I searched the forums and I couldn't really find a guide for explaining this. What I'm looking for is an explanation on how to properly assign different 5.1 channels to replicate original film as much as possible. Is there a way to do this in FCPX?
Currently I'm working with 4 separate audio tracks - L/R, C, LFE, and LS/RS. I saw a post that said the order in which these are listed in the timeline is important, but it didn't explain why. What I am wondering is if these are simply listed in that order and export the project in 5.1 without assigning channels will it come out with each channel assigned automatically? Or do I have to set the panning myself for it to work? If the panning has to be set manually, what is the right way to do it?
For example should the center channel be panned to 100% the center or should I leave a little spillover in other channels? How is the LFE panned? I just want to get everything exactly the way you would hear them if you played it straight off the blu-ray.
EDIT: I noticed that even if I assign the channels accordingly and order them in the right way FCPX seems to assign the center channel to the left. I'm not sure why this would be.
Currently I'm working with 4 separate audio tracks - L/R, C, LFE, and LS/RS. I saw a post that said the order in which these are listed in the timeline is important, but it didn't explain why. What I am wondering is if these are simply listed in that order and export the project in 5.1 without assigning channels will it come out with each channel assigned automatically? Or do I have to set the panning myself for it to work? If the panning has to be set manually, what is the right way to do it?
For example should the center channel be panned to 100% the center or should I leave a little spillover in other channels? How is the LFE panned? I just want to get everything exactly the way you would hear them if you played it straight off the blu-ray.
EDIT: I noticed that even if I assign the channels accordingly and order them in the right way FCPX seems to assign the center channel to the left. I'm not sure why this would be.