DV Toolkit any users?

Hi anyone out there using DVToolKit with a 002 or M-box plus laptop doing post? Please share your experiences.

Hi Mark I don't know if you have seen any of my posts re Toolkit but know that if you set PULL DOWN in DVTKLE - without the proper connections to the 002 (spdif or Adat toslink input) DVTK will do NOTHING but change the timeline in the software. if you are using the motu midi time piece av usb (as tested by digi) you can set it to pulldown but must connect the WC output to any box that will see WC and spit it out an SPDIF port or ADAT port that then connects to your 002. OR THRE WILL BE NO PULL DOWN. i have been goofing with several inexpensive options to achieve pull down ijn the 002 via the Motu Midi TP av USB. a) connect my 1622 in standalone mode. that works. b) a Motu Digital TP has been suggested but I don't think it works with OS X and PT and USB. (apparently it works with DP 4) c) i found a 442 for 30.00 but Digi says it won't work in stand alone mode. (bummer) d) i think any 888 might work in stand alone but 2 spaces are a drag... e) there are lots of Clock devices that will do the trick, (aardsync, nanosynnc, appogee, lucent) but expect to pay 600 and upwards. and look for one with a spdif output. or you will need an aes to spdif adapter on top of it. f) there is an alesis product called the AI-4 that looks to do the trick. retail 299 g) i noticed this, this morning. looks like it will work. cheers scott

it seems like the big limitation of LE for post, at least the way i work, with DV video and a canopus box, is that there is no "movie sync offset" control, crucial to working with digi-approved firewire video. Does DV toolkit address this issue?

also, do you get a FEET+FRAMES counter or just TC counter?

yes, you get ft/frames. and the sessions open from huge HD sessions, but after 30 mono tracks (i think) the rest don't play. But they are there. just without voices.