4 channels of audio?
Why does 4 channels of audio show up in FCPX from the FS5? And more importantly can you record to all 4?
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You're not going to like this, but there's nothing you can do onboard the camera to reduce the number of audio channels, and no matter what you do, you can only feed audio to two of those channels. The other 2 channels are there so the files conform to Sony's XAVC specifications. I don't use FCPX, but with Premiere it is very easy to strip off the unwanted channels at the time of import. There might be something similar in FCPX.
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Thanks Doug, it isn't a problem in FCPX at all, you just uncheck them or ignore them since nothing is on them anyway. I just had the thought that maybe there was a way to record 4 channels via the xlr inputs and possible the hotshoe with sony's fancy receiver, or some combo that I hadn't figured out yet. They are there just to tease.
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Would be nice to have the internal mics continuous record on 3 and 4 as a backup. Think the Canon cams do so.
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The FS7 and F55/F5 can do four channels of audio.
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Sure I did - sorry, I stand corrected.
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No problem. As someone with dyslexia I mix up FS5 and F55 all the time when I read them. I really have to stop and look carefully sometimes. It is a terrible choice of product names by Sony.
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With this setting you will just get 2 channels from the FS5 if there is audio on both. If only one had audio you just get 1. This makes life simple... |
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Thanks, Olof. That sounds like a great feature.
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Since FCPX isn't track based the silent audio it doesn't show up at all in the timeline. But under the audio adjustments in the channel configuration all four will be displayed. That is where you can disable or change stereo or mono etc. But Olof nailed it, just don't have them import. learn something everyday. Thanks Quote:
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Typically I have roles for SOT (nat sound recorded in cam), Live voice, V/O (can be multi languages), Music bed, foley 1-3 sometimes more. Once you get used to roles it is a really cool way to work. |
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I'm sure glad there are alternatives to FCPX because it would not fit my way of working or thinking at all. :-)
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