• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP and MBOX settings

  Posted by Gruniongal on June 17, 2006 at 7:54 am

  I need some insight as to propperly set up FCP, an MBox, monitoring headphones and mic. I hope there’s a few folks here with some experience. : )

  Tools at hand include: an iBook G4 laptop (10.4.6), FCP 5.0.4, an MBox, and a Sennheiser ME64 mic with a 6″ tabletop tripod. I will bring all this equipment to my subjects home and interview him at his dinning room table, positioning the mic about 3 to 4 feet from his mouth.

  The following are questions that concern me at the moment:

  1) Should I plug my monitoring headphones into the MBox or the iBook?
  2) In the back of the MBox there’s a button that reads “48V” — what does it do?
  3) What are the best settings for the Digi CoreAudio Manager?
  4) What rate should I record in for a DV NTSC project for broadcast: 44100 Hz or 48000Hz ?
  5) Most important: settings for the MBox front panel–are there any special guidelines you can suggest for this? (i.e., gain level, sourse button [mic,line,inst], mono button for headphones?)

  I’m sorry to be asking you so many questions, I just need some input before I go out and interview my subject this weekend (a 96 year old filmmaker!).

  Thank you all in advance for your help!

  Bret Williams replied 20 years, 1 month ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Bouncing Account needs new email address

  June 17, 2006 at 10:52 am

  I must be honest with you, if you have to ask all of these questions (especially 2. and ESPECIALLY 5. ), you need to find an audio pro to help; you with the interview.

  If you don’t know how to record audio and/or operate the gear, going out alone and attempting to perform a one-time-only critical interview with a venerable subject is not a great place to LEARN.

  If you consider this a “flame”, you are missing the point.

  We all have to learn our craft, but if you are this “green” you really need some hands-on HELP and/or a few “learning sessions” before the “real deal” event.
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  David Jones

  June 17, 2006 at 11:59 am

  Well, 48k for DV work, move the mic just a wee bit closer than 3 to 4 feet away, and read your Protools manual!
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  Bret Williams

  June 18, 2006 at 2:44 am

  Are you videotaping the guy? You’d have much better results simply plugging the mic into your camera, getting it somewhere more like 10 inches from his mouth, and just pressing record on the camera with it set to auto.

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