Re: audio,v-o straight to mac?

Michael K. Kuentz (videomax@pipeline.com)
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:41:04 -0500

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At 12:21 AM 10/31/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Are any of you guys recording voice-overs straight to your macs ?
>Is it practical, if so how, if not why not ?
>
>I currently audio dub to a SVHS "slave" tape and then digitize into
>premiere (I don't have audio gear of decent quality). I've found it a bit
>hit and miss, but want to develop my skills, any suggestions welcomed.
>
>I've thought about buying "Studio 16?" or another Mac sound editing prog,
>should I go that way ?
>
>cheers, alan

Using an AVID MC 7.02.1, by experiment one day I found that direct recording
through a microphone can be done but the file conversion/ transfer process
is time consuming and the quality is far from that of any import or AIFF
conversion. I believe that you are still better off with the tape to MAC
capture process.
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