Log, Capture, Drag to Timeline, Audio turns to White Noise

Also, any spike in power could conceivably short a FireWire cable. You say right up top "it happens in every tape after that."

CHANGE THE CABLE. Remove that from the equation.

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> unless you can rescue it with the analog transfer technique--see Mok. Even at that, the
> process will triple your workload and you may still not have a show.

I agree. You have to go tape-by-tape here, seeing how each tape responds to the approach. Your deck must at least have three different audio outputs: FireWire, analog cables (RCA, BNC or XLR), and the last resort, the headphone jack, which would be either mini or 1/4".

First try the analog outs into another tape deck. This should at least break you out of going around and around with producing the exact same results with FireWire. If that doesn't work, go the desperate route -- connect a recorder of some kind to the headphone out and record from there. You can kiss your timecode bye-bye, though!


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derekmok Wrote:
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>
> Perhaps you need to transfer the audio to a target
> tape using analog cables, while adjusting input
> levels to a more acceptable level. Try one tape
> like that, maybe transferring it to DigiBeta
> using analog cables (FireWire won't allow you to
> adjust anything), then using the input levels on
> the DigiBeta deck to reset your levels.
>
Sorry, can't do that. I'm just a little guy with FCP, a G5 and some beer in the fridge...

Kozikowski Wrote:
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> I'm out of ideas. You have an unusuable show and
> the next addition to your skill set is telling the
> client that there is no show--unless you can
> rescue it with the analog transfer technique--see
> Mok. Even at that, the process will triple your
> workload and you may still not have a show.
>
> Koz
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Here's an interesting discovery. I tried to capture 30 seconds from the middle of the section of the tape that's always white noise, and it turned out fine; i.e., normal audio where you can hear the people talk. Have you ever heard if something can get bungled up if you capture too much tape at a time?

How long are your logged clips? It's not recommended to go beyond 10-15 minutes per clip. I've never seen bungled audio because of this, but also, what is your targeted Scratch Disk? Is it properly formatted? Do you have any of the weird capture options (Limit Capture Now to, Limit Export File Size to, Capture Video and Audio to separate files) checked?


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derekmok Wrote:
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> How long are your logged clips?
Well, they were just 20-35 minutes.
> It's not
> recommended to go beyond 10-15 minutes per clip.
I just divided a 35 minute tape in to 7 5-minute segments, and all the audio turned out fine. It is aggravating that I have to do that because it is so much easier (and shorter) to slap a 35min clip on the time-line and carve it up from there.
> I've never seen bungled audio because of this, but
> also, what is your targeted Scratch Disk? 250GB hard driveIs it
> properly formatted? Yes Do you have any of the weird
> capture options (Limit Capture Now to, Limit
> Export File Size to, Capture Video and Audio to
> separate files) checked? Yes.
This is weird, but it appears I have a work-around.
Thanks for your help!

Capturing for over 10 minutes *sometimes* *might* give you sound sync issues, it doesn't destroy the show.

Usually.

I'm inviting the poster to send me one of those tapes.

Koz