User Manual

Digital Cuts and Audio
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3. Deselect the Entire Sequence option.
4. Select Remote in the Deck Control options area.
5. Select Sequence Time to start the recording at a timecode existing on tape that matches the
start timecode of the sequence.
6. Click the menu, and select Insert Edit.
This menu only appears if you enabled assemble editing in the Deck Preferences dialog box.
For more information about this option, see “Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording” on
page 1061.
7. Click the Deck Selection menu, and select a deck.
See “Selecting a Deck in the Digital Cut Tool” on page 1065.
8. Click the Sequence Track buttons to select the video tracks you want represented in the
digital cut.
The display of tracks in the Digital Cut tool varies according to the tracks existing in the
sequence.
9. Select the video track to record to on the tape by using the Enable Track buttons.
10. Click the Output Options area, and select 23.976 (NTSC) and either 4:3 or 16:9.
11. Click the Play Digital Cut button.
Your Avid editing application cues the record deck, then plays and records the insert edit.
Your Avid editing application automatically adds the correct pulldown fields.
12. To stop the recording at any time, press the space bar or click the Halt Digital Cut button.
Digital Cuts and Audio
You can use one of several tape formats and methods for audio output, but the following are most
common:
• Record a digital cut directly to videotape by using analog output.
• Record a digital cut directly to DAT or DA-88 by using digital output.
• Play the sequence to an audiotape recorder by using analog output.
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You cannot control some analog audio decks from the Digital Cut tool. If the deck does not have
a serial control port, you need to select Local when you record the digital cut.
Your output choice in the Digital Cut tool automatically sets the pulldown switch.