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Can I record all 4 channels of audio with a J3 & Extreme Card?
by Dan Brazil on May 3, 2005 at 4:12:57 pm

Hi,

I am wondering if this is possible. Can I record all four channels of audio - to make an audio mixdown - from a beta/digi-beta cassette with our Sony J3 Digibeta Player using SDI via my Blackmagic Extreme card and running FCP HD? Upon looking at the input capture settings in the audio section in FCP, I can choose between 'SDI Digital Audio' and 'SDI Digital Audio (CH3+4)' BUT what if I want to record all four channells simultaneously (and I do)? I haven't got hold of the tapes yet because I want to let my client know if this is possible prior to taking on the job. I have looked through the J3 manual but to to no avail on this answer. And I don't have a seperate audio mixdown board.

Many Thanks for your help,

Dan

G5 DP 2.5; 4Gig Ram; Blackmagic Decklink Extreme; 23" Cinema HD Display; Sony HR Trinitron PAL monitor with SD card; 500 Gig Lacie Big Disk Triple Interface; FCP HD; DVDSP3; After Effects 6.5; Photoshop CS; Illustrator CS; plus many others

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Re: Can I record all 4 channels of audio with a J3 & Extreme Card?
by John Christie on May 3, 2005 at 5:22:45 pm

The card is capable, but you'll have to wait for FCP 5 to capture more than 2 audio channels from any source.

Cheers

John Christie




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Re: Can I record all 4 channels of audio with a J3 & Extreme Card?
by Dan Brazil on May 4, 2005 at 10:42:14 am

Thanks for clearing that up for me John

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Re: Can I record all 4 channels of audio with a J3 & Extreme Card?
by Dalen Quaice on May 4, 2005 at 12:54:58 pm

BTW, also remember that your Sony J3 won't playback AFM hi-fi audio channels from betacam/betacam sp - so these tapes will only have 2 channels of linear audio.

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