Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 625)

Chapter 45 Using the Voice Over Tool 625
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Connecting Audio Devices and Configuring Software
Setting up your computer to record voiceover involves several steps.
Step 1: Install or connect 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 Express HD to detect it.)
Step 2: Connect a microphone to a microphone preamplifier, and the preamplifier
to your audio interface
Some audio interfaces have microphone preamplifiers built in. For more information,
see the documentation that came with the audio interface.
Step 3: Open the Voice Over tool and choose 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 window:
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. For example, if you connected your microphone to input 2 on your
audio interface, choose input 2 here.
4 Choose a sample rate that matches your sequence sample rate.
Note: Unless specified in the name of the current Easy Setup, DV and HDV sequences
almost always have a sample rate of 48 kHz.
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