I want to record text "Read Aloud" in MSWord to FCP. I can select all of my input devices, but I do not see how to select the computer's audio. I am new to FCP on my new M4 Mini, but I used other video editing software on my old MacBook Pro, where I could select system audio as an input.
Suggestions?
Thank you.
David
Mac mini, macOS 15.3
I've never tried this and am not in front of FCP at the moment. I've always just recorded text to a file (using elevenlabs) and then imported it. I wonder if something like Blackhole Audio might work to route the audio between apps. Or maybe using the open source Audacity with Blackhole. I'm guessing the macOS built-in voices are not suitable? You can type "say" in the Terminal followed by text. To capture the output to a file you'd type:
$ say -v Ava "Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country." -o output.aif
I've never tried this and am not in front of FCP at the moment. I've always just recorded text to a file (using elevenlabs) and then imported it. I wonder if something like Blackhole Audio might work to route the audio between apps. Or maybe using the open source Audacity with Blackhole. I'm guessing the macOS built-in voices are not suitable? You can type "say" in the Terminal followed by text. To capture the output to a file you'd type:
$ say -v Ava "Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country." -o output.aif
For a detailed explanation of how to use BlackHole Audio Driver, see the post by jeffreythefrog in this link:
https://discussions-kr-prz.apple.com/en/thread/253846618?sortBy=oldest_first
Thank you. Installed Blackhole ch2. System sound now recordable. This is a big help to my development of some content in a current project. Appreciate all the help given here.
I report that the landing page at https://www.blackhole.audio, shown below, that links to "Donate $10" lands on a dead page:
So, I navigated to https://existential.audio/blackhole/ to find a valid donate button, where it seems as though support pages, https://existential.audio/blackhole/support/, are found.
Links on https://www.blackhole.audio/ to support pages are dead, too:
Fine. I rooted around to get on the right path back at https://existential.audio/blackhole/. However, perhaps decommisioning the https://www.blackhole.audio/ landing page would not lead to confusions among novice wankers like I am. In my Google Search, the https://www.blackhole.audio/ link lands in the second entry. Its URL looks at first view as more primary, intuitive, and credible than the https://existential.audio/blackhole/ link.
However, all's well that ends well. I am happy for this hour, which is a bold statement if you read the news.
David
Definitely BlackHole Audio Driver is the thing you want.
As terryb said, it allows you to route system audio output to input.
Great to hear.
You probably did so already, but in case you didn't: do create a multi-ouput device, so you can monitor the audio while recording (it is all explained in the post that I mentioned above).
I am not having trouble with "Read Aloud" in Word.
I am trying to record what is "Read Aloud" in FCP. What is "Read Aloud" is output to my speaker or whatever external device used.
Yes, Audacity is an app I tried also. The audio inputs available are:
No opportunity to pick up the system audio.
Trying more things to engineer a solution.
Thanks for taking an interest in my FCP recording problem
Thank you, Luis. On my way there!
David
You're very welcome. Glad you got it worked out.
Record text "Read Aloud" in MSWord to FCP
