I have Final Cut Pro X.
I've imported clips from SDHD card into final cut. I recorded two channels of audio but I'm not seeing them. Wondering how to access these. I am only seeing one channel of audio in the timeline.
Thank-you.
Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Only seeing or hearing? Post a screen shot. Check the audio inspector. What does it say thre about your audio?
In the audio inspector scroll down to the channel configuration to see how many channels of audio your clip contains. If it indeed has multiple audio channels you can reveal them in the timeline. Select the clip in the timeline and then choose detach audio or compress control-shift-s. "The audio is detach from the video and appears as a connected clip, synchronized to the first frame of the video." Now "choose Clip>Break Apart Clip Items, or press Command-shift-G. Each channel is broken into its own bar and can be a just and individually" (FCPX-Advanced Editing by Michael Wohl).
I hope this is what you were looking for!
My configuration was "Stereo" but only a single channel was shown in the Inspector.
In order to break it apart into 2 tracks I had to change Stereo to Dual Mono (which displays in the Inspector as 2 tracks).
is this my audio inspector? i tried your suggestion but was only left with one channel after detaching audio. i tried the break down clip, but still only see one channel.
Thanks! How do I do this?
That's the info inspector. The audio inspector is to the left of it.
Okay, I found where it says channel configuration and it says Stereo - and shows one green channel of audio. When I change it to dual mono, both of those channels sound the same. When filming, I had one mic placed closer to the audio source and one mic was further away - so there should have been a noticable difference in the sounds of the two channels.
What does that mean? I'm wondering if my camera was recording two channels of audio but mixing it down to only one on the media card.
Thank-you, I had meant to clicked on the audio!
This image shows the Channel Configuration section of the Audio Inspector.
If your recording was in stereo change it to dual mono like below.
After you have detached the audio in the timeline you should then be able to break it apart.
The results should look something like this and then you can edit the audio tracks independently of each other and the video clip for that matter.
Does this help?
Yes! Exactly what I did, but both channels sound the same. I used two different mics when recording, one was placed very close to audio source and another was far away - so the two channels should sound different but they sound the same.
Does that make sense?
This may be a little above my pay grade then. Maybe you could post some info on your camera, recording settings and mic configurations. That way a production guru might be able to diagnose the problem further.
What's the camera and how were the mics connected to it?
ha! Thank you EV3media!
Canon AX-10 camera
Recorded two channels of audio: 1. internal camera mic 2. Was a shotgun mic connected to the external audio input. (did not use my XLR inputs)
Don't know that camera, but on many cameras jacking a mic into the external input switches off the camera mic. Unless you can assign channels in a menu or on a switch that's probably the case.
How do I see two channels of audio on clips?
