User Manual

Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording
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For information on creating your own tone media, see “Creating Tone Media” on page 205.
Enabling Assemble-Edit Recording
Insert editing is the default setting for the Digital Cut tool. You can also use Assemble-Edit
settings in your Avid editing application, along with the assemble-editing capabilities of your
record deck, to quickly record frame-accurate digital cuts without striping entire tapes in
advance.
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To avoid accidentally breaking timecode on prestriped tapes during digital cut recording,
enable assemble editing only when in use, and disable it during normal insert edit
recording.
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DV cameras or decks controlled through a 1394 connection do not support commands for
frame-accurate recording. As a result, if you are preparing to record to one of these devices, you
can use the Digital Cut tool in either Local mode or Remote mode, but all tracks are enabled for
recording and cannot be modified.
To enable assemble editing:
1. Double-click Deck Preferences in the Settings list in the Project window.
The Deck Preferences dialog box opens.
2. Select the “Allow assemble edit & crash record for digital cut” option.
3. Click OK.
4. Make sure the record deck has the following settings:
- The free run/rec (record) run switch should be set to record run.
- The Ext (external)/Int (internal) sync switch should be set to internal.
- The switch for internal timecode should be set to Regen (regenerate) or Slave Lock, not
Preset.
- After you record 15 to 30 seconds of timecode onto the record tape for jam syncing,
return the Local/Remote switch to Remote for deck control from within your Avid
editing application.
5. When you are ready to record, select additional options in the Digital Cut tool, as described
in “Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Remote Mode)” on page 1066.
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These switches are often located below the machine’s playback control buttons. For more
information, see the documentation provided with your record device.