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Voice Over inputs – would this idea work?
Firstly, apologies for the cross-post with the FCP forum, but the question is pretty much between the two.
I’m trying to set up a VO session and I have just hit a stumbling block. The audio capture card that I had been using in my old G4 – the MOTU PCI 323 with 2408MK2- is no longer compatible with the PCI slots of the new G5. I no longer own said G4 so I have had an idea but I wanted to see if anyone could say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ before I order some cables. So here’s the plan….
I have a Blackmagic Extreme card/interface. I would like to use the XLR audio inputs as my input from my microphone (via my trusty TL Audio compressor). I have already tried to use the Voice Over tool by setting the relevant audio inputs and playing a tape, however it will only recognise the inputs and record onto a track when I open the the Log & Capture window (which I guess is kind of understandable). So using this workflow will I be able to ‘cheat the system’ and connect my microphone output (via the TL Audio XLR out) to the Blackmagic audio input and record my VO with the Log & Capture Window open? Will there be issues given that I am only recording a mono source? Or maybe there is a trick to let me access these inputs without having to open the Log & Capture window? Like I say I will use this method but am slightly scared of ordering a 30m cable to go to the mic booth if this is doomed to failure.
(I will upgrade to the MOTU 424 G5 compatible card in due course but they are out of stock and the session is sooner than I can get hold of one)
G5 DP 2.5; 4Gig Ram; Blackmagic Decklink Extreme; 23″ Cinema HD Display; Sony HR Trinitron PAL monitor with SD card; 500 Gig Lacie Big Disk Triple Interface; FCP HD; DVDSP3; After Effects 6.5; Photoshop CS; Illustrator CS; plus many others
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Hi there,
how did you solve the problem? Is a voice over possible using the decklink extreme – without the log and capture workaround?!!
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Well I have had some success in resolving the issue this way, although it is very guerrilla voice over. The problem is that sometimes when I try and open the capture window while the voice over tool is open, FCP simply won’t let me becuase it claims such an operation is not possible. So I restart over and over and eventually it works again. The behavior is by no means consistent and it varies when it lets me do it. But it has worked and I did get some nice results.
Let me know if you experience any different.
All the best,
Dan
G5 DP 2.5; 4Gig Ram; Blackmagic Decklink Extreme; 23″ Cinema HD Display; Sony HR Trinitron PAL monitor with SD card; 500 Gig Lacie Big Disk Triple Interface; FCP HD; DVDSP3; After Effects 6.5; Photoshop CS; Illustrator CS; plus many others
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