Apple Soundtrack Pro - Manual (Page 235)

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Recording Audio
in Soundtrack Pro
You can record your own audio in a track in the
Timeline, as well as recording audio in the Mixer and
the Waveform Editor.
You get ready to record by setting recording preferences and checking that your audio
equipment is working. For multitrack projects, you enable a track for recording, or
record audio in a new track. You can record a single take or record multiple takes. If
you record multiple takes, you can review them after recording and choose which one
to use in your project, or assemble a composite take using segments of each
recorded take.
For audio file projects, you record in the Waveform Editor. When you record in the
Waveform Editor, the recording replaces (overwrites) any audio over which you record.
If you record for a longer duration than the current length of the file, the file is
lengthened to include the recorded audio.
Getting Ready to Record
Before you start recording, also make sure that any audio equipment you plan to use in
your recording session (such as microphones, musical equipment, mixers, or external
processors) is connected to your computer and is working.
When you record, the recorded audio is saved to disk at the location set in the
Recording pane of the Preferences window. Audio files, while smaller than video files of
comparable duration, can be quite large (each minute of 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo audio
requires roughly 10 MB of disk space), so you should make sure you have enough free
disk space to store your recordings before you start. You can set the input device and
output monitoring device for recording in the Preferences Recording pane, or change
them in the Recording tab. For detailed information on Recording preferences, see
“
Recording Preferences ” on page 77.