fromhaleiwa
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Q: Clicking noises on audio track

Hi,

I've read in here that you should convert mp3 to aiff file in order to get rid of the clicking noise on the audio track on the sequence.

I'm using fcp 7 and OS X yosemite. Neither iTunes nor Quicktime give me the option of converting it..

Any ideas where I could convert?

Many thanks

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2), null

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 9:27 PM

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  • by Shane Ross,Helpful

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Feb 16, 2016 11:57 AM in response to fromhaleiwa
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    Feb 16, 2016 11:57 AM in response to fromhaleiwa

    Compressor will. And Quicktime Pro will too...choose EXPORT and then in the export dialog, EXPORT dropdown menu, choose SOUND TO AIFF.

     

    If the MP3s are music files, they might have DRM (copy protection) that prevent converting.

  • by fromhaleiwa,

    fromhaleiwa fromhaleiwa Feb 16, 2016 11:59 AM in response to Shane Ross
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    Feb 16, 2016 11:59 AM in response to Shane Ross

    Thanks Shane! I actually did the trick of  going to the preference on the itunes then changing to convert to aiff instead of aac and that worked too.

    Could you tell me why my psd files look so bad in the fcp sequence?

  • by Shane Ross,

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Feb 16, 2016 12:07 PM in response to fromhaleiwa
    Level 8 (43,004 points)
    Feb 16, 2016 12:07 PM in response to fromhaleiwa

    Are they over 300DPI? Oddly, something that is 400-600 or more DPI will look like poo, but make it 150 or 72dpi, and it looks great. DPI is meaningless in video...pixel dimensions are what matter.

     

    Speaking of that, pixel dimensions need to be under 4000, otherwise FCP will give an error when you try to render them.

  • by fromhaleiwa,

    fromhaleiwa fromhaleiwa Feb 16, 2016 12:09 PM in response to Shane Ross
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    Feb 16, 2016 12:09 PM in response to Shane Ross

    yes they are 300dpis!! Wow!! You're the man! Mahalo! That's thanks in Hawaiian!