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FCP video podcast setup
Hi,
I am trying to use Final Cut Studio 1 to set up a podcasting station. I am using a 1st gen MacBook Pro, a camcorder with firewire for video, and a USB vocal condenser mic for audio. I want to record directly onto an external hard drive. Can someone give me some direction as to how I set this kind of thing up? I’m pretty new to this. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks,
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What exactly are you posting to the web for podcast downloads? What kind of video and what kind of audio are you acquiring? Will it be posted raw or edited? If it needs to be edited before posting, why don’t you just acquire all audio and video elements via the camera, edit with Final Cut Pro, then post the finished products to the web?
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I’m posting edited videos to our website, and later, I’ll be sending higher quality DVDs to some people. The problem is that my video camera has a pretty poor quality mic, and no mic input either. So I want to capture the audio separately, but do it inside Final Cut Pro. By default it is using the camera mic for the audio, and I don’t know how to change the audio input in Final Cut. Any ideas?
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I don’t have Pro, but Express shows the following dropdown menu option that may help you:
TOOLS > VOICEOVER
This opens an audio recording window that should work with your computer-connected microphone.
However, every time you capture video from the camera, Final Cut will also capture the simultaneous audio, whether you have recorded any audio or not.
Which brings the obvious question, why are you recording audio separate from the video that you capture? Are you trying to substitute the camera-mic audio with the computer-mic audio? Are you recording the computer-mic audio at the same time as your video is recorded in the camera? I don’t believe you can record audio through a computer-connected mic and have it “attach” itself to a video file being recorded simultaneously. I think that the Voiceover function creates totally separate audio files that can be edited as you wish later, but I’m not 100%.
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Yes, I’m trying to substitute the camera mic with my computer mic. If I use log and capture, it can only use the camera mic. If I use the voiceover tool, I can use my mic, but can’t record with video. So you’re telling me it’s not possible for me to capture video and audio separately, but at the same time. Any one else have any ideas as to how this could be pulled off?
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That’s correct. You can capture video and audio via FireWire, but not audio from a different source simultaneously.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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