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  4 Channel Audio Capture from Digibeta?

  Posted by Mike on June 20, 2005 at 2:17 pm

  I was recently given footage from a Digibeta shoot with 4 channels of Audio. Channels 1+3 have the LAV mic from the main subject and Channels 2+4 have the boom mic. The AES outputs of my digibeta have one cable for channels 1/2 and another cable for 3/4. Given that there are only two distict ouputs from the deck, when I do my capture in final cut through the Kona 2 does that mean that I’m getting the boom and LAV mixed together on channels 1 and 2 respectively? Given the way this was shot, is there anyway to keep the boom and LAV on separate channels when I capture so that when I send this to an audio house for sweetening they won’t run into problems? I’m working on OS 10.3.9 and Final Cut HD. Qucktime version is 6.5.2. Any help is greatly appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Mike

  Rick Sebeck replied 21 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Rick Sebeck

  June 21, 2005 at 1:15 am

  Each cable carries two digital streams, so you will have four channels in two cables. (if you use FCP 5 you can capture all 4 at the same time) If not, use the AJA control panel to select which ones you want to record, then do a two pass. You can also get all four channels in the embedded SDI signal as well. I was told there is no difference in quality between the AES/EBU and the SDI – but that doing insert editing the AES reduces the chances of audio popping.

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