• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  monitoring FCP on an NTSC Composite monitor

  Posted by Greg Ball on December 18, 2006 at 5:41 pm

  I’m tring to figure out the best set-up to be able to edit on FCP from Beta SP I’m using a AJA card and junction box. The deal is that the junction box can component output that go to my Beta SP PVW 2800, si I can output to tape. I have a composite NTSC monitor, that’s connected to the composite output of the Beta SP deck, so I can monitor the picture. I’m getting the black sync bar on my monitor, which is not good as I want my clients to be able to watch this monitor as I edit.

  I’ve tried connecting a Horita Black burst generator to the Reference in on the deck, with no luck. (Switching it off and on eventually stabilizes the monitor picture for a short while.) I also tried connecting it to the reference in on the AJA card, with the same bad results.

  This should be very basic here. Any suggestions? Do I need to buy a DA as someone else suggested? If so what kind? Do I need a patch panel as another person suggested?

  I had a third guy say I should loo the Y signal from the junction box through my monitor and back to my deck, but I would think that this would result in a lower quality video signal recorded back to tape.

  Help! Thanks much

  Walter Biscardi replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Walter Biscardi

  December 18, 2006 at 5:58 pm

  You need to send the Ref to BOTH the deck AND the Kona at the same time. Then set the Kona to REF IN.

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