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we control a Beta SP deck (UVW 1400P) with RS232 from FCP through a keyspan adapter.
It used to be frame-reliable, but something in the new FCP5/Kona2 setup makes it not precise so I cannot recommend this solution for Mastering.

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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The VTR is rented from an AVID production studio – and they use it every day without problems.
This is why I suspect it to be a Kona2 or/and FCP related problem. After all it is the NLE that tells the VTR what and where to insert. The funny thing is that the problem is not consistent – sometimes the audio does get recoreded properly…

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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Motion is not for film.

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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I think I know what went wrong. I usually set the deck’s TC to PRESET in order to stribe the tape with black from timecode zero. (Can’t get stribing in FCP to work properly – the TC has it’s own life).
And I think I forgot to set the TC back to REGEN for Mastering…!

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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I am about to test SanMP on a X-Raid (2 seats), but still have some undone projects. Did you have to reformat the Raid? Or will SanMP simply work with the Apple recommended Raid 50 format?

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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me too considering switch to LHe in need of Component in.
Kona2 + Kbox = $1500

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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keep getting a “soon to come” from my JVC supplier…

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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Yeah – but I automatically went into a synthetic mood…

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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if you start of digitizing in FCP – I would simply export by reference to the original capture files. This is done by exporting the sequence as Quicktime (without recompress or make self contained).
If you export to a different codec you will only be recompressing the footage.

I would probably stick to color grading in FCP – but you can import the reference file into AE and alter the footage with a simple filter overlay. Even better use Syntetic Ducks exporter from FCP to import the sequence clip by clip in AE, giving you option for individual grading per clip…

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Finalcut Studio, Dual G5, Kona 2, X-Raid

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Our plan is to use SNS or similar to access data on the SAN (XRaid) from the 2 Mac editing/compositing workstations, connected through a Fibrechannel switch. A render farm of PCs should be able to access the SAN through Gigabit Ethernet for writing 3D renderings (mostly during the night). We prefere to avoid a Metadata controller, and only run with the simple workstation setup…

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FCP 4.5, Dual G5, X-Raid