[Seth Hancock]

Are you an FXPhD member? If so, you can get it for $299.00 before August 25th. There is a code in the forums to use when buying. I took advantage of this when it was available through the COW about a month ago and you might want to jump on this here.

Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

Homers,

To be honest, the more and more I thought about your task the more I kept coming back to Sound Keys or an Expression using the stroke, paths and sound keys. I would take a look at Dan Ebberts site (Click on his head in the home page of the forum) here or post the same thread in the After Effects Expressions forum. You need to control this item over time by scaling and moving to the music. I really think an expression is your best bet.

Any other opinions out there?

Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

Aharon,

I bought this product through FXPhd back in July and have used it a number of times. I also took advantage of the Mokey and Monet offers too. I am so glad to see this tutorial and forum back here. I will be using either Monet or Mocha for an upcoming music video I am doing with Jon McLaughlin. I will post the video here so that people can see the breadth, ease and purpose of this tool.

Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

Another possibility is to look at Trapcode’s “Sound Keys.” Here’s the link – https://www.trapcode.com/products_soundkeys.html.

I have never used it for line art like what was described but have used it for text and solid layers before. IMO, anything from Trapcode is worth having in your toolkit.

Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

JeremyG,

Yeah, that’s how it had worked before. But, for some reason this time it was causing no output to the Beta deck at all (video and audio). It was like it was stuck in some SDI time warp and nothing was working right. However, it is now and I am not going to question anything. 🙂 Like I said, it wasn’t working like this before the most recent install of software I mentioned. That’s why I was so perplexed and came to the COW for advice since this was such a unique issue that AJA and I never experienced before.

Peace,
Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

One more thing for Bob…

I have spent hours on the phone with AJA Tech support and they were completely baffled. And, I think what you were suggesting was over-simplifying things. You cannot open the Control Panel and FCP at the same time to change settings and there was no previous setting as we deleted all Prefs and had to start fresh. Even the Techs at AJA had no idea why the Io was acting this way because it is not normal

To all…

We (AJA Tech support and me) finally fixed this with a different workaround. When I do into FCP with the settings selected in the Control Panel and then it switches to SDI, I then have to open Log and Capture (even though I don’t want to capture, only output to analog (Beta)) and then the Io changes back to my settings for analog. So it works. This is not how the Io acted prior to QT 7.2 and FCP 6.0. At least it works and I can select the Analog outputs and put these spots on tape.

I appreciate all who offered advice/suggestions and I hope if anyone encounters this scenario then hopefully this workaround will help you.

Peace,
Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

Bob,

Unless I read your post wrong, I think you are missing something.

I go into my Control Panel and tell it I want to output/capture Beta (analog). I then disable all SDI settings. It is how I have done it for the last year and everything has worked fine.

However, here is the problem… Once I have made this selection (let’s say Analog) the lights on the Io are set correctly telling me the Io has the setting I want and then I close the Control Panel. Then, I open FCP and tell FCP to use the ProIO 8 bit YPbPr Betacam setting or the 8-bit uncompressed setting. When I click Ok the lights on the Io instantly change back to SDI. This is a problem.

I cannot tell FCP to output to Beta if it is switching priorities. It is like something within the Io or FCP that is telling it to switch. So that is the problem. I know I can simply output to Beta via the connections but when the Io is prioritizing SDU there is nothing on the Beta tape (even the audio changes). This started when I changed over to FCP 6.0. I tried the VTR Exchange and it works fine when testing before opening FCP. I hope that clarifies everything because I think you read my post wrong or I didn’t provide as much detail as I am here.

Peace,
Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

Done it. Tried it. Not a moron and know how to choose the right setting. 🙂 We went through all of this with AJA and tried it over and over again. No other devices connected. It started working sporadically but will just have to keep trying to fix. Thanks for the response and I keep everyone here posted to see if there is something strange I come across. The AJA folks think it might be an issue with QT 7.2.

Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

Jon,

No worries! I was just not aware that they wanted this type of thing… here. And, I have no problem promoting our show and getting the word out. I just never knew that we could do something like this here and didn’t want to see an unfair advantage in the voting. So, now that I know, I say GAME ON! 🙂

Peace,
Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison

[Seth Hancock]

I just never knew that to be the case or thought this was something of interest to the COW. I would gladly send you the release about out show as we were a finalist in last year’s “Travel” category and have been “upgraded” to Best Video and Best Produced.

Also, I always wanted to send you something but didn’t want to make it seem unfair to others out there who don’t have a PR machine behind them. Now that I know I can send you something and it won’t be viewed as unfair then I have will have our PR staff forward you our release. Thanks for getting back with me and clarifying. I greatly appreciate it. And, if it helps Doing Indy get votes then so be it.

Seth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas A. Edison