export my MASTER MOV with 2.0 channel instead of 5.1

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export my MASTER MOV with 2.0 channel instead of 5.1

First time this happened to me in FCPX, but I've been using my atomos Shogun recorder with my A7s camera. The file is brought in as 5.1 audio channels, I simply unselect the components I don't need in the inspector.

Now, when I'm exporting the final video, it is making the video 5.1 instead of 2.0 and I don't see a way to change that! I simply want a mixdown final MOV with the normal 48k L/R audio. What can I do tell FCPX to do?? PLEASE HELP!

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), FCPX 10.3

Posted on Aug 27, 2015 2:48 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Aug 27, 2015 3:04 PM in response to Feed Me Media

Use Cmd-J to go to project properties. Click Modify Settings and change from 5.1 to stereo. The meters should switch to stereo.

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Answer 2

Aug 27, 2015 3:11 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Oh Man, this did the trick! I can't understand why now of all times FCPX would switch the project to 5.1 from stereo without my consent? I've had the same setup and audio file structure for about 4 projects now it decides to do this? Is this some random thing?

when the audio meters show the 5.1 tracks, does that reflect the output of the project or is this unrelated? Thanks again.

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Answer 3

Tom Wolsky

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Aug 27, 2015 3:21 PM in response to Feed Me Media

It'll change if the project settings are to use the first clip and the first clip is 5.1.

What you see in the meters is the project output settings.

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