Kona 3 and the NEW MacPros (Jan 2008)

[Mitch Ives]

Shane,

I have the same machine. The Apple RAID card is in slot 4, and the Kona 3 is in slot 3. We’re saving slot 2 for the HD Pro, as it can benefit from the faster bus speed. I spoke at length with AJA and they confirmed that the Kona card only needs the 4X slot…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
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[Fred Connors jr.]

Gary

Thank you for the heads up on that note. Apparently there are others that are still sorting things out with both the newest Mac Pro systems and 10.5.2.

As Jean-Philippe Mariani pointed out in this posting, https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/98/869152 AJA is recommending that the ATTO-EAS-R380 be place in a 4x slot.

ATTO has confirmed that there are some known issue with the early 2008 MacPro and the R380 card and they are working on it.

I am confident that AJA and ATTO will get it done.

Fred

The Troupe – Modern Media Design & Production

[Shane Ross]

Hmmm…could I run my eSATA card in slot 2 and it not interfere with the Kona and the Fibre Card? That’d be cool.

Shane

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[Fred Connors jr.]

Shane

The point was that, as of today, the ATTO R30 is not happy in slot 2. Maybe your eSata card is?

Fred

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[Mark Maness]

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[Miss Victor]

Hi,

I can’t get audio out to work with Kona3 and Mac Pro (2008).
I have installed the card in slot 3 , installed FCP and then the AJA 5.1 NDD version for OS X 10.5.2.

in both FCP and AJA VTR Xchange capture:
I can capture audio (Embedded,XLR,(have not tried SDI..)
I can monitor the audio through XLR when I capture (ch1-8 + analog )

I can not monitor ch 3 -8 after capture, only ch 1+2 (and the analog..)
In FCP I can see all the channels,and I can route the different channels to ch 1+2 output, so I know that they are not just empty sound files..
I can not see more than ch1+2 in the “audio outputs menu” in FCP, I undestand that it should list all channels in this menu.
I have checked 5.1 surround in user prefference.

In the AJA controlPanel I hvae tried to change the audio input to see if it could have anything to do with the outputs, but still the same…
I can’t find any option to audio output other than “Frame buffer or Audio In” in DS Keyer menu.

I have tried installing the driver several times, also tried re-install of OSX (10.5.2)

Tried without the breakout box, just the audio multi-cables, still the same problem.

Since I can hear ch 1-8 from the AJA output(XLR) when I capture (SDI embedded,XLR) I guess the breakout box audio is pass through to the output.

Is it just a setting that I am missing ?
Is the AJA not compatible with 2008 mac Pro ?

Why can’t I output all audio channels…..

-merete

[Gary Adcock]

[Merete Victor] “I can capture audio (Embedded,XLR,(have not tried SDI..) “

OK – the Kona 3 card uses 2 different AES connectors – those are not analog XLR’s—-

“I can not monitor ch 3 -8 after capture, only ch 1+2 (and the analog..) “
Have you set FCP to monitor all of the audio channels? by default it mixes down to stereo.

“I have checked 5.1 surround in user prefference”

FCP DOES NOT support 5.1 surround sound playback at this time. – you can fake it- but true 5.1 is not available.

[Merete Victor] “Why can’t I output all audio channels….. “

its just not set up correctly – the application does not configure itself.

gary adcock
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[Miss Victor]

>>>OK – the Kona 3 card uses 2 different AES connectors – those are not analog XLR’s—-

I know, I have a digital AES/EBU connection..

>>>Have you set FCP to monitor all of the audio channels? by default it mixes down to stereo.

I have figured out how to set FCP to output more than 2 channels : )

…But I need it to work with other software than FCP, I think it is strange that I can’t output more than 2 channels with AJA Xchange,VVTR and other software..

I only need a “6-ch” playout software to use in a cinema…
(https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/98/869639)

[Andrew Crosby]

Hey there,
I just got a new Mac Pro with the Kona 3 card and I have been experiencing a few oddities. The doesn’t happen all the time, but for some reason FCP will output audio from Line out fine, but through the Kona 3 it has a pitch change (sounds like it’s slowed down) and is out of sync with the video. It seems to fix itself after a reboot. I was not happy with this temporary solution so I contacted AJA support via email and this is what they responded with…

“Hi Andy,

Go to about this mac -> more info -> hardware -> model ID (line 2).
If your Mac pro is a v1.1. or v2.1 then:

1) Install the Kona 3 in slot-3.
2) Go to: /system/library/core services/ and run the expansion slot utility.
a) configure the PCIe slot for 16:1:4:4 (option 2).
b) Reboot

If your Mac Pro is a v3.x then install the Kona 3 in slot 2.

Let us know if you need more help.
Thanks”

So I am right about to switch the card slot because it looks like it was installed in slot 3 instead of slot 2 (and my version is 3.1)…now correct me if I’m wrong but the slots are numbered from the bottom up? Like this…

4
3
2
1

?? Maybe it’s labeled inside, I haven’t taken the computer apart yet. But hopefully this will fix the problem. It sounds like a few others are having similar problems. Thought I’d share my 2 cents.

-Andy

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Andrew Crosby
Video Editor

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[Andrew Crosby]

Hey guys,
So switching the Kona card to PCI/E slot #2 worked. I haven’t had any more problems thus far. Hope you guys find the same blissfulness by switching PCI/E slots as I did.

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Andrew Crosby
Video Editor

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