Why does audio sound bad, or need to be rendered, in Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere or iMovie?
Apr 28, 2008 at 1:45 pm in editing, post audio by · 2 Comments »
Final Cut (and other editing apps) will accept many kinds and formats of audio for import into the Browser or Timeline.
However, just because they will, doesn’t mean you should!
If you import compressed audio, for example, in MP3 or AAC codecs, or audio in a different bit or sample rate than your Timeline (such as 44.1 KHz, 32 KHz or 12-bit), you will often hear clicks, pops, and audio dropouts while editing, which is distracting for your creative process, [read more →]













