Apple Soundtrack Pro 3 - Manual (Page 18)

• External video and audio monitors: For viewing and listening to your program in its final
image and audio quality
• Video and audio interfaces: For connecting professional and non-FireWire devices to
your editing system
• RS-422 serial device control interfaces: For remote device control during capture and
output
• Video, audio, and remote device control cables: For separate video, audio, and remote
device control connections. Unlike a basic DV editing system that uses a solitary FireWire
cable to transfer video, audio, and remote control signals, many professional
configurations require separate cables for each of these signals.
• Additional scratch disks: One or more internal or external hard disks, a RAID, or a
connection to a storage area network (SAN)
• Control surfaces: Hardware controls that let you mix and edit your projects with greater
flexibility and precision than using a mouse to move onscreen controls
Video and Audio Input and Output Devices
An input device is used to transfer footage into your computer. For output, you record
your finished movie to an output device. Basic editing systems use a DV camcorder or
deck as both an input and output device. Professional editing systems may use multiple
video decks to capture and output to different video formats. Although Soundtrack Pro
does not support video capture from devices such as camcorders or VTRs, it does support
recording from a variety of digital audio devices.
To connect non-FireWire devices to your computer, you also need a third-party video or
audio interface. For more information, see
Video Interfaces .
Video Device
This is a VTR or camcorder you connect to your computer to capture and output media.
The connectors and signal format on your video device determine what kind of video
interface your computer needs to connect to your device.
Audio Device
This is a device, such as a digital audio tape (DAT) recorder or multitrack audio recorder,
that lets you capture or output audio independently from video.
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