[Rik Thundercrow]

Ya at eeh, & welcome to the AJA IO Cow, Peter!!!

I’m also a former Media 100i user (since v2.6.2 thru v8.2.2), who reeeeally dreaded the assumed learning curve to FCP and was new to FCP hardware!!!

I am dyslexic so manuals are not helpful (unless they have lots and lots of screenshots!!!). There are some great books out there, like THE FINAL CUT PRO 4 BIBLE, and Jerry Hoffman’s ON FINAL CUT 4, that are still relivant to FCP5.

Fortunately, i’m a good systems geek! I have no problem at all learning FCP because was able to dismiss any paradyme of the Media 100 work flow in order to avoid attempting to duplicate it in FCP, which would cause major frustration.

I also chose to go with AJA hardware by checking out all of the COW forums, reviews, professional recommedations, features, and most importantly the company’s history and product roadmap going foward.

I really enjoyed learning something new, and that made it not so daunting.

Also, if you can, avoid having to learn it on a deadline project!

You are in good company here, and I find many answers here and have yet to call the very responsive techs at AJA (my system uses both KONA 2 and the IO together with FCP Studio 5).

I’m sure that you will enjoy the AJA FCP community, using and exploring the great potential of AJA & FCP as I have, I have’nt looked back and don’t have ANY regrets!!!

[Rik Thundercrow]

I am using the Mackie Control Universal, though I have not upgraded to FCP 5 yet. I plan to upgrade to the Final Cut Studio next month. It will be nice to be able to use the Mackie with the “Studio” apps just as I use it with MOTU Digital Performer 4.5, PEAK, Live & Reason.

Currently, I use the Contour Shuttle for Final Cut HD, Soundtrack, etc.. It is not as eligant, but it beats mousing and I can use it system wide!

The Mackie Control is reeeeeealy nice to edit, control, transport & shuttle with! It really is amaizing to see it “come to life” when I fire up a project in a supported application -decks, faders, software control, automation and all!!!

With Final Cut Studio, I look forward to same tactile operation, visual feedback and resonsive control I enjoy with MOTU DP 4.5, etc. It would make the keyboard and mouse less relevant!!!

I wonder if somebody (note to Mackie) will eventually create a lexan overlay for Final Cut Studio apps for the MCU?

[Rik Thundercrow]

I guess I must have been refering to the ability to use the Io to “feed” my Kona 2 uncompressed 601 or SD material via Io SDI and AES out, while the Io is being fed by any analogue or Digital source, into my FCP timeline and simultaneous external monitoring, also the reverse -Kona 2 to Io (obviously)using the Kona 2 control panel set accoringly.

This would then have had the Io in EE mode -of couse without the control panel functions.

I did not perform up/down conversions -just straight uncompressed 8/10 bit SD, with complete monitoring of the material.

Any cross conversion would of course have to take place by the settings of the primary and secondary format controls for the Kona 2s frame buffer in the Kona 2 control panel.

Heck, I could and have sent my desktop out to the Io and see it on my monitor!

But, Bob, are we talking semantics of function -the word “feeds” verses EE?

I have always enjoyed your posts as you have saved me many retorts in frustration.

Thanks

[Rik Thundercrow]

Funny…I’ve been doing this daily since I got my Kona 2 when it was released late last year!!!

Hmmm!!!