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

[Kevin Callahan]

On Aug 16, 2007, at 12:26 AM, j o a r wrote:

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

I think it should be.


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> In all cases you can, of course, record your audio and video  
> separately for later import and manual synchronization.

manual sync ?  not for me.


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> Continuing with my own non-authoritative opinions:
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> 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.

Since I couldn't get feedback from Apple on this, I thought I'd ask  
the talk list if there were any users out there figuring out a solution.

I've Radar'd this as well.

Quicktime Pro 7.1 allowed me to record with separate audio and video  
sources with my DV camera.  It didn't recognize the Canon HDV.

Quicktime Pro 7.2 came out, the Canon HV20 was recognized, but 7.2  
broke support for various external audio interfaces, including my  
MOTU 896HD.

If 7.3 comes out and fixes this issue, I'll return to that workflow:  
record in QTPro and then drop the file into iMovie.

My question is, if QTPro 7.1 could do it, why not add that simple  
feature to iMovie ?

Is it really a "pro-level" feature?  hell, iChat allows me to bring  
in video from my DV camcorder over firewire and audio from my MOTU  
firewire interface.

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If iChat can do it, I'd think iMovie could.


Kevin


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