Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X

Lisa Brenneis

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  • Converting Audio to 48 kHz on Import with iTunes

    If you are using a lot of material from audio CDs in your FCE projects, consider using Apple's free iTunes, an audio jukebox application. Here's how to set your preferences in iTunes to convert 44.1-kHz audio to 48 kHz as the application imports the CD audio track directly to your project's media folder.

    To convert audio in iTunes:

    1.

    Open iTunes; then choose iTunes > Preferences and click the Importing icon.

    2.

    In the Importing pane, choose AIFF Encoder from the Import Using pop-up menu and Custom from the Setting pop-up menu (Figure 6.17 ).

    Figure 6.17. Specify your file conversion settings in the Importing pane of the iTunes Preferences window.

    3.

    In the AIFF Encoder window, specify the following (Figure 6.18 ); then click OK.

    • Sample Rate: 48.000 kHz

    • Sample Size: 16 bit

    • Channels: Stereo (or Auto)

    Figure 6.18. In the AIFF Encoder window, make your settings match these.

    4.

    Back in the Preferences window, click the Advanced icon.

    5.

    In the Advanced pane, the iTunes Music Folder Location field shows the currently selected destination folder for the CD audio you're about to import. Click the Change button (Figure 6.19 ) and navigate to your project's audio media folder. Click Choose and then click OK.

    Figure 6.19. Select your project's audio media folder as the destination folder for your sample-rate-converted audio files.

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    6.

    In the iTunes playlist window, choose the tracks you want to import by ensuring that their check boxes are marked; then click the Import button (Figure 6.20 ).

    Figure 6.20. In the iTunes playlist window, check the tracks you want and click the Import button.

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    The CD audio tracks are converted to 48-kHz AIFF files and appear in the destination folder you specified in step 5, ready to be imported into your FCE project (Figure 6.21 ).

    Figure 6.21. iTunes converts your CD audio tracks into 48-kHz AIFF files and places them in the specified folder.

    Tip

    • It is not recommended that you import audio tracks by dragging directly from an audio CD to the Browser window in Final Cut Express, because once you remove the CD from your computer, your project will no longer have access to the audio file.