User Manual

Preparing to Capture Audio

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2. Double-click Audio Project.

The Audio Project Settings dialog box opens.

3. Click the Main tab.

4. Click the Audio File Format menu, and select WAVE (OMF), AIFF-C (OMF), or PCM

(MXF).

The default file format is AIFF-C (OMF). For more information on audio file formats, see

“Audio Projects Settings: Main Tab” on page 1354.

5. Close the Audio Project Settings dialog box.

Selecting the Audio Input Source

You can connect one or more audio devices to your Avid hardware or to your computer. Use the

Audio Project settings to select the device you want to use as the source for capture. The choices

available depend on your system configuration. For more information, see “Audio Project

Settings: Input Tab” on page 1356.

If you select IEEE 1394 as your input device, the input source is automatically set to Host-1394.

For more information, see “Connecting a DV Device” on page 184.

(Macintosh only) If you use the one of the Mbox family of audio devices to capture audio, the

S/PDIF inputs appear in the Capture tool as Tracks 3-4.

To select the audio input source:

1. In the Project window, click the Settings tab.

2. Double-click Audio Project.

The Audio Project Settings dialog box opens.

3. Click the Input tab.

4. Click the Input Source menu and select the source for the audio you want to capture.

5. Close the Audio Project Settings dialog box.

The source you selected is displayed in the Capture tool. You can change the source in the

Audio Project Settings dialog box or in the Capture tool.

Configuring the Sound Card (Software-Only Systems)

Depending on the sound card installed on your Avid system, you might need to customize the

configuration of audio input and output. Usually this configuration occurs automatically when

you install your Avid editing application, but some sound cards require further customization to