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Cheapest way to HD reference monitoring
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If I understand things correctly, the Blackmagic Intensity card (HDMI) is a PCIe card, and G5’s are not (yet) supported for that card. In order to get the PCIe slot, we will need to up-grade to a new Mac Pro box. This isn’t such a bad deal, because we will eventually do that anyway. But once we upgrade to a Mac Pro, then our Kona LS cards are useless, and we have to get a new in/out card for our SD Betacam. Well, if we get something like a Kona LH, then we won’t need the Blackmagic card anyway.
See….I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.
Suggestions?
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[Tim Allison] ” But what about if we need to go back to Betacam tape? The Kona 3 has component out for the video, but no analog audio out. Do I buy another converter to get the audio back out?”
SURE it has analog audio out. I count 4 XLR inputs and outputs. You can downconvert to betaSP right from the card. NO adaptor needed.
Shane
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Littlefrog Post
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True, the new card won’t work in a G5. However, it is worth considering options in the Blackmagic family. I use the Blackmagic HD extreme in my G5 with component feed to my Sharp monitor. If you are needing to upgrade from your Kona, then take a look at all the Blackmagic options as well.
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[Shane Ross] “SURE it has analog audio out. I count 4 XLR inputs and outputs. You can downconvert to betaSP right from the card. NO adaptor needed.”
Nope, the Kona 3 does NOT have analog output except RCA Stereo. The XLR’s are AES/EBU Digital.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[Tim Allison] “I don’t understand how the Io LA will work with the Kona 3 card to up-convert my Betacam video.”
If you need to upcovert Betacam then you want that converter Shane described to you to take the Component out from the deck and feed it SDI to the Kona for upconvert.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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…..using the RCA stereo audio outputs feeding the Betacam audio? Anything?
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[Tim Allison] ”
…..using the RCA stereo audio outputs feeding the Betacam audio? Anything?”Somebody will probably chime and say you’re losing quality since it’s un-balanced audio vs. balanced, but honestly I don’t really see a problem with it. You can order RCA to XLR cables from Markertek so you don’t need any adapters. I would definitely go that route as adapters always seem to add some audio noise when used.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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DOH! I looked at the product page and I guess I read wrong. That and I have the Kona LH with analog XLR outs, so my wires were crossed.
What do you do in this case then Walter?
Shane
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Littlefrog Post
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[Shane Ross] “What do you do in this case then Walter?”
I use the Flying Cow A/D converter to feed AES/EBU to my Beta deck when I need to, though it’s normalled to my Io LA and I usually use that for laying off to Beta.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Checkout all the options as AJA/Kona don’t come top of the list when supporting “not the latest thing”
Peter
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