Difference between revisions of "Recording: Using Audio HiJack"
From KDHX Production
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== How to Create a WideOrbit-ready recording with Audio HiJack Software == | == How to Create a WideOrbit-ready recording with Audio HiJack Software == | ||
| + | |||
| + | ''(you may also view this video tutorial: [http://youtu.be/a3qKpCb8Q3g Recording using Audio Hijack (click here)])'' | ||
===Starting the application=== | ===Starting the application=== | ||
Revision as of 21:38, 6 June 2015
Contents
How to Create a WideOrbit-ready recording with Audio HiJack Software
(you may also view this video tutorial: Recording using Audio Hijack (click here))
Starting the application
- 1. Begin by starting the software called Audio HiJack, located at the menu bar at the bottom (also in the Mac's "Applications" folder).
- 2. Next, be sure that the buttons labeled HiJack and Mute are engaged and shown darkened, as in the illustration below.
- 3. Choose Quick Record from the list at left.
File naming and settings
- 4. Double check the following settings, as shown in the illustration below.
- Recording settings
- - Format: Custom, WAV, 16-bit, Stereo
- - Save recordings to: ~/Desktop - use the Select button to choose.
- - Name recordings with: your production title, e.g. "Wax Lyrical pre-record"
- - Cool feature: if you leave &date in place, the current date will be included in the filename. Similarly, %time will label the file with the recording start time. These labels can be very helpful later.
- Recording settings
- Effects settings
- - Gain = 100%
- - Dry/Wet Mix = Wet
- Effects settings
Recording
- 5. Test level from the board - play music or speak on mic, look for levels registering on the meters at the top. If you see a blue level here, it is receiving audio from the board. Use the board's meter as your guide to the correct the level during recording.
- 6. Click Record to begin recording. The button will become a dark grey color, indicating that it is recording.
- 7. Click Record again to stop recording. The new audio file will automatically save to the location set in Save recordings to:.
- 8. Click Pause to temporarily stop recording, and release pause to continue with the same recording.
- 9. Click Split to immediately save the file where you are at, and simultaneously begin a new recording.
Editing your new Recording
Sound files that are recorded in Audio HiJack are easily edited and converted to other file formats using the companion software Fission (click for instructions.
