Audio

New tools for audio mixing in Final Cut Pro

What started off as a quick link to a blog, ended up with some detective work to find the new range of software control surfaces for FCP.

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Final Cut Pro Audio Filter Guide Part 2

We're deeply indebted to FCP guru Jon Chappell for sitting down and going through the audio filters one by one to see what each one does. The second part of his two part guide after the break.

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Where do all those Hollywood sound FX come from? Watch a Foley Artist at work

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We came across this whilst hunting down another Vimeo video and we were hooked. Enjoy the skill and resourcefulness of a Foley Artist. Watching a horse trot past in a film will never be the same again!

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Fixing video and audio levels to broadcast standards in Final Cut Pro using Digimetrics Eos plugins

When we first saw the news of the Digimetrics Eos plugin for Final Cut Pro we thought 'nothing new' as it has been done before. Today a video for the Eos audio 'legaliser' was brought to our attention, so we thought we'd take a quick look at both.

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Something completely different for Friday - How many radio station jingles can you remember?

We were after a test username for the website and 'Zorp Furbal' was suggested. Who is Zorp? He appears at the front and back of a very famous promotional song from 1985 for Jam the jingles maker. So for fridays entertainment, we post the song here. How many radio stations from the eighties can you say you listened to?

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Exporting audio out of Final Cut Pro X using Automatic Duck's Pro Export

So you just finished your first FCPX job and you need to send the audio off for mixing in a plush suite with all those faders that move up and down when nobody touches them. Automatic Duck have released an update to Pro Export FCP to help you get the files and data out.

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Something completely different: Recording and mixing the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack

We had a post on the forum that maybe we were getting a bit too FCPX centric. We agree and hopefully this will be a little break from the stream of Final Cut Pro news from the last fortnight. The Transformers: Dark of the Moon might not be Oscar material but boy do these sound guys have fun!

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Creating music with loops inside Final Cut Pro X

When we first saw this video we thought "Why would anyone want to make music in Final Cut Pro X?" Then after watching the tutorial we realised that FCPX has some pretty powerful audio tools built in.

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Using Roles in FCPX with Media Stems Export - How does it work and can it replace OMF?

Last week when the 10.0.1 update was announced, 'Roles' seemed to be the answer to exporting your audio out of Final Cut Pro X to another app for post. Does this new 'Media Stems Export" method replace OMF?

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OMF export out of FCPX the long way round

Hot on the heels of the weekend's excitement with FCPX and FCP7 project interchange, Jef Gibbons got in touch with us to share his Final Cut Pro X OMF export 'workaround'

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Automatic Duck post all their products to download free, including their FCPX audio exporter

Why does an important piece of news always happen on a Friday afternoon? Yes you read the title right, Automatic Duck have posted all their XML and FCPXML translation tools for free download.

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Win one of three new $29.99 Pro Audio to Go recorders for the iPhone

***Winners Announced***

It's been a while since we had a giveaway on FCP.co so we thought we would team up with Weynand.com to offer you the chance of winning a copy of the newly released Pro Audio To Go 48 kHz audio recorders for your iPhone.

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PPM Meters for Final Cut Pro X

We nearly fell off our Aerons when we saw the FCPX GUI poster frame to this quick tutorial. We have wanted decent PPM meters in FCP ever since we owned our first copy. There's good news and bad news though.

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Voice recording and editing in FCPX on MacBreak Studio

In this edition of MacBreak Studio, Mark Spencer and Steve Martin show us how to record and edit a voice in Final Cut Pro X.

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FCPX 10.0.3 A roundup of all the third party product news -There's lots!

What a day yesterday was, the 10.0.3 update for Final Cut Pro X set the Internet alight. We thought we would take a look at the third party announcements that might have been overshadowed by the news from Cupertino. News from AJA, Blackmagic Design, Intelligent Assistance, Marquis, GenArts, Red Giant and more.

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New Sorenson Squeeze 8 Pro supports Apple ProRes, Avid DNxHD and Dolby Pro Audio

Sorenson has launched Squeeze 8 Pro, the new version can now output ProRes files directly from within Avid. Codec specific add-ons available for existing customers.

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Advanced audio in Final Cut Pro X with Michael Wohl

At the recent meeting of the LAFCPUG (CPUG?) Micheal Wohl gave a twenty minute presentation on the advanced audio features in FCPX. Lots of good tips in there and maybe some features you've yet to discover.

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Ripple Training release their Sound Editing in FCPX training course

There are loads of tutorials out there about editing video within Final Cut Pro X, not so many about audio. Ripple Training have released a whole course dedicated to getting your audio sounding the best it can in FCPX. We've also got a money off coupon code.

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Removing unwanted audio in Final Cut Pro X on MacBreak Studio with Steve Martin and Mark Spencer

Another episode of MacBreak Studio and this time the duo of Steve Martin and Mark Spencer tackle the problem of removing an unwanted piece of audio and replacing it with room tone.

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Retiming or time stretching audio in Final Cut Pro X without changing pitch

Crikey these guys don't half crank out the mini tutorials! In the second visit to MacBreak Studio this week, the subject is retiming or time stretching audio in Final Cut Pro X without changing the pitch. Also posted is the recent recording of MacBreak Studio Live.

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