Final Cut Studio - 5.1 Surround Monitoring in Soundtrack Pro (Movie)

by Steve Martin

"In this video, Steve Martin will show you how to set up and configure Soundtrack Pro for stereo and surround (5.1) monitoring. You'll be surprised how simple it is!"


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Ten Tips For A Better Final Cut Pro Experience

By Oliver Peters

Many experienced editors making the transition to Apple’s Final Cut Pro often struggle with some of FCP’s core operating features. This is especially true of many Avid editors who view working in Final Cut akin to learning a different language. Here are 10 quick tips on how to run and organize FCP edit sessions that will hopefully ease your frustration.

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Mixing 5.1 surround sound with Final Cut Studio 2

By Kasper Skårhøj @ Ken Stone

This article describes how I managed to create a setup with my Macbook Pro to mix and preview 5.1 surround sound in Soundtrack and Final Cut Pro.

Your mac is able to output an encoded Dolby AC3 stream to a surround amplifier through the audio jack. This works only with DVD-movies and QuickTime movies which already have the 5+1 channels encoded in AC3. When you mix surround sound the 5+1 channels are not encoded (and probably can't be encoded on-the-fly). So you need an external surround sound card.

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