Re: Edit to tape loses audio with Kona LH, what is going on?!!

e: Edit to tape loses audio with Kona LH, what is going on?!!


Hello,
I seem to have a problem playing out to Digibeta. I am getting the pictures to stick to tape, when it comes to sound however, well thats a different matter. It seems that sound does go down onto tape but not for the whole programme i.e. sometimes there is sound at the beginning sometimes at the end but not usually both or in the middle. During the edit to tape process I get audio levels on the deck and can monitor the sound on the deck, and when you shuttle the deck back and forward after you see and hear the audio, but not when simply playing in real time! This has happened to me before when using FCP 5 with a Cinewave card, I spent ages trying to suss it out, but in the end gave up and exported the edit and played out from our Kona 2 set up, which was no problem, this led me to believe that it may be a Cinewave/FCP 5/QT 7 issue. Now I have replaced the Cinewave card with a Kona LH, and have the ame problem-what a lark! I am going in via SDI with embedded audio, but have tried analogue audio and have the same problem, also tried mixing audio down to no avail. I've just spoken to someone who reckons that it is a deck issue, something to do with having the heads realigned, but I've just tried doing a dub from a J30 via SDI and that was ok. So where am I going wrong, cause this is really hacking me off now.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Otis F

David,

Yes I was getting channel condition errors on the deck when performing a lay off, however in the Kona LH control panel in the control tab, the genlock was set to freerun, I've now changed it to ref in, and the problem seems to have gone away. It's just strange that I was having the same problem with the old Cinewave card!?

Anyway thanks for your response.

Otis F

David,

Yes I had already tried that after somebody else suggested it on the FCP forum, but I had the same issues. I've still got it set to Ref in and it has been fine, but should it be set to Freerun?

Otis F