[Matt Campbell]

Do you mean by Command Option R or actually exporting audio to AIF and re-importing into seqeunce, thus taking my 6 layers of audio down to 2?

I’ve actually tried both methods and still the same issue. Echo is beginning is gone but 1/2 way through the audio is repeating itself. Again, audio is playing where there is no audio. Even when waveforms are showing nothing there, its playing. So weird.

Also, odd note, when I re-created this sequence in SD using ProRes, and tested and re-recorded my scratch track using our HVX-200 camera and everything works just fine. Same audio sound effects and all. So I don’t know if it was the audio recorded in FCP with Capture Now or not. All sample rates and frame rates match too. Playback is screwy.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Thx Victor for the response. All my media resides on my RAID array and have no issues before with the same project. And the audio thing is just plain weird. frame rates are the same because its only a i media clip sequence and images. i’m going to keep exploring and see what I can find. thx again for your comments.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

I’ve actually done that already. Re-aligned the drives, cached out, and all that good stuff and everything checked out. not really worried to much about the dropped frames, the audio splitting is more concern right now. Never seen or heard of this before.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

I think I’ve figured it out. I deselected the Assign to Main Mix button on the mixer and all works fine now. Always something so simple. I’m still new to my setup, even after a year or so, I don’t quite understand the setups yet. Why would the Assign to Main Mix do this?

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Ty, thanks for your timely response. I’ve went over this time after time and still can’t find it. I’ve even tested it using my DVD player and capturing both audio and video into the card and am still getting the sweek and feedback. Let me explain the setup a little further:

• analog out from card into Tape Input on the Mackie 1202. Tape output from the mixer into the Analog input on the card, thus creating the loop
• Control Room Source on mixer has Tape button selected and Assigned to Main Mix
• Gain and Levels on mic channel are set to Unity
• Phantom power is off on the mixer for the Sennheiser mic
• Mute and Solo on mic channel are off
• all wires are connected tightly

However, would the mixer and left speaker being close to each other have anything to do with it? I wouldn’t think so, cause on video playback from FCP, it sounds perfect. Its only on inputting the audio. Again, I haven’t changed anything since the last time I recorded something. I don’t know why this is happening all of the sudden.

Any further thoughts? I don’t think its a FCP setting. I’ve narrowed it down to the Intensity card and mixer.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

thanks Shane. Compressor has actually done a pretty decent job of converting my 24p to 29.97. And using Best for frame controls, in my case since I’m just about always dealing with only :30s and :60s, takes less than 5 minutes. I thought I was on the right track.

Danka.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Perfect, thanks for your help on this. I think I’m all set.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

So I’m then assuming that ProRes used for standard def. is an okay format for mastering quality, just like in HD?

Also, when you use DVCPro50 for your corporate and other non-broadcast work, as do I, do you stay in that format upon output? I guess my question is, is it better to export from your DVCPro50 timeline to ProRes or uncompressed for later encoding rather than export a DVCPro50 file, a loose 1 generation but staying native to your original?

File size and storage space is not a issue for me.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

gotcha, thanks. but if I’m delivering a file to our dub house for them to output to tape, shouldn’t I be getting them the best quality file possible?

also, say i’m going to DVD or web. I’m going get the best quality with 8 or 10-bit uncmprsd or ProRes, right. I’m trying to eliminate pixelized type and logos right from the get go. I work a lot with DVCPro50 and have recently been exporting to 8-bit uncmprsd to help with type and logos. I’ll then use compressor for my web encode. I’ve been getting better results this way then I had been by exporting in the DVCPro50 codec. Does this workflow sound about right?

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

as dave said, make sure your working in a high quality codec like uncompressed or ProRes. But if your talking about playback, then change your playback and frame rate settings to high. Your cpu might be able to keep up, so render. if you have a beefy machine you should be fine. if your talking output, check best quality for Motion filtering in your sequence settings, video processing tab and render quality tab use best quality and check always use best quality when rendering movies.

This creates longer renders but helps minimize the stair stepping upon output. Hope this helps.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card