Using CD audio in Mac OS

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On Mac OS, you can import audio CD tracks as AIFF or WAV files with no loss of quality, using a converter built into QuickTime.

Note: Although the DV format can record two independent stereo audio pairs, you cannot capture the Stereo 2 pair in Windows, and you cannot capture two stereo pairs independently in Mac OS. Also, Premiere does not currently support creating 4-channel tapes.

To import an audio CD track (Mac OS only):

1 In Premiere, choose File > Open. Locate and select the audio CD, and click Open.

2 Select a track and click Options.

3 Click Play to verify that you've selected the correct track.

4 Specify the following options:

For Rate, select the number of samples per second. Compact-disc quality is 44.1 kHz.

For Size, select the bit depth of the audio. Compact-disc quality is 16 bit.

For Use, select whether the track is imported as mono or stereo audio.

5 If you want to import only a portion of the entire track, do any combination of the following in the Audio Selection section and then click OK:

For Start and End, type times relative to the track duration.

Drag the beginning or ending sliders.

6 Specify a location and filename to store the converted track, and click OK.

Premiere projects containing audio with different sample rates require extra rendering time. To avoid this, resample the audio in the minority of clips that use different sample rates and then replace them in the project. To resample an audio clip, import it into a separate project that is set to the desired sample rate, export it as a movie, and then import the new movie into your project.

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