User Manual

Preparing to Capture Audio
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ensure full compatibility between your Avid editing application and your audio hardware. In
these cases, you can use the Sound Card Configuration dialog box to map audio input sources to
specific audio output sources.
If your system has a surround sound audio chip installed, your Avid editing application might not
be able to configure the Windows Mixer properly for audio output. By default, your Avid editing
application mutes all output sources except the primary audio, which typically is a WAVE
source. Some surround sound devices require that other audio output sources, such as Front
Speakers, not be muted. To prevent your Avid editing application from muting these outputs, you
can override the Sound Card Configuration setting.
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Improper configuration of your audio hardware can cause the audio input and output
features of your Avid editing application to function incorrectly. Use the Sound Card
Configuration dialog box only if you experience problems with your audio output.
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Configuring your sound card to ensure compatibility is necessary only if your Avid editing
application is not using Avid input/output hardware (software-only). If Sound Card
Configuration does not appear in the Settings scroll list, you do not have to configure your sound
card.
To customize the sound card configuration:
1. In the Project window, click the Settings tab.
The Settings list appears.
2. Double-click Sound Card Configuration.
The Sound Card Configuration dialog box opens.
3. For each input source in the Record/Input list that you want to map, click the matching
Output Source menu from the Playback/Output list and select an output source.
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You can map an input source to only one output source at a time. The options available for
mapping depend on your audio hardware.
4. (Option) If you do not want an input source mapped to an output source, select <No Match>
from the corresponding Output Source menu. You might need to do this, for example, if your
system lists more input sources than output sources.
5. Click OK.
To reconfigure the sound card to the original application settings:
t Click the Default button.
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Clicking the Default button applies the default settings immediately. You cannot cancel the
reconfiguration once you reset the default options.