LTC audio file import to final cut
by Dustin Bowlin
on
Jul 31, 2007 at 8:06:55 pm
Hi there,
I am working in FCP 5.1.4. I was given audio mixes from an audio house to match back to my camera masters from a live music event. I received 2 audio files, one with LTC, as if recorded on channel 2 old schooll style (space laser sound effect) and one file with the mix. Is there a way to covert the LTC wav file to something usable for the audio clip in FCP? I know AVID translates this and I have seen many utilities that can decode incoming streams of LTC but I need to jam my audio clip with the timecode on this other file.
Re: LTC audio file import to final cut by Michael G on Aug 1, 2007 at 12:21:55 am
Is the LTC continuous? A broadcast wav file would have been better as it has timecode embedded within. I think from 5.1.x onwards, broadcast wav embedded timecode has been supported.
Ask the audio house if they can provide a broadcast wav. If not and the LTC code is continuous, ask them what the first frame of timecode is at the file start of the mix. Put the mix into your sequence at that code and start editing.
If you need to generate an EDL then you will need to set the timecode of that clip. I don't know how as I haven't needed to do that, but I know it can be done in FCP.
Re: LTC audio file import to final cut by rafalaos on Aug 1, 2007 at 3:10:09 am
Hi Dustin,
I don't know if I getting you wrong, but if what you want to do is get rid of the LTC of the firt file, you can do it with the QT player. Open the file, Com-J and them you can extract or delete the channel you want.
Rafael
