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

[j o a r]

On 16 aug 2007, at 05.59, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> 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.


Based on information from "someone in the know":

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Using Final Cut with tape based cameras, video capture cards / break- 
out boxes will allow you to use a separate audio source during  
capture. This is, however, not possible if you're using HDV. It's  
also not possible in iMovie 08 regardless of the camera used.

In all cases you can, of course, record your audio and video  
separately for later import and manual synchronization.
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Continuing with my own non-authoritative opinions:

This (separate audio and video sources for live capture) is a pro- 
level feature, so I don't think that you should set your expectations  
on having it available in the iLife apps. I find it unlikely that  
there could be enough consumer user interest for it to become a  
priority. That said: What would I know, and you should in any case of  
course continue to use the available feedback channels to provide  
Apple with your suggestions for improvements.


j o a r