User Manual

Using the Digital Cut Tool
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t Click the Halt Digital Cut button.
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After assemble-edit recording, a freeze frame is usually added after the OUT point for 1 second
or more, depending upon the record deck model. This provides several frames of overlap for the
next IN point before the control track and timecode break up.
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If you see degraded image quality in your digital cut (particularly visible as noise during black),
deselect the “Poll deck during digital cut” option in the Deck Preferences dialog box, which you
access from the Settings list in the Project window. Then record the digital cut again. With the
option deselected, the timecode display in the deck controller does not update for the duration of
the digital cut.
Crash Recording Through Remote Deck Control
If your deck does not support insert editing, or you do not need to start a digital cut cleanly at a
particular timecode, you can perform a crash record. You can crash record through local deck
control, see “Recording a Digital Cut to Tape (Local Mode)” on page 1070, or you can crash
record through remote deck control.
If you use remote deck control, you can start recording at the current location on the tape or you
can start recording at a particular timecode. When crash recording, the first few frames and last
few frames of the output might flash or appear scrambled.
To perform a crash record through remote deck control:
1. If your deck supports insert editing, select the option “Allow assemble edit & crash record
for digital cut” in the Deck Preferences dialog box in the Settings list.
If your deck does not support insert editing, the Crash Record option appears automatically.
2. Prepare for Digital Cut as described “Using the Digital Cut Tool” on page 1063.
3. In the Deck Control area, select Remote.
Crash Record appears in the right menu.
4. Do one of the following:
t To ignore the starting timecode and start recording at the current location, select Ignore
Time from the left menu.
t To begin recording at a starting timecode, select a timecode option from the left menu.
If you select one of the timecode options for which your device is not equipped, a message
box appears.
5. Select other options and perform the digital cut, as described in “Using the Digital Cut Tool”
on page 1063.