You may well be right - I seem to remember having the same problem when I was running my (now discontinued) Adrenaline box. But of course I could run the Mic through the Adrenaline using a pre-amp. Using USB is much easier and kinder to the environment! One less power hungry box. Unplug and switch off the Mojo - run MC software only and see if the USB come up then. If yes then it is definitely the Mojo that is blocking the process.
Nick
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@...> wrote:
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> > Not in front of my PC machine at the moment however I'll have a go at describing the setup.
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> Thanks for taking the time to describe your process.
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> I have just replicated your steps using the Shure X2u: XLR to USB Adapter with my Mojo DX connected to the system.
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> 1. Connected the Shure x2u via USB (no driver necessary)
> 2. Verified it being seen as the default Windows microphone
> 3. Capture Tool input switched to Host-1394
> 4. Toggled decks off (but no deck currently connected to system)
> 5. Windows Mixer does not appear in Capture Tool > Audio Pulldown menu
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> Then I repeated the same process with a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 USB WebCam -- and a Plantronics USB Headset (neither of which require drivers) with the same results.
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> My strong suspicion (corroborated by others: http://tinyurl.com/d8es9lj) is that the Mojo DX is the limiting factor -- at least within a W7 environment. From posts on the Avid site, this limitation appears to not be the case within Mac environments.
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> It would be nice if Avid addressed this issue -- but it's probably pretty low on their ToDo list. Unfortunately, being a PCIe device -- it is not possible to disconnect a Mojo DX without powering down the host computer. And that requirement is simply not a viable workflow during an edit session.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Nick" <nick@> wrote:
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> > Not in front of my PC machine at the moment however I'll have a go at describing the setup.
> > hpxw8600 dual quad core running W7 Ultimate - MC5.5 with Matrox MX02 mini connected.
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> > XLR to USB Microphone cable was this one off ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-500XLR-XLR-USB-microphone-adapter-mic-cable-5M-/260700944890?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item3cb2fcb9fa#ht_1164wt_921
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> > I think it came with a driver disk.
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> > Basically I get it working in Windows Mixer (sometimes it will show up as a playback device rather than a recording device - disconnecting and reconnecting normally sorts this out). then in Avid I switch from MX02 to 1394, switch off the deck in the Capture tool, Windows Mixer comes up in the Audio input selection - hit capture or run it in Audio Punch In.
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> > I will check my other settings next time I'm in front of the machine but it definitely works for me. Also ran it with a cheap Logitech USB microphone for a while.
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> > Nick
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@> wrote:
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> > > > I bought an XLR to USB cable (about £20) - plugged straight into the my xw8600 gives 48k 16bit straight into Avid via Windows Mixer - Win 7 .
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> > > This is very interesting, as a bunch of W7 users (me included) have purchased the Shure X2u: XLR to USB Adapter -- and no one has been able to make Avid "see" it in the Capture Tool.
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> > > Mac users have repeatedly reported success -- but not W7.
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> > > And on my HP-Z800 with W7-64, my MC6 Capture Tool does not report any input other than what is available on my Mojo DX or "Host-1394".
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> > > Can you please describe how Windows Mixer appears in your Capture Tool -- and are you running Software-Only with no additional I/O hardware?
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> > > Thanks
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> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Nick" <nick@> wrote:
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> > > > I bought an XLR to USB cable (about £20) - plugged straight into the my xw8600 gives 48k 16bit straight into Avid via Windows Mixer - Win 7 gives pretty good control over the input level and you can monitor in Avid - I use it for guide VO through the Capture tool or through Audio Punch In. But with a quiet room it would be fine for proper VO with a bit of eq and compression applied in Avid.
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> > > > If you want proper PPM monitoring you can use Virtual Audio Cable to capture the audio signs out of Avidl: http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm and then either the excellent PPM meters from Darkwood: http://www.darkwood.demon.co.uk/PC/meter.html many of which are free or PPMEmulator which costs a bit: http://products.zplane.de/index.php?page=ppmulator or even Pinguin: http://www.masterpinguin.de/index.html?neu/files/content/downloads.html which gives you a spectrum analyser as well but costs quite a bit more.
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> > > > Nick
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> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Marcus <gen@> wrote:
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> > > > > > Anyone got any recommendations for simple audio recording software for use
> > > > > > in avid suites that don't have Avid I/O boxes. We just want to record Voice
> > > > > > overs.. The inbuilt windows sound recorder is just too basic.. We'd like to
> > > > > > be able to altert he gain and maybe see some metering so we can see what we
> > > > > > are recording etc.. We are in a windows world.
> > > > >
> > > > > I might be missing a point somewhere but you can change the avid audio
> > > > > input tool to 'windows mixer' and just go straight into Avid.
> > > > >
> > > > > Although I, personally, do like windows7 sound recorder as it will run
> > > > > in the background so you can do a vo to avid timeline if you're
> > > > > confident enough to read through your guide in one take.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
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> > > > > Marcus
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