[Derrick Abeyta]

I’m using Vista Home Premium with Ultrascope with no problems.

Here’s my full specs:

Velocity Micro 2.8ghz Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q9550
8 gigs Ram
Vista Home Premium 64bit
Nvidia 9800GT
Samsung 24″ 2443BWX

[Derrick Abeyta]

[Bob Zelin] “I don’t know exactly what your feeds are. The way to see true “in phase” and “out of phase” is to use audio tone. Play back two channels of tone, and you will get the single vertical line. As you play active audio, you will see an “oval” shape, but in the vertical position. If you reverse the phase of one signal (which is done in analog land by reversing the black and red wires of your audio cable), you get “out of phase” audio with one channel. A 180 degree out of phase signal (like tone) will completely cancel out, and you hear nothing.
“

Thanks for the help Bob,

Let me clarify. I was going through the new Ultrascsope testing the different modes of the scope. I wanted to see how an out of phase clip would look like in the Ultrascope. I knew I had a bad interview clip on HDCAM from a project from a few weeks ago. The clip was mistakenly recorded out of phase (which is not uncommon when using two mics to record an interview). So I wanted to test just a source clip on the scope.

My system isn’t out of phase and the test tone plays correctly on the scope, I capture HDCAM via HDSDI to an Avid Symphony DX and a HDSDI out of Avid to the Ultrascope. Everything works great.

I think I figured out where I went wrong in reading the bad audio clip on the scope though. When I originally played the clip I had panned both channels mid and they displayed a vertical straight line showing “in phase” on the scope (it sounded compressed tinny though). But when I panned the channels back to their original left right position the scope showed a horizontal oval which means it’s out of phase. So fortunately the scope seems to be working as advertised.

Thanks again I appreciate the tips!

[Derrick Abeyta]

I am having an issue understanding and or viewing out of phase audio on the audio scope.

I have a interview clip that has audio on ch1 lav and ch2 boom. If you pan them both together mid you can hear everything get thin and echoey (classic out of phase sound) but the Ultrascope still shows a vertical in phase line. Shouldn’t it be reading differently on the scope? I can clearly hear that the audio is out of phase.

I’m not trying to fix my audio, I already know how to do this and I wouldn’t normally mix a lav and a boom together, I’m just trying to understand how the Ultrascope displays bad audio. The manual states it should show up as a horizontal line. Any thoughts??

[Derrick Abeyta]

I tried a 1280×1024 monitor just to see if it would work and the application wouldn’t start. The message said that an 1920×1200 monitor was required and then the program closed out.

[Derrick Abeyta]

I got my Ultrascope up and running yesterday. I had a little trouble finding a PC that met all the listed requirements. I ended up getting a Velocity Micro computer that had the recommended Intel Core 2 processor and Nvidia 9800GT graphics card.

Everything seems to be working great. I am using a 1920×1200 24″ monitor and the screen resolution is pretty awesome. I spent $2,000 on the entire setup. A very nice addition to the edit suite!

[Derrick Abeyta]

The Keyspan USA-28X is no longer supported with the Mac Leopard OS. Avid reports it not frame accurate. That’s why Avid now ships with the USA-19H and the Data Mate.

[Derrick Abeyta]

Hi Brent,

For the Mac, you will still need the Data Mate 232 to 422 adapter as the USA-19HS is a USB to 232.

So USB from CPU to USA-19HS to Data Mate to Deck.

[Derrick Abeyta]

Maybe they meant June 2010!

I am looking for a recommended PC (and OS) for this too. I’m a Mac guy so my knowledge of PC’s is limited. I already purchased a 24″ 1920×1200 monitor and have it mounted, so I’m just waiting for the Ultrascope and a PC.

[Derrick Abeyta]

Which Windows OS is recommended for Ultrascope? XP Pro, Vista 32, 64? I am currently shopping for a PC and want to make sure it will be compatible.

When is this product shipping? Soon I hope.

[Derrick Abeyta]

Hi Bob,

My Nitris DX came with both the USA-19HS and the 232 to 422 Data Mate adapter. part number DM7015. I’m on a Mac but I don’t believe this was a Mac specific DX. I think they throw in cables for both.