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Chapter 1
Starting Your Project and Assembling Media
9
Setting Up Your Computer’s Audio System
The sound from your audio files is output through the speaker or headphone jack that
comes with your computer.
If you have external monitors, speakers, or other audio equipment, you’ll want to
connect them through the speaker jack so you can monitor your project’s audio
output. You can also connect other external audio equipment such as an audio
interface or a mixer and use these audio tools to mix and listen to your project.
To view the audio input and output settings for your computer:
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Open the Audio Midi Setup utility (located in /Applications/Utilities/Audio Midi Setup).
To view the audio input and output settings for Soundtrack Pro:
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Select the Recording tab in the right pane of the Soundtrack Pro interface.
To learn more about working in the Recording tab, see the
Soundtrack Pro User Manual
.
To learn more about stereo and surround audio systems, control surfaces, and other
audio equipment, see the
Soundtrack Pro User Manual
.
Do You Need More Equipment?
By default, Soundtrack Pro uses the input and output devices that are defined in your
computer’s System Preferences.
For basic mixing, you can connect the built-in audio output on your computer to a
pair of external speakers. This gives you two output channels for stereo playback.
For 5.1 surround mixing, you will need to connect an audio I/O device with six output
channels to your computer to monitor the surround sound. The six output channels
need to be connected to a discrete 5.1 surround speaker system for you to hear the
surround sound.