Hello creative cow members,
This post is old, but it looks like a similar problem I have having. I have a digibeta deck going in and out of an AJA Kona LHI (final cut 7) via SDI. When I try to capture footage, the sound disappears and the video looks slightly distorted. When I disconnect the SDI cable going back into the digibeta, then everything is fine.
Being that I am using SDI, is the mixer still an option like it was suggested? Is it still OK to just turn down levels? I have a Big Knob going out of the kona independently for adjusted the speaker monitors. As always, thank you so much for your time and valuable insight.