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audio glitches DESPERATE!
When I capture footage into my Mac, I hear faint, occasional, and random digital glitches on both the TV monitor and my computer speakers during the capture, and after the capture in the Quicktime file. I tried recapturing the same exact footage and the glitches are still there only in different places. They only occur during sound, not during silence. I tried capturing on a different camera and they are still there, even a different firewire cable, and EVEN a different computer. My final conclusion is it has to be the tapes I shot on?
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Play the tapes and listen to the tapes…is the sound there? If so…it is the tapes
Shane
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Yes it’s on the tapes faintly. But what is odd is that they are not in the same place when I capture them. The glitches are random and on each capture they will be in a different place.
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You should be monitoring audio from the deck not the Mac. Try that.
Kevin Monahan
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Thanks for the rapid responses! 🙂 Yeah unfortunately I can faintly hear them on the deck speakers as well. It’s definitely very odd. I was hoping this might be a common problem but I get the feeling it’s not. Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be using a friends deck to capture the footage and see how bad the distortions are then. If they don’t show up with the new deck, I’ll assume it’s not the tapes and just my camera. I’m hoping though that it is the tapes, because it’d make more sense due to the fact that this has happened before with different cameras. The only constant factor being the tapes.
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Try this, find a clip on the tape that has the noise and capture it, then capture the same clip with a different name do this untill you have 4 copies of the same clip. See if the noise is in the same location (use the audio waveform setting in the time line). If the location is different then you have a problem with 1-Cables (Firewire and audio), 2-Power (if you are on the same circut as the refridgerator it will create noise) or 3 – your FCP Preferences have gone gonzo. I have seen this problem fixed by trashing the preferences It is quick and easy so I would try that first. Then I would try changing out the cables. The power situation could be tricky but if you are not using a good UPS-Filter for the system that would be a good place to start.
Best of luck
DrewChaos is the beginning of everything.
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Apparently the problem is solved! I captured the same video on the same camera with the same cables, only this time I used my camera battery instead of the power cable and the glitches were gone. I’m definiltely going to have to invest in one of those power supply contraptions! Thank you very much for the help!! 🙂 🙂
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