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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4 21 Importing, recording, and playing audio Create empty audio files To combine audio copied from multiple sources, create empty audio files. 1 Choose File > New > Empty Audio File. 2 Choose a sample rate, and select either Stereo or Mono. See also "Copy, cut, and paste audio" on page 38 "Understanding sample rate" on page 8 Create files from selections and copied audio Create a file from a selection 1 Make a selection in the Editor panel. 2 Choose File > New > Audio File From Selection. Create a file from copied audio 1 Copy audio to the clipboard. 2 Choose File > New > Audio File From Clipboard. See also "Create a multitrack file" on page 58 Record a new file You can record audio from any device that you can plug in to your sound card's Microphone In or Line In port. Before recording, optimize your system's input levels, if you haven't already done so. (See "Adjust recording levels for standard sound cards" on page 22.) 1 Choose File > Record, or click the Record button in the Editor panel. 2 Choose an audio input from the Device menu. If necessary, click Settings to set driver properties for the input. 3 Choose a Sample Rate option appropriate for your project. (See "Understanding sample rate" on page 8.) 4 Select Stereo or Mono, and then choose a Port option. 5 To ensure that the recorded signal is undistorted, select Monitor Input During Recording. (If you use this option for a microphone recording, wear headphones to avoid feedback.) 6 Enter a filename, and choose an incrementing scheme from the pop-up menu. (The incrementing scheme helps you distinguish between multiple related recordings with the same filename.) 7 To change the location for the saved file, click Browse. 8 Click the Record button to begin recording. 9 As you record, click the Marker button to add audio markers (which you can later export as Adobe Flash cue points). 10 When you finish recording, click the Stop button , or close the dialog box. Updated 15 July 2009

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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4
Importing, recording, and playing audio
Create empty audio files
To combine audio copied from multiple sources, create empty audio files.
1
Choose File > New > Empty Audio File.
2
Choose a sample rate, and select either Stereo or Mono.
See also
Copy, cut, and paste audio
” on page
38
Understanding sample rate
” on page
8
Create files from selections and copied audio
Create a file from a selection
1
Make a selection in the Editor panel.
2
Choose File > New > Audio File From Selection.
Create a file from copied audio
1
Copy audio to the clipboard.
2
Choose File > New > Audio File From Clipboard.
See also
Create a multitrack file
” on page
58
Record a new file
You can record audio from any device that you can plug in to your sound card’s Microphone In or Line In port. Before
recording, optimize your system’s input levels, if you haven’t already done so. (See “
Adjust recording levels for
standard sound cards
” on page
22.)
1
Choose File
> Record, or click the Record button
in the Editor panel.
2
Choose an audio input from the Device menu. If necessary, click Settings to set driver properties for the input.
3
Choose a Sample Rate option appropriate for your project. (See “
Understanding sample rate
” on page
8.)
4
Select Stereo or Mono, and then choose a Port option.
5
To ensure that the recorded signal is undistorted, select Monitor Input During Recording. (If you use this option
for a microphone recording, wear headphones to avoid feedback.)
6
Enter a filename, and choose an incrementing scheme from the pop-up menu. (The incrementing scheme helps
you distinguish between multiple related recordings with the same filename.)
7
To change the location for the saved file, click Browse.
8
Click the Record button
to begin recording.
9
As you record, click the Marker button
to add audio markers (which you can later export as Adobe Flash cue
points).
10
When you finish recording, click the Stop button
, or close the dialog box.
Updated 15 July 2009