[Andrew Gilmore]

I have a telephone recording of an interview. It’s really really crunchy; I think the recorder I used had some major auto-gain going on.
Basically, the waveforms are very full and blocky.
What filter in Final Cut Pro can I apply to try to restore it to mostly voice and less distortion?
Thanks

[Andrew Gilmore]

During Edit to Tape I’ve noticed a similar thing…it would kick the K2 control panel frame buffer to the wrong setting as though the control panel was in the front…however, the edit to tape window then covers almost the entire screen and therefore I am no longer able to monitor the control panel status. What I did, then, was, drag the control panel all the way to the bottom of the screen, right next to where I have the dock. I kept the numbers I was interested in keeping tabs on visible and saw that upon activating the edit to tape, the frame buffer numbers kicked out of what I wanted but THEN returned to their previous and correct setting. It was only momentary that the edit to tape changed the setting.

I don’t know if this helps because I didn’t have the same issue as you, but if you can’t see the K2 control panel during edit to tape, try dragging it to the bottom edge of the screen.

[Andrew Gilmore]

I was in a similar situation.

There is a simple little program called mAC3dec that allows you to decode AC3 5.1 mixes into FCP-friendly stereo .AIFF files (you can choose other formats too).

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mac3dec/ (or elsewhere you can find it)

cheers

[Andrew Gilmore]

It is set to “Fit to Window”.

That’s usually what I have it set to and it has always refreshed.

Thanks.

[Andrew Gilmore]

Related to this post…

I’m having the same issue where my canvas window won’t update. It’s a little frustrating, and a temporary workaround is clicking on a different sequence tab, then clicking back to the sequence I’m working on and it will refresh. This will only work for a short time.

Is this possibly related to the Kona 2? I was thinking it was an FCP issue.

[Andrew Gilmore]

In your browser window of FCP, highlight all the clips you want to change. Then scroll over to the “Tracks” column, where it probably says “2A” or “1A”. Control + click (or right click) directly on this figure (not the heading, but on one of the rows of your highlighted clips). You can choose “1V, 2A” or as desired.

That should fix it.

[Andrew Gilmore]

Your downconversion is two steps as you mentioned: frame rate conversion (or pulldown) as well as scaling.

In order to do this:

1. Sequence should be set at your native editing settings – 23.98 .
2. In A/V Devices menu, change Playback to 29.97 (1080i). This will achive the frame rate change.
3. In Kona card, change analog output to component and adjust secondary format to desired.

I don’t have the card and menus in front of me right now but that’s approximately the steps you need to take.

[Andrew Gilmore]

I have a pioneer DVD recorder. It does not have component inputs, but I am going to use my Digibeta deck as a pass-through from Component in to Composite out.

My follow up question to your helpful answers is: what is the most accurate and reliable method for outputting without dropped frames or other errors?

[Andrew Gilmore]

One caveat: Final Cut Pro HD (4.5) has a bug where it does not preserve speed changes (slo-mo, freeze frames, etc) correctly when passing project files back and forth.

Also, instant messenger is good for transferring project files (you do not need to stuff them like you do when you email).