• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  5.1.1 VO tool failing to function

  Posted by Jordan Woods on July 19, 2006 at 12:41 am

  I’ve got FCP 5.1.1 running on a dual quad fully upgraded and all kosher with Kona 3 and atto fibre card—

  I’m able to get microphone sound into the system preferences in the “line in” hole. I then open FCP and set everything for line in and no dice. There is not audio making it in. I’ve adjusted levels since I know FCP can be very quiet sometimes, nothing worked there either. I’ve trashed prefs, all prefs… is there a bug in FCP 5.1.1? any insight would be great, thanks.

  Jordan

  Jordan Woods replied 19 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Thaxter Clavemarlton

  July 19, 2006 at 4:11 am

  The line-in “hole” is not suitable for a microphone (it is for line-level, not mic-level).
  You can use an audio mixer to boost the mic up to line-level.

  Many editors use a mic plugged into a camcorder or deck and input via the FW connection.

  Some buy a USB audio “box” like the Griffin iMic (there are countless others of greater expense).
  You can plug the mic into that unit and it will send the signal via USB.
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  Jordan Woods

  July 19, 2006 at 3:51 pm

  I guess I need to clarify a bit more, I have it running through a 1604 Mackie board… everything is done as is setup in the other 40 FCP bays, though the upgrading to 5.1.1 may have messed something up.

  The board is set correctly and I have messed with all the gain and other levels, that is not the problem as I stated earlier in saying the levels are correct in the system prefs… this is only an FCP issue but thanks for the start

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