Soundtrack Pro/Final Cut – Round-tripping to Soundtrack Pro

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A faster way to work with audio in both Final Cut and Soundtrack Pro is called “round-tripping.” This is much better than exporting and here’s how it works:

1. Select the clip in the Final Cut Timeline or Browser.

2. Control-click the clip and Send it to a Soundtrack Pro Audio File project. (Remember, sending allows you to edit audio clips nondestructively).

3. Make your edits to the file.

4. When you are done, save the file in Soundtrack Pro. Use File > Save, and don’t change the name.

5. Switch back to FCP, and your newly edited audio clip is automatically loaded and linked back into your sequence.

This method is faster than exporting and should save you a chunk time.

One day, the Supermeet will be in Washington DC, but in the meantime, let’s see if our membership can support the 1st East Coast event in Boston next month… Tickets are cheap on United (less than $150 RT)…details below:

Join the FCPUG Network, including FCPUGs and digital video user groups from within the US, Canada and the world over in Boston for the largest gathering of FCP, Avid and Adobe editors, HD-DSLR filmmakers and digital content creators and Gurus on the East Coast in 2010! Digital Filmmakers: “Get Seen” by showing your films in Open Screen Theatre.

GET SEEN and interact with other Filmmakers via “Open Screen Theatre.”

Filmmakers and digital content creators wanting to get seen will have a a 10 minute chance to do so in an informal, collaborative setting. We want all Digital filmmakers to screen your content and interact. Just show up and sign up, get up and show off. It’s first come, first serve in our “Open Screen Theatre.”

Bring your content on a DVD or a QT movie on a flash drive. Sign-ups begin at 3:45PM.

Rodney Mitchell
DC Final Cut Pro Users Group Leader

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS:

Thanks to the volunteers from DCFCPUG who participated in the 2010 Las Vegas NABshow’s Digital Production BuZZ daily podcast. Those that participated got a little special surprise letter and gift from the show promoters today.

I’d like to thank both Zhibo and George for helping me make our contributions make a difference!

For those that are curious, here are the details of what we pulled off during that week:

• Team of nearly 30 volunteers who each gave their time freely before, during and after NAB
• During the course of NAB, we generated 35.2 GB of audio, roughly 7 GB per day
• We interviewed 225 people for News Briefs
• We created 36 newscasts, containing 142 sound bites, averaging 3.9 sound bites per newscast
• Eight Special Reports
• Interviewed 62 companies in the booth
• Sixteen Special Correspondent Reports

The Digital Production BuZZ is syndicated right here on DCFCPUG… look for the BuZZ tab to listen to the weekly talk radio on production, post production and distribution highlights for each week from around the world…

One open door leads to another….

As the old saying goes: “What you give, you get back ten fold….”

Congrats to the DCFCPUG team!

Rodney Mitchell
President, DCFCPUG