Instruction manual

On the Inputs screen you can view the currently selected video and audio input

sources and map audio sources to the channels supported by Final Cut Pro (more

on this later). Two information panes in the screen are provided: Video Input and

Audio Input.

Input Tab Screen Settings

Video Input—these radio buttons allow you to see and change what's currently

selected and the video format that KONA 3 has detected (if any). In the

example shown previously, it shows that video is selected at the SDI 1 input and

the format is 1080i with a frame rate of 29.97. Since this text is shown in blue,

you can tell that it does match the framebuffer's primary format you've set in

the “Formats” screen. By looking at the input source, you can determine how

the primary format should likely be set (unless you want to perform a

conversion on input.) If you wish to select a different input you can do so by

clicking a different radio button or you may want to select Dual Link if your

source is 4:4:4 RGB.

Audio Input—this pulldown menu allows you to pick where the audio comes from.

KONA 3 supports up to 8 channels of AES via XLR (or BNC on the K3-box)

or 16 channels of SDI embedded audio. You can choose out of the 16 channels

embedded in the SDI, and pick which 8 to bring in (1-8 or 9-16). Here you can

also select which two channels from the 8 embedded would be mapped to Final

Cut's if only two channels were selected in the application. FCP 5 and higher

supports multi-channel input and output so you may elect to select up to all 16

embedded audio channels.

When a KONA 3 has a Breakout Box attached, there are two ways to connect

AES/EBU inputs: XLR or BNC connectors. The Audio Input pulldown allows

you to select which of the two connector groups will be used. If you digitize

footage and find that there is no audio present on the captured footage, it may

simply be because the audio selection in the Kona Control Panel is set to AES/

EBU (BNC) when in fact you are connected via AES/EBU (XLR).

Audio Input Select Choices

Audio Map Channel Choices