We're Surrounded!

Soundtrack Pro has certainly come a long way in its short life, having added surround mixing capabilities in version 2 (though truth be told, while I like the program, it still has a ways to go). But once you've done your fancy 5.1, how do you get it out of the box? Kevin Mcauliffe over at Creative Mac takes us through it step by step. Snip:

I thought that for this article I would look at three very common ways to get your surround sound mix out to tape/DVD. One method for DVD, and two choices depending on your equipment setup for tape.

Link.

Also, be sure to check out Kevin's earlier article about surround mixing in STP.

Enjoy the Ambience

Hey, kids:

Here's a quickie video tutorial on how to edit background ambience using Soundtrack Pro, thanks to the fine folks over at Ripple Training.

(And while the editing functionality is pretty amazing, is does not absolve you production sound mixers out there of the responsibility of getting good, clean room tone tracks, by force if necessary.)

Link to video, via rippletraining.com.

The New Batch

Just a quick note today, kids:

Steve Martin (no, not that one) over at rippletraining.com has put together a short video entitled AppleScript Batch Processing that demonstrates how to automate certain tasks in Apple's Soundtrack Pro.

-Via kenstone.net (can't link to the movie directly, so look for the title in the "Audio" section).

Post Toasties

Buenos, y'all.
Today's post will be about, well, post. The majority of the blog thus far has been about production audio, since there seems to be a dearth of coverage regarding that particular discipline in the media blogosphere (and, if you know of any that I don't, please let me know). But since production is all about the creation of raw material for final assembly later, it's wise to keep post in mind while on set.

Ben Balser over at eventdv.net has put together a quick primer for round-tripping audio from Apple's Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro and back again, making a quick pit-stop for noise-reduction.

Snip:

There are two ways to use STP with FCP, and both use the Send To function built into all the Final Cut Studio applications. Once you go through the process and are back into Final Cut Pro, your new sound files and projects will already be in FCP and ready to use.

Link to tutorial, via dvguru.com.