Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 945)

Stage 1: Installing or Connecting an Audio Interface
An audio interface can be your computer’s built-in audio port, a PCI audio card, a USB
audio device, or a DV camcorder connected via FireWire. Regardless of which audio
interface you use, it must be compatible with Mac OS X. Once your recording device is
connected, the Voice Over tool automatically detects it and adds it to the list of devices
in the Source pop-up menu. (If you connect a USB audio device, it can take up to
10 seconds for Final Cut Pro to detect it.)
Microphone
Microphone
input
USB audio
interface
USB
Portable computer
Headphones
Headphone
out
Important: If you select a DV camcorder as your recording device and External Video is
enabled in the View menu, a message appears saying that you cannot record using DV
audio. Before you can record, choose View > External Video > Off.
Stage 2: Connecting a Microphone and Microphone Preamplifier
Some audio interfaces have microphone preamplifiers built in. For more information, see
the documentation that came with the audio interface.
Stage 3: Opening the Voice Over Tool and Choosing Audio Input Settings
You need to set up the Voice Over tool to correspond to the audio equipment you’ve
connected.
To select an audio input in the Voice Over tool
1 Choose Tools > Voice Over.
2 Choose your audio interface from the Source pop-up menu.
3 Choose the audio interface input your microphone is connected to from the Input pop-up
menu.
4 Choose a sample rate that matches your sequence sample rate.
To determine the audio sample rate of your sequence, see “Sequence Settings and Presets.”
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