Rob Forsythe
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This list contains about everything to try to enable:
a. External Monitor VIDEO and AUDIO via FireWire & DV deck or camcorder.
b. Viewing in the Canvas window on the computer screen.
c. Being able to record on the external FW DV deck or camcorder.Try things in this order until you find the “cure”:
1. Make sure you have only ONE (1) FireWire deck, camcorder, DV capture “card”, or D-to-A converter or video device attached to the computer at a time. Any more than one DV device can cause loss of signal and control.
2. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External Video> All Frames set.
(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)
3. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.
5. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.
6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).
7. Some camcorders/decks work better under “FW (NTSC/PAL)” -or- “FW (NTSC/PAL) Basic” control (in the capture settings). Try either setting to see which works best for your device.
8. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)
9. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.
10. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.
11. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.
12. On a Sony camcorder or deck, make sure the menu setting “A/V > DV Out” is set to OFF.
13. Re-check that your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable).
14. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.
15. Now again, make sure you have View > External Video > ALL FRAMES set…If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html“FCP Rescue” is a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences.
It will also restore your user settings afterwards.
Download:
https://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14729>Then, start again at my “step 1” above.
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This list contains about everything to try to enable:
a. External Monitor VIDEO and AUDIO via FireWire & DV deck or camcorder.
b. Viewing in the Canvas window on the computer screen.
c. Being able to record on the external FW DV deck or camcorder.(Pay special attention to step 3.)
1. Make sure you have only ONE (1) FireWire deck, camcorder, DV capture “card”, or D-to-A converter or video device attached to the computer at a time. Any more than one DV device can cause loss of signal and control.
2. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External Video> All Frames set.
(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)
3. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.
5. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.
6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).
7. Some camcorders/decks work better under “FW (NTSC/PAL)” -or- “FW (NTSC/PAL) Basic” control (in the capture settings). Try either setting to see which works best for your device.
8. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)
9. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.
10. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.
11. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.
12. On a Sony camcorder or deck, make sure the menu setting “A/V > DV Out” is set to OFF.
13. Re-check that your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable).
14. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.
15. Now again, make sure you have View > External Video > ALL FRAMES set…If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html“FCP Rescue” is a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences.
It will also restore your user settings afterwards.
Download:
https://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14729>Then, start again at my “step 1” above.
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[Peter Perry] “the process of recording to vinyl leaves a more pleasing “flavor” than the process of encoding to digital”
Glad you brought that up.
As a studio engineer, do you know of any other RECORDING ENGINEERS that think like that?
I mean, when you are the one in the control room mixing the session… and can then REPRODUCE EXACTLY the same audio track –sans clicks, hiss, dropouts, inner-groove distortion, RIAA Curve-correction, the need to “dead-center” (and limit) the BASS frequencies, wow, flutter, and the problem that replaying the same LP track within, say, 30 minutes can “change” the sound (further) damage the grooves– how can there be any doubt that digital is a more PURE medium.
I remember when we had LP’s made from our master tapes… the audio quality DROPPED by a horrendous amount (even if the master was “specially” EQ’ed).If the sound is FLAVORED by the analog process, why would adding FLAVOR be a “good thing”?
Consider wine.
Glass bottles would be the “neutral” medium for wines.
Digital is the “neutral” (at least MORE neutral than analog) medium for audio. -
[Ty Ford] “—-Well sort of. What they hear on the mix stage of a feature film (imagine Skywalker) is seldom experienced at home on the DVD player. This is due to the high end gear they use on a mix stage and their tweeked aoustical environment.”
I did not make my POINT clear enough…
Of course ANY two playback systems (or rooms, or even where one SITS in the SAME room) will make a difference in how the playback is actually perceived.
But what’s really different THESE DAYS is that the MEDIUM does not add or detract from the experience. (As did an LP or analog tape transfer did.)
A DAT of the session can be transported, copied and re-copied… and the bit stream will be (virtually) identical to the source at the session.
Let’ me try to make the point even more directly.
A session studio tech wearing Sony 7506 headphones connected to the DAT recorder’s ‘phones output will hear the same audio as someone at home with a DAT deck listening on the same model headphones. (Let’s not get into a discussion of headphone amps or mfg. differences between individual ‘phones… let’s use the theoretical “all things being equal” scenario.)
Even a CD of the session will not degrade the signal enough to be a serious consideration.
The copy medium is stunningly close to the original.Now, same situation, only the home user is listening to an LP or 1/4″ reel-to-reel dub the session… BIG difference and LOTS of problems to deal with.
THAT’S my point, the commonly available digital medium (CD or DAT) ALL THE WAY TO THE CONSUMER is no longer such a VERY weak link in the chain.
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You can find vintage advertisements that state words to the effect that “the Edison Phonograph reproduces sound so clear that you’ll think the artist is singing right in the room with you!”
