USB Audio Capture

[Cody Walters]

You mean the Voice Over Tool not Log and Transfer right? Check your input setting on the voice over tool. Sometimes I have to click through and refresh so it receives the audio. You can also try refreshing your A/V device.

Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding Videos

Final Cut Studio 3
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Panasonic HVX-200
Canon 7D

[Martin Nelson]

[Cody Walters] “You mean the Voice Over Tool not Log and Transfer right?”

No, actually I prefer —and until the last few days have been able to use— the Log and Transfer tool. I find if I’m tracking narration for scenes that have not yet been cut, the VO tool workarounds are awkward. I would much more happily record audio clips into a bin and then cut them into a sequence as needed. I just can’t figure out what has gone awry.

Martin

2 x 2.26 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
12 GB RAM
OS 10.5.8
ATI Radeon HD 4870
FCP 7.0.2
Quicktime 7.6.6
Avid Media Composer 4.0.2.20

[Andy Mees]

Double check your Audio Only capture preset :

Go to your FCP Audio/Video Settings… window (Cmd – Opt – Q) and switch to the Capture Presets tab
Select any capture preset and press the Duplicate button.
In the subsequent Capture Preset Editor window:
Set the Name and Description to USB Audio Only
Set the Quicktime Video Settings >> Digitizer to None
Set the Quicktime Audio Settings >> Device to USB Microphone, Format to 48 kHz
and then press OK

Now open your Log and Capture window and switch to the Capture Settings tab
From the Device Control popup select Non-Controllable Device
and from the Capture/Inputl popup select USB Audio Only
Now switch to the Clip Settings tab and uncheck the Video checkbox (leave Audio checked).

If everything is working you should see the levels jumping in the Clip Settings audio meter when you speak into the USB Mic.
If so, click Capture : Now and away you go. In future you should just be able to easily access the USB Audio Only capture preset as and when needed.

Does that work? Hope so … its what works for me.

Best
Andy

[Martin Nelson]

Thanks Andy, that works perfectly. I have no idea what I’ve been doing in the past to get this to work, but this will carry me forward beautifully.

Martin

2 x 2.26 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
12 GB RAM
OS 10.5.8
ATI Radeon HD 4870
FCP 7.0.2
Quicktime 7.6.6
Avid Media Composer 4.0.2.20

[Tosha O’neal]

Andy, you are my new best friend. I have changed jobs and have a different editing configuration and was sitting here banging my head against the desk saying…”It use to work…” Now it works again.

Thanks Bunches
Tosha