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CHP. 9 RECORDING AUDIO
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Recording Audio
Vegas can record audio into multiple mono or stereo audio tracks while simultaneously playing back existing
audio and video tracks. You are limited only by the performance of your computer system and audio
hardware. Vegas records audio to a media file on your computer and into an event on the timeline. You may
record into an empty track, a time selection, an event, or a combination of time and event selection. Audio
output from your computer during recording is not necessarily recorded with the new audio.
Recording in Vegas does not alter any of the source media files in your project. Even when recording into an
existing event, you are not overwriting the data in that event. Instead, the data is recorded into a new take
for that event and saved to a media file on your hard drive.
Setting up your equipment
There are numerous ways to connect your equipment to your system. Refer to your equipment’s
documentation for specific setup instructions. The following are some possible general configurations.
Basic setup
This setup includes a simple microphone and speaker that are connected to the computer’s sound card. With
a more sophisticated microphone, you would typically want to use a preamplifier for input to the sound card.
Sound card out
Sound card in
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