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Voiceover Tool
Hi,
I’m trying to use FCP HD 4.5’s voiceover tool and have several issues:
1. DV deck connected to mac through firewire does not pick up levels with mic. In voiceover tool, “source” is set to “DV audio”. I double checked “view>external video>off”.
2. Same DV deck picks up levels when source is “built-in audio”, “internal microphone”, but levels are very low and sound like it was recorded at end of a can. Also, cannot choose 48khz sample rate, just 44.1khz.
Questions:
3. Why can’t “built-in audio” pick up 48khz sampling rate? Does 44.1khz sound played in 48khz timeline change voice pitch? The voice sounds a bit high.
4. Suggestions for recording normal, clean sound for voiceover? Just doing it in my bedroom for now. I did it before on minidisc, converted 44khz to 48khz in Itunes, then imported in final cut and it sounded CLEAN.
Thanks,
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5 Replies
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Get yourself a iMic (from https://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/) and a mixer or other device that will take the mic imput and send out a line input to the iMic which then can be used as a voice over input. I use a simple USB mic for this and it works great for voice over scratch tracks.
Jerry
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If your mic is plugged into your DV deck, you most likely need to have EE set on and/or the record button pressed to see any levels.
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I was informed iMic would not record at 48Khz, nor the edirol UA-20, the cheapest interface for 48K is the M-Audio mobile Pre at around $150?
I have the same hassle using the vo tool.
FWIW FCP5 seems more capable of playing a 44K audio file in a DV (48K) project than 4.5 (without rendering).
A BIG plus for me video-wize is that I can now scale 16:9 footage in a 4:3 project in real time at full res. Never managed that in 4.5. Fantastic.
(FYI I’m using a Dual G4 125 and OS 10.4)
Ken.
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“the iMic actually supports 48K sampling, which is extremely convenient for FCP’ers”
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/review_imic.html
Alex
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Fantastic – my computer supplier (JIGSAW, in the UK) who are usually very good seem to have given me bad advice in this case. I shall get back to them and order one up – as you say – very handy for the FCP VO tool.
Thanks,
Ken.
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