This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Creating a clip from a sequence

Monday, April 8, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: Creating a clip from a sequence

Thanks David - very helpful.

And thanks to all those who have contributed to this thread.
Tim

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "David C. Ballard" <dave@...> wrote:
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> this was an issue i found a while back. open the file in QT pro and cntl+j, go to audio tab, you'll see the audio tracks are set to mono with what you describe. avid mixes these on import. if you change them to 'left' and 'right' or 'discrete0' and 'discrete1' avid will import them correctly and not mix them.
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> i had a ton of these and had to create an applescript droplet that did this change.
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> hope this helps
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> David C. Ballard
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> From: "timwatson.avid" <timwatson.avid@...<mailto:timwatson.avid@...>>
> Reply-To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
> Date: Monday, April 1, 2013 6:57 AM
> To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Creating a clip from a sequence
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> Further to this, it seems as if the .mov file is stereo, but Avid is imorting the file a Mono! I cannot see any settings that would control this. Any ideas?
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, "timwatson.avid" <timwatson.avid@> wrote:
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> > I have a bin full of about a 100 short rushes clips imported from a XD-CAM disc and I want to turn them into a single clip.
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> > The method I'm trying is to put all the clips into a sequence, export that sequence as a QT Reference, then import the resulting .mov file back into my bin as a clip.
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> > Problem is that the audio tracks all get mixed together. (Even though the 'Mixdown Audio Tracks' button in Export Settings is unchecked.)
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> > Is there a way to export a sequence as a QT Reference and keep the individual audio tracks sperated? Or, is there a better way to turn 100 short clips into a single long clip?
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> > Any thoughts appreciated!
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