imx vtr 8 track audio insert edit

[Mark Raudonis]

Pardon the obvious, but do you have ALL eight trks enabled? If you’re using the “edit to tape” function, you have to turn on all the tracks that you want to record to.

Also, what are you using to control the deck? An AJA box? Black magic card? Make sure that your card is set up to control eight channels.

Mark

[Kdipin]

Hi ,
All the eight tracks are enabled , I am using a Blackmagic decklink extreme card and using the rs 422 cable to controll the deck

regards

[Andy Mees]

do you have the Audio/Video Settings… > Device Control Presets > Audio Mapping set to 8 channels ?
also you might want to check that your Sequence Settings > Audio Outputs are set for 8 track output and that your audio assignments are correct.

apologies if you’ve already double checked all this stuff

cheers
Andy

[Kdipin]

Hi ,
I have checked this , I am able to capture 8 tracks audio and if i do an assemble and edit , it puts the 8 channel audio back , only when I am doing an isert edit I am getting this problem

regards

[Andy Mees]

Hi Kdipin

Did you ever resolve this problem? I just found myself in the exact same position …

I’ve been trying to do an 8 channel output, also to a Sony IMX vtr, and can’t get it to work.

If I choose 8 channel audio mapping in the Device Control preset, with RS222 control, then in my ETT window the destination track control popup for the audio tracks shows channel 4 as pre-enabled … and its also greyed out and can’t be modified.
Furthermore, regardless of ouput channel selection, FCP’s device control seems unable to control channels 5 to 8 on the recorder.
In FCP, if I select any output channels above channel 4, then all channel selections below 4 are ignored, and the recorder seems to receive a signal to enable channels 1 to 4 relative to my selections in FCP for channels 5-8.

All very strange. The actual output from the Decklink card is exactly as it should be with the output assignments correctly mapped to the output channels. The only immediate workaround I can find is to put the record deck next to the FCP and manualy override/enable the tracks to insert directly on the deck … it works but is far from ideal.

Any tips greatly appreciated. If anyone else would care to experiment, just create a device control preset with Audio mapping set to 8 channels and see if your ETT window will allow you to enable/disable channel 4.

Cheers
Andy