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IoLA and Canon XL-1s 4-channel audio
We are considering purchasing an IoLA . We currently shoot on Canon XL-1s cameras with 4 channels of 32 KHz audio at 12 bit.
Currently, when we want to capture the video and 4 audio channels, we have to capture the video and 2 channels of audio in one pass and log a 2nd capture to retrieve the other 2 channels of audio on a second pass.
Question, can the Io LA, with its 4 audio inputs, capture the video and all 4 channels of audio in one pass if we are using Mac OSX 10.3.9, QuickTime 7, and FCP 5? I understand I will have to output analog AV from the camera, but the shortened workflow would be worth it.
Craig Reed
Sr. Video Producer
Berklee College of Music -
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Yes it can, but a better soulution would be to buy a DV deck with aes/ebu audio and SDI out, or component out and feed that to an ioLD or a full io. Pani D-450 DVCPRO editors are going online for under $1600. You would then have much better picture and all audio channels in there digital quality. The deck makes great 4:2:2 video from 4:1:1 sources and you could capture uncompressed. Lastly, if your curently working in DV and plan on capturing video at DV over the io, you quality will go down. First, you will mix chrominance channels together over s-video and then (worst of all) you will re-compress the video back into DV (about two generation losses). Think about a digital uncompressed solution if you actually want to improve anything. Otherwise, I would stick to what you have been doing.
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