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

[Kevin Callahan]

followup:

Regarding Final Cut Studio 2:  my BIL confirmed there is no apparent  
way to define independent audio and video sources when capturing with  
FC Studio 2 - at least he can't seem to find a preference or option  
to do so.

As a reminder, QTPro 7.1 used to allow this.  Seems reasonable that  
we should have this ability in iMovie and in Final Cut Studio.


K
On Aug 15, 2007, at 1:04 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

>
> On Aug 15, 2007, at 12:47 PM, j o a r wrote:
>
>>
>> On 15 aug 2007, at 21.25, 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!
>>
>>
>> Sounds like you're trying to do professional work on consumer  
>> software? Why aren't you using FCP and / or Logic? They are  
>> designed to interface with multiple high end devices in a way that  
>> I never expect the consumer versions will be. Or are they also  
>> broken?
>
> Logic Pro 7.2.3  is broken (can't export audio to movie).  ( I  
> explained that in my email on this).
>
> QTPro 7.2 is broken (doesn't recognize MOTU 896HD firewire  
> interface and other audio interfaces).  ( I explained that in my  
> email on this).
>
> iMovie is all I need to do what I do ... and iMovie USED to have EQ  
> and REVERB.  (that was stated as well -- we USED to have access to  
> Apple's audio units in iMovie 6).
>
> I would buy Final Cut Studio 2 "yesterday" if I knew it to solve  
> the problem, but when I attended the recent FCStudio seminar here  
> in Seattle (the one Apple has been taking around the country), I  
> was told by 3 Apple reps at the seminar that they didn't *know* if  
> you could capture directly to disk using an HDV camera and a  
> firewire audio interface. ie: bring in separate sources to disk in  
> real time.
>
> A friend of mine with FCStudio 2 tested this for me when FCStudio  
> was released, before QTPro 7.2 came out, and he said he could not  
> capture and define separate sources.  He's going to check again  
> today -- however, he has a USB audio interface.
>
> Again, I couldn't get an Apple rep to confirm one way or another.   
> If anyone on this list using FCStudio 2 can confirm that you can  
> indeed capture to disk and define independent audio sources  
> (firewire) and video sources (in particular, an HDV camcorder), I'd  
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> K
>
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>> j o a r
>>
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