Ron Thompson
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While I agree with Bob, I have to say there is nothing wrong with buying your equipment from B&H. 75% of my studio is from B&H!! The key here is to know what you’re doing. Do the research…read forums like the COW…and make sure alll of your equipment is under some kind of warranty. I have had no problems calling Medea, Huge, or Atto…or taking my G5 to a local Apple shop for service (AppleCare).
VAR is always nice, but many are running self-built systems.
Ron
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Interesting…maybe there’s something on the Kona site that explains this. It seems to control the monitor output (RCA??).
I only use the XLR’s into my Mackie and the Mackie sends the signal to all equipment that need it, so I haven’t hooked anything up to the RCA’s yet.Glad you like the Mackie!! When you’re ready, match it with a Control Surface!!! The Mackie MCU has been wonderful here. I edit a TV series and a bunch of corporate projects. Being able to edit and mix on the fly is incredible. B&H is sold out, but it goes for $999. Plays nice with SoundtrackPro, and Logic— obviously.
Take care.
Ron
PS: I don’t work for Mackie 🙂 I just love their products and have used them in broadcast facilities, edit houses, and now my own business. I couldn’t recommend anything else. -
Glad it worked out for you.
As far as the sync issue, I’m not seeing that here, and it sounds like a temporary issue if its resolved now. On very rare occasions I’ve seen sync drift…usually after running my system without a re-boot for a few weeks. You’d be surprised what a simple reboot can do to solve most problems.The Mackie is great, I have the XLR’s from the Kona going into channel 1-2, other equipment in other channels, as well as Aux inputs and outputs which allows me to route audio in and out of the Kona and video decks without touching cables. A very flexible and useful mixer thats given me 6+ years of trouble free service.
Enjoy.
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[Khashyar Darvich] “Since the sound level seems to be very high going into the speakers (or perhaps the powered speakers are really amplifying the XLR audio signal), would adding a mixer and adjusting the input and output gain on the gain remove the hiss that I hear as well?”
As far as hiss and gain, double check your sound settings in the system preferences too. Why yours is so loud is a mystery. My output volume is set at 90% and I use the Mackie to ride levels into my monitors and equipment. I’m not super-techie, but it sounds like it might be a setting on your monitors too. Gain, mic, line, etc… If you have excessive hiss, that indicates the sound is being amplified somewhere. Maybe some inline attenuators??
The Mackie is a good choice…good luck. If you don’t need 14 channels, the 12 channel (1202) is fine too.Ron
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I’m successfully running the Mackie MCU. No issues at all with all latest Kona, FCP, and OS updates. Any questions, feel free to ask. I’ve been using the MCU since FCP started supporting control surfaces!
No issues with Sountrack Pro or Logic either.Ron
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Bob is right, powered or not, you should have a mixer between your board and speakers. I’ve cut on a variety of systems, small and large, and have never been in a studio that didn’t have a mixer in it.
I swear by the Mackie 1402 because its the ultimate “router” for small edit suites, but a big knob or any 4 track mixer will do the trick.
B&H has the 1402 for $399.Ron
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I like Cat Woman
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It will also be a part of the new “Leopard” OS. (Are we running out of cats??)
Ron
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This is huge for me… I have my family on Mac and they love it. Microsoft Money is the only reason I fire up my aging Sony Vaio. Now I can replace it with a new Mac and keep my software. (the stock price could use the bump too!).
Ron
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We have almost the exact same systems….and the show I do here is shot on DVCPRO50. The only gotcha I have for you is that I notice sometimes the Control Panel “resets” itself. You need to check and make sure you have audio set to embedded…not analog. I got caught once and had to recapture a bunch of tapes. Helps to monitor the Kona too! 🙂 which I wasn’t doing.
Besides that, its really not rocket science. Like Bob said, relax, familiarize yourself with the menus, setup some presets, and you should be good to go.
Ron