Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 949)

• Recording: Appears once you’ve started recording in the Timeline. While you’re
recording, the status area is red. Fifteen seconds before the end of your recording, you
are cued with a single audible beep. During the last 5 seconds of recording, the status
area displays a countdown from 5 to 0, accompanied by five beeps, to let you know
when the recording time is up.
• Finishing: Appears once playback comes to the end of the defined area of the Timeline.
Recording continues 2 seconds past the end of your specified Out point to prevent
your last word from being cut off.
• Saving: Appears after recording, when your clip is being saved from RAM to the currently
specified scratch disk.
Audio File Area
The following options appear in the Audio File area.
• Target: This line displays the sequence name and track number where audio recorded
with the Voice Over tool will be placed. As subsequent takes are recorded, the audio
destination track automatically moves down to the next available track.
• Name: This text field displays the name that will be used for the recorded media file
on disk. To change the audio clip name, click in this field, then enter the desired name.
As subsequent takes are recorded, this name is automatically appended with numbers.
For example, the default name of Voice Over changes to Voice Over 1 after you record
your first voiceover clip.
If the name in this field is already in use by another clip on the selected scratch disk,
an appropriate take number is automatically appended to the name. For example,
Narration is changed to Narration 1.
Input Area
The following options appear in the Input area.
• Level: This audio meter displays the input audio levels coming in via the chosen audio
interface device.
• Source: This pop-up menu lets you choose a connected Mac OS X-compatible audio
device to record your audio. For example, if you’re using a microphone connected to
an audio interface, you choose the audio interface here.
949 Chapter 58 Using the Voice Over Tool