I must be missing something here because it can't be this difficult.
Please excuse me as I am new to final cut but very proficient in Sony Vegas.
I have 8 wav files that are produced from a digital recorder. I cannot change the output format of these files. When I choose File - import - files and point to the wav files, they import into the project.
Dragging them to the time line shows the red rendering line and beeps when you play back. If you render audio only, they play back fine.
Now I'd like to add an audio effect. The moment I do this, the red rendering line appears again and I have to re-render audio
I was informed by one of the people at the Apple store that Mac's dont really like wav files and they should be converted to aiff prior to importing. OK
He told me how to do this using Itunes (drag the files into Itunes - highlight all of them and right click - convert to aiff)
I figured my problems are solved
Re-import the new aiff files into Final Cut Express and the exact same thing happens. (red line - have to re-render)
Besides adding an audio effect, there are many times when I have to splice the audio file and move a section a bit to the right or left, to line up with the video, having to re-render each time would render this program useless.
I'm sure I am doing something wrong.
Any help is appreciated
Please excuse me as I am new to final cut but very proficient in Sony Vegas.
I have 8 wav files that are produced from a digital recorder. I cannot change the output format of these files. When I choose File - import - files and point to the wav files, they import into the project.
Dragging them to the time line shows the red rendering line and beeps when you play back. If you render audio only, they play back fine.
Now I'd like to add an audio effect. The moment I do this, the red rendering line appears again and I have to re-render audio
I was informed by one of the people at the Apple store that Mac's dont really like wav files and they should be converted to aiff prior to importing. OK
He told me how to do this using Itunes (drag the files into Itunes - highlight all of them and right click - convert to aiff)
I figured my problems are solved
Re-import the new aiff files into Final Cut Express and the exact same thing happens. (red line - have to re-render)
Besides adding an audio effect, there are many times when I have to splice the audio file and move a section a bit to the right or left, to line up with the video, having to re-render each time would render this program useless.
I'm sure I am doing something wrong.
Any help is appreciated