AVID - How to Make a 5.1 QuickTime Using 6 separate files Left, Right, Center, Lfe, Ls, Rs - Use for DCP Screening
- Susanne Kraft
- Jeremy Gruy
- Mike Dow
If you mixer gave you 1 audio file and not 6 separate channels containing your surround sound mix then use this wiki
| Make a New Bin to import your surround sound mix files |
| Title the bin how you wish |
| Go to >File>Input>Import Media |
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Navigate to your files you would like to import Navigate to your audio files |
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| Click on Options |
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| Click on Options again |
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| Click on the Audio Tab and then click on "Edit" |
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We need to change the Multichannel Audio to 5.1: Pro Tools: L C R Ls Rs Lfe (this doesn't make sense because the rest of the document uses SMPTE, but trust us...this is how you want to do this...at least in this version of Avid) |
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| Click OK here |
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Uncheck all the boxes here EXCEPT Autodetect Broadcast Wave Monographic Groups |
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| choose 23.98 here and click OK |
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| The track is importing here |
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| The file with A1-6 Tracks will be created |
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When you load it into the source window the file will have a 5.1 icon on it shown here |
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| Create a new sequence and edit the 5.1 audio into the new timeline and then delete the other audio tracks that are automatically generated in the timeline |
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| delete the other audio tracks that are automatically generated in the timeline |
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Edit the Video Track on to the existing timeline that contains the 5.1 audio. Check the Sync of the entire movie before exporting |
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| Next go to >Tools Audio Mixer |
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| Change these audio mixer settings for the timeline |  |
| Make sure the timeline is set to 5.1 Sequence |  |
| Go to Audio Settings |
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| Set the Display Channel order to SMPTE |
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| Go to >File>Output>Export to File |
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| Click on Options |
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Choose MXF OP1a Video Compression DNxHD HQ Mix is 5.1 Make sure Interleaved is checked |
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Choose a place to save the file choose And Choose Save |
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To check the file open your AVID project in one of the CMB STUDIOS And link your QT you just exported and | |
| Next go to >Tools Audio Mixer |
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| Change these audio mixer settings for the timelineMake sure the timeline is set to 5.1 Sequence |
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Set the studio setting to be Direct Surround tracks in EXT order This works to play surround in the studios follow this to setup the touch panel How to Test a 5.1 QuickTime Movie in Surround Sound in Moody College |
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