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AJA KONA 4 PCI-E Video I/O Card (HDMI Output, Cable Included) User Manual

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Host Audio

Selects the audio from the host computer, thus enabling the AJA hardware to

monitor anything that would normally be presented via the host laptop, CPU or

computer monitor. For example, an editor could sample music from an online

library, while concurrently playing back their NLE timeline. Or, a producer and

editor could be communicating live during an editing session, using Skype or

some other video calling tool.

Source Gain

Meters display the input audio levels of the source, colored green when that

source is On, and gray when that source is not selected. The levels shown do not

change when the gain is adjusted, because the input levels are being monitored,

not the output levels.
When activated, the source gain controls can be used to adjust the monitoring

output gain of that source, from +6dB to - infinity (mute). Adjustment methods

include:

• Sliders - The sliders on the right can be used to change the values for each

color.

• Numeric Entry - You also enter a numeric value by clicking on the displayed

number, and can increase or decrease the values clicking on the up/down

arrow boxes.

• Cut and Paste - Right clicking on a displayed number opens a Cut, Copy, Paste

dropdown menu for convenient numeric entry.

As mentioned before, these controls are for monitoring only, and do not change

the audio recorded to a NLE file. Any actual recording level adjustments to

Capture or Audio Punch In / Voice Over to Timeline operations will either need to

be made upstream of the AJA input, or else via adjustments within the main NLE

application (e.g. via a pass through mix tool).