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simple-to-use and allows for high-quality recordings. JOMEC’s MacBooks all have

Sound Studio 2.2.4 installed.

iii. Recording with Sound Studio 2.2.4: Make sure the power switch on the mixer

desk is switched on and the red “Phantom” light is on. Open Sound Studio from the

MacBook’s dock. In the menubar go to SOUND STUDIO > SOUND STUDIO

PREFERENCES. In the “Input” section choose the line-in microphone you are using

(“built-in Input”) and then close the Sound Studio Preferences window (click the red

button top left of the window).

Now:

a) Select AUDIO > CHANGE SAMPLE RATE from the menubar. When the

dialogue box opens, select a sample rate of 48,000 hertz and click OK. 48,000

hertz (or 48 gigahertz) is the sample rate that is used by a DV camera. So, if

you were to shoot any video for inclusion in your story then the audio you

record should match it. If sample rates conflict then you will get nasty clicks

and pops.

b) Again select AUDIO from the menubar and this time click on MIXDOWN TO

MONO. This is because you are using a mono microphone. (A stereo

microphone delivers two channels of audio to edit. A mono microphone

delivers a single channel.) Do a FILE > SAVE and give your recording a

name, e.g. “name_voice-over” and, in the “File Format” selection box, choose

Wave Audio (a “.wav” file). Wave is the most common form of audio file.

We use it because it can be read across platforms (that is, it will open in

Windows as well as in a Mac). If you are confident that you will never want

to use this audio file in any computer other than a Mac, then you can save it as

a “.aif”. Put this audio file in the “voice-over” folder of your named folder

inside the Local Folder on the desktop.

c) Plug your headphones’ jackplug into the computer’s headphone socket (next

to the microphone socket). Mostly we do not want to wear our headphones

while recording because of the distraction of having to listen to ourselves

while we speak. But it’s a good idea to have your headphones plugged in and

ready so that you can put them on quickly in order to listen to the playback.

d) Two windows should be open on the desktop: a Timeline window called

“name_voice-over.wav”, and a smaller one called “Input Levels”. (If the

Input Levels window is not open, go WINDOW > INPUT LEVELS.) In the

Input Levels window you should leave the “play-thu” buttons unchecked.

e) Turn your attention to the mixer desk. Locate the controls which you need to

use in order to set the correct volume levels. They are: “DJ Mic” slide—set it

nearly to the top; “Input Gain” knob—set it to 2; “Headphone” sliders (two of

them at the bottom r-h corner of the mixer desk, work them together as a

pair)—set them both to 10; “Phones” level knob—set it at 1.

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