[Craig Larson]

Walter:

Thanks for taking the time to respond and the thoroughness of your answers! Looking forward to diving into AE…

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Dave:

Ended up getting it all figured out after talking to the cable coordinator. Nothing too difficult.

He wanted the spots to be 0:29;15 and delivered in a QT file format, with audio levels as close to zero as possible. Interesting, but that’s what I gave him.

Thanks for your response!

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Sam:

I guess I can always dream!

Well, in essence I can get by doing what I’m doing until these adapters become available. Then I can just run the MOTU off the FW 800 direct, and use the TB port like you suggested.

Thanks for helping me work through this!

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Sam:

Didn’t hear about the adapters…

Dumb Q, but will that make the drives run at the faster transfer speeds, or just allow you to use the port? Also, I would assume the adapters are going to need at least two connection points, given the external monitor needs…

Thanks again. You’ve been very helpful!…

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Sam:

Thanks for your feedback…

Yeah, I’m looking forward to the Thunderbolt drives, but I have a feeling they ain’t gonna’ be cheap! I guess I’ll wait and see how the pricing shakes out, size availability, etc…

In the meantime, I still have several firewire drives in my arsenal that I’m need to use, so I’ll need to figure out a short-term fix. I’m thinking the ExpressCard is going to be the option. I’ve rad some positives on the Siig models…

Have a great day!

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Just an update…

I just turned on my computer and the MOTU suddenly mounted! While I don’t have any profound explanation, I discovered my hard drive has to be powered on, in order for the MBP to find the MOTU. If I turn off the hard drive, the MOTU doesn’t mount, but it will still power up. I had tried both the MOTU and hard drive in this same configuration earlier in the day, with no success…

While I wasn’t initially using power to the hard drive or the MOTU, (running both bus-powered) I tried plugging in the power to the MOTU and shutting off the hard drive to see what would happen. The MOTU wouldn’t mount.

It appears the hard drive needs to be on to pass along whatever signal mounts the MOTU. Yet, the MOTU powers up just fine without the hard drive being turned on. Seems to me it should mount if it powers up…

It would seem I only have a few options:

1. Leave the hard drive on when using the MOTU. (Not practical)
2. Purchase a firewire ExpressCard (which I believe requires its own power?)
3. Plug the MOTU into the MBP first, and daisy chain the hard drive to the second port in the MOTU. This would limit my FW 800 hard drive use to FW 400.

Any thoughts or other workarounds?

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Martin:

Thanks for the input!

Blessings,

Craig

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Ty:

I live in the Twin Cities and primarily shoot here. Occasionally I shoot out of town, but only a few times a year.

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN

[Craig Larson]

Hey Guys!

Thanks for the replies! The Sony unit I was comparing to is Sony UWP-V6 or something similar to that line. Somewhat competitively priced, and seem pretty sturdy.

I also understand the mics on these things (Sen G3/Sony) are pretty bad. Is there a particular model that works well with either?

I’m still a bit confused on how to go about selecting A, B, or G channels, and which will work best in my area. I’ve looked at a chart on one manufacturers website that shows available frequencies, but not sure how to gauge which way to go.

Thanks again for you input!

Blessings,

Craig Larson
August Heat Productions
Apple Valley, MN