No one could POSSIBLY think that an old wax cylinder with its horrendous surface noise, severely limited frequency response, and wow and flutter could sound “REAL”… but it was so engrossing that folks could ignore the artifice and just concentrate on the “moment of enjoyment.”
Its also interesting (to me anyway) that if you re-read the above paragraph and substitute “LP record” for “wax cylinder” it describes how devotees of analog records ignore the same faults (to a greater or lesser degree).
What is the MOST important thing to consider (and if you are too young to remember otherwise, you’ll just have to trust me) is that until modern digital recordings… it simply was not POSSIBLE to make a recording (and subsequent copies) and have the playback sound virtually IDENTICAL to the source in the monitors.
THAT is very significant.
So whether it sounds like “life” or not… it DOES sound (virtually) exactly the way the studio engineers heard it when it was mixed and recorded.
Analog tapes and LP records ALWAYS “added” (subtracted?) their own “sound” to the original master (which, even with Dolby and high-speed tape, itself had artifacts different from the “live” session.I know digital is said to “degrade” the analog wave… but hey, its so CLOSE (and the copies are so PURE) that it is about as perfect as we NEED at the moment… and as time goes by (at the TOP end at least), it will get better.
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[Kevin Monahan] “In FCP 5, you can also select the clip w/o worrying about auto select.”
Interesting.
How much has the Auto Select been “de-emphasized” in FCP 5? -
This list contains about everything to try to enable:
a. External Monitor VIDEO and AUDIO via FireWire & DV deck or camcorder.
b. Viewing in the Canvas window on the computer screen.
c. Being able to record on the external FW DV deck or camcorder.Try things in this order until you find the “cure”:
1. Make sure you have only ONE (1) FireWire deck, camcorder, DV capture “card”, or D-to-A converter or video device attached to the computer at a time. Any more than one DV device can cause loss of signal and control.
2. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External Video> All Frames set.
(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)
3. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.
5. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.
6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).
7. Some camcorders/decks work better under “FW (NTSC/PAL)” -or- “FW (NTSC/PAL) Basic” control (in the capture settings). Try either setting to see which works best for your device.
8. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)
9. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.
10. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.
11. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.
12. On a Sony camcorder or deck, make sure the menu setting “A/V > DV Out” is set to OFF.
13. Re-check that your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable).
14. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.
15. Now again, make sure you have View > External Video > ALL FRAMES set…If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html“FCP Rescue” is a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences.
It will also restore your user settings afterwards.
Download:
https://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14729>Then, start again at my “step 1” above.
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This list contains about everything to try to enable:
a. External Monitor VIDEO and AUDIO via FireWire
b. Viewing in the Canvas window on the computer screen
c. Being able to record on the external FW DV deck or camcorder..Try things in this order until you find the “cure”:
1. Make sure you have only ONE (1) FireWire deck, camcorder, DV capture “card”, or D-to-A converter or video device attached to the computer at a time. Any more than one DV device can cause loss of signal and control.
2. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External Video> All Frames set.
(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)
3. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.
5. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.
6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).
7. Some camcorders/decks work better under “FW (NTSC/PAL)” -or- “FW (NTSC/PAL) Basic” control (in the capture settings). Try either setting to see which works best for your device.
8. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)
9. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.
10. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.
11. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.
12. On a Sony camcorder or deck, make sure the menu setting “A/V > DV Out” is set to OFF.
13. Re-check that your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable).
14. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.
15. Now again, make sure you have View > External Video > ALL FRAMES set…If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html“FCP Rescue” is a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences.
It will also restore your user settings afterwards.
Download:
https://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14729>Then, start again at my “step 1” above.
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This list contains about everything to try to enable:
a. External Monitor VIDEO and AUDIO via FireWire
b. Viewing in the Canvas window on the computer screen
c. Being able to record on the external FW DV deck or camcorder..Try things in this order until you find the “cure”:
1. Make sure you have only ONE (1) FireWire deck, camcorder, DV capture “card”, or D-to-A converter or video device attached to the computer at a time. Any more than one DV device can cause loss of signal and control.
2. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External Video> All Frames set.
(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)
3. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.
5. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.
6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).
7. Some camcorders/decks work better under “FW (NTSC/PAL)” -or- “FW (NTSC/PAL) Basic” control (in the capture settings). Try either setting to see which works best for your device.
8. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)
9. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.
10. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.
11. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.
12. On a Sony camcorder or deck, make sure the menu setting “A/V > DV Out” is set to OFF.
13. Re-check that your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable).
14. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.
15. Now again, make sure you have View > External Video > ALL FRAMES set…If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html“FCP Rescue” is a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences.
It will also restore your user settings afterwards.Download:
https://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14729>Then, start again at my “step 1” above.
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Are you saying you’re trying to use a second COMPUTER monitor for preview?
FCP is really designed and intended for you to use an external VIDEO (NTSC or PAL) for checking full QUALITY.But none the less:
Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.