Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 303)

• Capture Audio Channel control: Turning on this control tells Final Cut Pro to capture the
corresponding audio channel.
• Individual channel meter: Each audio channel meter shows the current level of the audio
entering your audio interface.
Note: If the Preview option is turned on, and an audio channel is disabled for capture,
then the audio meter does not display levels.
• Clipping indicator: Each audio channel meter has a clipping indicator that lights up
when audio levels above 0 dBFS are encountered. This indicator stays lit until you stop
and start playback again.
Choosing the Audio Channels to Capture
The following section describes how to choose the audio channels to capture.
To choose which audio channels to capture
1 Make sure your audio interface is connected and selected in your current capture preset.
2 Choose File > Log and Capture (or press Command-8).
3 Click the Clip Settings tab.
4 Check that the number of input audio channels in the Input Channels pop-up menu
matches the number of channels available on your audio interface.
Note: The audio interface used for capturing is determined by the currently selected
capture preset. For more information about capture presets, see
“Capture Settings and
Presets.”
5 Select which channels from your audio interface you want to capture.
Important: When you select channels in the Clip Settings tab, you are selecting input
channels on the audio interface, not on the video or audio deck itself. For easy and
consistent audio capturing, you should connect the audio outputs on your deck to the
input channels with the same numbers. For example, if you are capturing from a Digital
Betacam deck, you should connect output channels 1–4 of the deck to input channels
1–4 of your audio interface.
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