audio effects in new iMovie '08 - what's to become of Logic Pro ? what about a truly integrated media authoring environment?

[Andy Ringsmuth]

On Aug 15, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> After spending a few hours experimenting with capturing high- 
> quality audio in iMovie (iMovie 08, as iMovie 6 - doesn't allow you  
> to capture independent audio and video sources do disk) , we ended  
> up pushing audio directly into the camcorder and passing it through  
> to iMovie.  The result was mediocre to bad.  Lot's of hiss, less  
> than desirable sampling.  But, because there appears no solution at  
> the moment, I thought I could fix the audio to some degree using  
> the built-in EQ and Reverb in iMovie -- except that I can't find  
> the AU plugins in iMovie '08.  Are they no longer supported?  I  
> have LogicPro installed .. along with other AU plugins that should  
> be available to me as audio effects in iMovie!  We're going backwards!

iMovie doesn't let you do this but you can with QuickTime Pro.  You  
can record a movie that way with separate audio and video sources.   
That lack of functionality frustrated the heck out of me with iMovie  
for years.  I frequently record things like weddings, church  
services, etc., and for years wished I could have taken an audio feed  
right off the sound system and into the camcorder.  Now, I can.  And  
it works beautifully!

-Andy