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KONA LH/LHe Installation and Operation Manual — Easy Setups for Typical
Control Recommendations
To avoid surprises, run the KONA LH Control Panel, keep it visible on the desktop—
and stay consistent in your settings within all QuickTime applications when working
on a project. For example, if you’re working in a particular format (e.g. 525i29.97), it
would make sense to set Final Cut Pro for 525i29.97, the Mac Desktop size to
720x486, and the KONA Control Panel for 525i29.97. Then, when you switch
between applications, the output will stay in the same format.
Having the Control Panel running and visible helps because you can always check and
see what the board is doing and who has control of it—even when the Control Panel
is running in the background.
Easy Setups for Typical Uses
Final Cut and KONA LH together make working with multiple formats an easy
proposition. Inside of Final Cut, equipment and setting presets are available in groups
called Easy Setups, from which you can choose typical system configurations. A large
set of Easy Setups are supplied with KONA LH and installed along with the KONA
LH software. These canned choices can be used directly or as the basis for making
your own customized Easy Setups unique to your system. By duplicating an Easy
Setup and then making changes to it, you simplify the process of configuring and re-
configuring when working with new formats.
Although this manual assumes you’re familiar with Final Cut Pro and have read its
documentation, let’s review Easy Setups and how to use them effectively with KONA
LH.
At the simplest level, Final Cut lets you choose and edit presets for capturing media,
device control, and for project sequences. These presets are defined in the Audio/Video
Settings menu. Just like Easy Setups, here also there are factory defined choices, plus
you can create and make your own. When you have a set of presets you want to use
again, you can store them as an “Easy Setup.”
On the following pages we’ll further review the
Easy Setups menu and Audio/Video
Settings Menu.
Easy Setups Menu
Both the Easy Setups menu item and the Audio/Video Settings menu item are located
under the main Final Cut Pro menu.
Easy Setup and Audio/Video Menu Items