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

[Kevin Callahan]

One last comment on this issue:

Here's how I *CAN* record audio from my MOTU directly into iMovie:

If I set my video source to the *** built-in iSight camera on my  
MBPro *** I can set the audio input to my MOTU firewire device and  
capture directly to disk in iMovie using my MOTU audio.  Of course, I  
don't want to use my internal iSight camera !  but ..

:-)



On Aug 16, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

>
> On Aug 16, 2007, at 12:26 AM, j o a r wrote:
>
>>
>> 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":
>>
>> ----
>> 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.
>
>
>>
>> In all cases you can, of course, record your audio and video  
>> separately for later import and manual synchronization.
>
> manual sync ?  not for me.
>
>
>> ----
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> <iSight.jpg>
> If iChat can do it, I'd think iMovie could.
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
>>
>>
>> j o a r
>>
>>
>
>
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