No Audio

[Art White]

I welcome any help. I did my first live production with the Tricaster last weekend. I could not get it to record audio. I ran two Canon Xl1s's and a Canon zr65 through the S Video input. I had no readout on the audio.

I ran a straight 1/4 inch from the music group's board and got a large hum from the audio in line and mic seperately, but it did register on the graph.

I did see it register when a clip on the VCR was playing.

Bare with me, I'm absolutley new at this but I tried MIC 1 MIC 2 LINE VCR all and each one seperate. I don't know what the solo and talk over function is.

With S Video do I have to run a seperate audio to audio in on the front of the Tricaster?

Also, how can I get the 1 hour video clip in the Tricaster to an external hardrive (Or Premiere Pro on another computer) without installing software for my Maxtor 300 gb one touch II on the Tricaster( I tried my WD 120gb but it's fat formated).

Thank you
Art...first post!

[dveldh]

Hi Art, and welcome...

Can't speak to the audio offhand, but I have to play with the system later today, so I'll look at that. On the hard drive, it doesn't allow you to drag and drop from the TriCaster to the the hard drive folder? I'm not familiar with Maxtor, but that's how it works with my Seagate 160. I would think Windows would see the hard drive and be able to read it without adding any software.

DV

[Art White]

Good to be here!

The first hardrive would not allow me to drag and drop I believe because the file is 16gig and the first HD if FAT formatted. The second one I tried (The Maxtor) the Tricaster said "found hardware" but the drive didn't show in windows. I wonder if I should add the software to another computer, format the Maxtor, then connect it to the Tricaster?

Thanks for the help

Art

[Art White]

I answered one of my problems myself. I need to run a seperate audio cord from my cameras because s video is video only. I'm REALLY a Freshman at this.

I would like to know what mixers/setups others are using for the line in.

Art

[Tarheel Cougar]

A simple solution to your hard drive problem would be to convert the drive that works into NTFS. Its easy to do and you shouldn't lose any data doing it. Only problem is it requires an XP operating system to read it (as opposed to ME/98, etc).

Did you use headphones during the mix? Could you hear the audio as it was recorded as well as see the levels? When we use our tricaster, we run all external sources through an external Mackie mixer, then into the box (or directly to a deck if we aren't playing any clips with audio from the Tricaster).

We also do a lot of productions where we have to rely on house/PA audio. My advice, ALWAYS have a backup, even if its a shotgun mic pointed at the speakers!

[dveldh]

Always use your headphones...they can be lifesavers. We only use one or two mics in presentations, but we do have a Mackie available just in case. Most of the time, the mics are wireless, but we do occasionally take from house systems.

Just some words of advice for editing on PPro..thanks to VT Owner (John Perkins) :thumbsup: of the NewTek staff, we've found what you need to do before transferring your video from TriCaster to the portable drive, use the Prepare for VCR feature on the Edit Media page to make it more PPro-friendly.

Also, when you drag the file into the PPro timeline, right-click on the timeline and choose the Field Options link. Then, checkmark the Reverse Field Dominance box. TriCaster and PPro don't always see eye-to-eye, but they will work beautifully together if you have the right settings. Hopefully, the same will work when I get PPro 2.0 in the next couple of weeks.

[cutmanjim]

The buzz you are experiencing while using the 1/4" mic input may be the result of having a balanced output(soundboard) and an unbalanced input(TriCaster). It could also be a ground-loop problem. It could possibly be just a bad cable or a cable too close to the lighting system. A good set of RCA cables should fix the buzz in every circumstance stated above, except a gound loop problem. To find out if you have a ground loop buzz, plug the TriCaster into a battery back-up power supply and once you get the annoying buzz, unplug the battery back-up and see if the buzz goes away. If the buzz does go away, you have a ground loop problem, buy the best Monster Power line conditioner you can afford. I sell a few different audio and video hum eliminators, but have yet to try them. I hope this helps.

[Art White]

Thanks to everyone. All the tips will be useful. Bit of a learning curve. Good thing my clients are patient!

Art

[She-Ra]

This is my first attempt at editing with TriCaster. Although the audio is on the timeline, I can hear no sound. I can get audio from media player. Suggestions?

[Tarheel Cougar]

When you say no sound, do you mean through headphones or through the RCA program output? I couldn't get any headphone audio at first--I made the mistake of using the wrong headphone output, you have to use the one on the front of the tricaster, not the green "system" jack.