMF. The OMF settings dialog appears. Again, the settings of 48 kHz and 16-bit are fine. Generally, I like working with longer handles, so I set Handle Length to 5:00. This provides for more flexibility in the audio mix. The default OMF file format is 2.0, which appears at the bottom of the Save dialog. This, too, is fine. | | 6. | Give the export file a name, and you are done.Again, you don't need to save your work in this project, because you haven't made any changes. Quit Final Cut if you need a break. Otherwise, it's time to move on to learning about some special case video exports. |
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