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Glenn Davidson · February 6th, 2006, 12:00 AM

I am editing the seventh out of eight tapes I shot. The first six were fine. I just captured seventh and when I play it back in FCP it sound really stange. It plays back with constant cliping sounds. When I hit the space bar to to stop play, the clipping sounds continue for a second then fade. The audio from my FX1 is clean.

I tried opening a new project and it seem to be OK on some tests then clippy on others. I am now capturing the whole tape again to see if it will playback OK. Has anyone ever heard this? Know what causes it?

Boyd Ostroff · February 6th, 2006, 07:49 AM

Are they like beeps? If so, that indicates that your audio needs rendering and it might be caused by some wrong audio capture or sequence settings. You could try rendering the audio, and if that fixes it then you'll know that something is configured wrong.

Vincent Rozenberg · February 6th, 2006, 07:59 AM

How does the Quicktime file itself sounds in Quicktime player? Then you can find out if it's a FCP error or a capture problem.

Glenn Davidson · February 6th, 2006, 12:23 PM

Yeah, the QT file is clean. I should have checked that before I recaptured the tape. I kinda think that there is a conflict with my ProTools interface. I am sharing the Digi 002 and Hafler amp with FCP for monitoring the audio. When I switch between Protools and FCP I sometimes have to reset devices to get them to share. Sometimes the Digi 002 is greyed out on FCP and sometimes Protools says that it can not find interface. Why can't they all just share?

February 6th, 2006, 12:00 AM	#1
Glenn Davidson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nevada City, California Posts: 499	FCP is sounding wierd I am editing the seventh out of eight tapes I shot. The first six were fine. I just captured seventh and when I play it back in FCP it sound really stange. It plays back with constant cliping sounds. When I hit the space bar to to stop play, the clipping sounds continue for a second then fade. The audio from my FX1 is clean. I tried opening a new project and it seem to be OK on some tests then clippy on others. I am now capturing the whole tape again to see if it will playback OK. Has anyone ever heard this? Know what causes it?

February 6th, 2006, 07:49 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,800	Are they like beeps? If so, that indicates that your audio needs rendering and it might be caused by some wrong audio capture or sequence settings. You could try rendering the audio, and if that fixes it then you'll know that something is configured wrong.

February 6th, 2006, 07:59 AM	#3
Vincent Rozenberg Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 475	How does the Quicktime file itself sounds in Quicktime player? Then you can find out if it's a FCP error or a capture problem.

February 6th, 2006, 12:23 PM	#4
Glenn Davidson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nevada City, California Posts: 499	Yeah, the QT file is clean. I should have checked that before I recaptured the tape. I kinda think that there is a conflict with my ProTools interface. I am sharing the Digi 002 and Hafler amp with FCP for monitoring the audio. When I switch between Protools and FCP I sometimes have to reset devices to get them to share. Sometimes the Digi 002 is greyed out on FCP and sometimes Protools says that it can not find interface. Why can't they all just share?