CDs Get Converted
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Filed in: Weekly Tip
We all know music CDs are recorded at a sampling rate of 44.1kHz. Final Cut Pro and digital video love to work at a sampling rate of 48kHz. Yes, we know Final Cut Pro can up-sample on the fly, but why waste CPU power that could be going to your real-time video playback?
Here’s all you need to do:
- Open iTunes.
2 Open Preferences under the Edit menu. - Click the Advanced icon in the toolbar then choose Importing.
- Under Import
Using, select AIFF Encoder.
5 Under Setting, select Custom. - Another dialog
box opens. Here, select a sample rate of 48.000
kHz. Click OK and then OK again.
7 Now click the General button. - Under iTunes
Music Folder Location, change it to target your
desktop. (This will make it real easy to find and
move your newly ripped tracks.)
9 Pop in your CD. If you’re connected to the Internet, iTunes will go to the CDDB and grab the album name and track names. (Yes, it seem as if most of our library music is listed in the CDDB.) This is great because most of the work is done. Create a playlist of all the tracks you want to rip. - Click Import,
and you’re done!
Once you’ve set up your preferences, just “rip and roll” every time you need to grab a music cut. Fast, easy, elegant…and of course…cool.
Like this tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.