My problem was machine control, but I found out what I was doing wrong. In my Discreet deadit*, when you print to tape, ins and outs come over automatically from the timeline. If you want to change them you can. In FCP, that doesn’t happen, you have to enter the record timecode in the Mastering sub-menu or you get nada. Hence the ‘enter valid in-point’ message. Newbie…
Shoulda asked this on the FCP basics forum.
Ken Nicholson