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7 Sound Edit Workfl ows<br />
Final Cut Pro and Sound Track Pro<br />
The question often comes up: Why do I need Pro Tools? The answer is that you don’t. It is entirely<br />
possible to do the entire sound design in Final Cut Pro and Sound Track Pro, but the limitations soon<br />
create a real bottleneck in the workfl ow. The advantages of having at least a basic Pro Tools system<br />
are:<br />
A high-quality audio interface with mic and line inputs that even works as an audio interface with<br />
Final Cut Pro and Sound Track Pro<br />
Real-time playback without need to render 32 or more tracks<br />
Real-time preview of all plug-in effects before processing<br />
Pull-up and pull-down capabilities<br />
High-quality, sample rate conversion<br />
Portability to almost any professional audio facility<br />
MIDI interface<br />
A base starter price of about $350 for the M Box mini<br />
Even though the advantages of using Pro Tools for the audio capture and sound design are huge, you<br />
may feel that Final Cut Pro and Sound Track Pro are suffi cient for your needs. Let’s look at audio<br />
workfl ow with only Final Cut Pro and Sound Track Pro.<br />
When using a Final Cut Pro and Sound Track Pro workfl ow, the common workfl ow is to export any<br />
audio clip in need of special processing to Sound Track Pro from the export command in the File<br />
menu while working on the edit. This replaces the clip used in the timeline with new, processed<br />
media. The clip can easily be taken back to its original version or the amount of processing changed<br />
at any time.<br />
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