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1. Re: Questions on sending audio tracks from a short film into Audition for mastering
ryclark Dec 8, 2012 2:49 PM (in response to VidNoob)Cameras although they can record stereo audio often only use a small mono gun mic mounted on the camera. The audio menus on the camera give you the option to record either the mono mic to both tracks (ie. Ch1 input to the camrea is fed to both) or as stereo tracks from a stereo mic or as split tracks with onboard mic via Ch1 to track 1 and, say, a radio mic fed via Ch2 to track 2.
Your first files sound as if they came from the first of those options from an onboard mono mic. You don't necessarily need both trakc as they are identical mono tracks in this case.
The second set of tracks were recorded as a stereo pair on the Zoom, hence L and R. They could be stereo or more likely again are double mono tracks where you will only need one of them.
However, depending on the project, it may be more convenient to keep both tracks if any stereo music or effects are going to be mixed in on the multitrack. The final edited video will probably have two tracks on it anyway even if all the audio content is mono.
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2. Re: Questions on sending audio tracks from a short film into Audition for mastering
SteveG(AudioMasters) Dec 8, 2012 2:49 PM (in response to VidNoob)I was rather hoping that the people who know more about what happens with video these days would answer this when you asked it a week ago, but they don't seem to have. I can't tell you definitively what you have on these tracks, obviously - but sound directly from the camera often comes from a mic perched on top of it, and is generally useless. The exception to this would be when those tracks contain sound captured by a sound operator, and fed to it; these should be fine.
The basic rule with sync audio tracks is to listen to everything, and choose what's best at any point in the video - there are no hard and fast rules about this. The labelling is irrelevant. And you really do need somebody other than me to give you chapter and verse on the best way to do the round trip between your NLE and Audition. Are you using Premiere? If not, all bets are off.
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3. Re: Questions on sending audio tracks from a short film into Audition for mastering
SteveG(AudioMasters) Dec 8, 2012 2:50 PM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))Hehe! Both answers stand!
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4. Re: Questions on sending audio tracks from a short film into Audition for mastering
ryclark Dec 9, 2012 3:29 AM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))Well at least our sync was excellent.
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5. Re: Questions on sending audio tracks from a short film into Audition for mastering
VidNoob Dec 9, 2012 3:42 PM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))Thanks for some insight, and yes Steve I'm using Premiere.


