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The Best Way to Assign 5.1 Channels in FCPX

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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?

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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.
 
I hope someone picks this up because this thread could be damn interesting in the future :)
 
I'm having major issues with this too. Can anybody out there help? One other thing I cannot workout is how to assign a channel to LFE. There is no LFE option in the Pan dropdown.
 
smudger9 said:
I'm having major issues with this too. Can anybody out there help? One other thing I cannot workout is how to assign a channel to LFE. There is no LFE option in the Pan dropdown.
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I think I saw a youtube demonstration once and they simply put the LFE track in the middle of the soundstage. I may be mistaken though. The one time I've done it I've used Audacity to assign the tracks.
 
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