[Daryl Burney]

Although I am in the PAL/50i world I have been having the same distorted scratchy (even though levels are correct) audio on layback to my HDW2000.

As with you, rebooting will usually make it go away.

Even though everything is locking and you can master to tape it IS a reference problem.

This is how I solved it..

Of course trilevel sync eg “Gen10” is a must.

Then set Kona to reference.

The trick is with the menu settings on the HDW2000.
Set to the following:

F2: REF
Menu 309: Auto2
Menu 334: Normal

If you have a look at the manual you will notice that these settings will keep the deck stable using the REF input at all times but will switch to INPUT when you actually start editing to tape ie locking to the incoming video. No loopback occurs using the above settings.

If you have an early HDW like mine you may also need Sony to do a firmware upgrade. The firmware upgrade will stabilise the reference/loopback that can occur when you are sitting in “edit to tape” mode (just before actual mastering).

Hope this helps. This is working for me after many months of distorted audio frustration.

regards
Daryl Burney
post supervisor
editlounge pte ltd
Singapore

[Daryl Burney]

Although I am in the PAL/50i world I have been having the same mastering/reference problems.

This is how I solved it.. thanks to help from Sony support in Singapore….

Of course trilevel sync eg “Gen10” is a must.

Then set Kona to reference.

The trick is with the menu settings on the HDW2000.
Set to the following:

F2: REF
Menu 309: Auto2
Menu 334: Normal

If you have a look at the manual you will notice that these settings will keep the deck stable using the REF input at all times but will switch to INPUT when you actually start editing to tape ie locking to the incoming video. No loopback occurs using the above settings.

If you have an early HDW like mine you may also need Sony to do a firmware upgrade. The firmware upgrade will stabilise the reference/loopback that can occur when you are sitting in “edit to tape” mode (just before actual mastering).

Hope this helps. This is working for me after many months of frustration.

regards
Daryl Burney
post supervisor
editlounge pte ltd
Singapore

[Daryl Burney]

Sorry about the Hijacking!

I will call Sony tomorrow to enquire further about this issue. It is an early model.
Hopefully this will resolve it for me.

thx for your advice
regards
Daryl

[Daryl Burney]

I also have had an ongoing problem with reference between AJA kona and a HDW2000.

I took your advise Bob and am trialing the Gen10…… It doesn’t help. The HDCAM deck has no complaints with the trilevel ref. Deck to deck dubs, not a prob. ProTools to HDCAM deck not a prob. FCP to deck… a big problem. THe result is green artifacts and severe channel condition.
It seems the only way to master to HDCAM from FCP with the Kona card is as stated previously in this thread…..

HDW2000 set to reference on video input and FCP to freerun with no HDW2000 return video (this causes a loopback)

KONA it seems to me your card is not HDCAM ready. This method is but a work around. It is an embarrassment to master like this in front of clients. Not to mention tragically unreliable. Audio is often crackly/distorted sounding (also mentioned previously in this thread). Getting proper sync between the Kona card and FCP is just a matter of luck.

I have sung Kona’s praises in the past and comverted many from the competition but am now left wondering…

Where is the fix? ….

Daryl

[Daryl Burney]

So this random black frames has been haunting me for a year…..
No matter which G5 FCP setup I put this card into I have the same problem as listed in this thread.
I desperately would like an answer to this dilema!
Funnily it doesn’t seem occur during HD editing. It has juz destroyed my ability to edit in SD:(

Though I am not happy about it I have AJA coming over to replace all our blackmagic cards this week as a try out. This is a last resort as Blackmagic support here in Singapore do not seem to have any answers.

I do not seem to be the only one with this prob….but I don’t seem to find a final cure for the prob in the threads.

Still hoping

Daryl

[Daryl Burney]

so happy to find someone else with the same prob!!

I have been ploughing throught the posts for the last hour to find exactly this prob b4 i posted the same..

Yes I have exactly the same prob with my HD dual card… random black frames.

I have had the card replaced three times and all the same. moved card btwn three suites inhouse and all the same.

Setup:
G5’s…usual
xserve raids
PAL sync pulse to all suites
PAL a500p SDI to suites (also on same sync)
HD 2000 also on same sync (settings in deck switched to except SD sync)

I have had so much problem with this that whenever I edit to tape i change to the old SD decklink card as the black frames are constantly causing probs.

Hope together we can solve this once n for all..

best regards
Daryl Burney

[Daryl Burney]

thx for your response…

The prob seems to have been with me.
I had my SDI (to deck) cable plugged into the SDI monitor output instead of the SDI (to deck) output.

oops…. Interesting that the 2 SDI outputs should be a different type of signal. What is that about?

thx
DAz