Re: House sync...genlock...what the?

Oli - I don't know the Axio but I regularily do frame accurate edits to tape without genlocking the deck to reference black. I use Final Cut Pro and Blackmagic boxes into HDW1800 HDCAM decks (pretty much the same as the 2000 deck).

All I do is make sure the deck is locked to 'incoming SDI'. Edit to tape accuracy is normally a product of the edit software/edit hardware interface deck control plugin. I use to have all sorts of problems with Adobe Premiere and its interpretation of 'accuracy' and would never use its built in rs422 control always opting for the plugin that came with the hardware; in my case the Blackmagic deck control.

But if you are going the black reference thing just make sure it is feeding both the Axio reference input and the decks reference input. As a test, after you set the deck to 'reference input' as its sync source, playback your timeline and remove the reference to the Axio and you should see the signal thru the deck go unlocked vertically (you may have to do it a few times before you notice the error). This will confirm that the reference signal is indeed doing its job.

Baz

What would I do without the 'UNDO' button!!!!