PrP - Working with Audio - Audio Channels...

Owned by Adam Barrett
Last updated: Mar 15, 2019
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When recording you will patch the boom mic into Input 1 (primary) and the on-board mic into Input 2 (safety).

On the timeline you will see both sources of audio, they will be slightly different and therefore competing with each other.

When you edit you will only use one of the sources, for the most part this will be the boom microphone. The on-board mic is a safety and can be used if something goes wrong with your primary audio source.

This two step process will show you how to do this:

Right click on the audio in the timeline and select Audio Channels... from the menu

Multiple Audio Tracks

You can select multiple audio tracks if you wish

L & R

The Left track is always on top (Input 1 from camera)

The Right track is always on the bottom (Input 2 from camera)

The Modify Clip box opens, it will look similar to the image .
Select the L check box on clip 2 (both clips should be selected under L). This will create a dual mono track, which is what we want.

Your clips should look like this

Select OK