DaVinci Resolve - How to Play Bars and Tone

DaVinci Resolve - How to Play Bars and Tone

Download the Resolve .drp from the bottom of this wiki for the bars and tone premade project

Open Resolve and Create a project

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Go to Davinci Resolve

>Preferences

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Select Video and Audio I/O

Choose Monitor Device

Ultrastudio

Audio I/O

choose Desktop Video

You will have to close Resolve and reopen the project for settings to apply

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Next go to the Edit Tab

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Need to make a timeline

right click in the bin and choose

>Timeline>Create New Timeline

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Default template is fine

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Click on the Effects Tab in the upper right of the window

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Select

>Generators

>SMPTE Color Bar

 

You should see image on the External Monitor

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For audio Tone click on the

Fairlight tab

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On the right hand side choose the audio track of the sequence

 

>Choose Input

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Choose Audio Inputs

>System Generator

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Choose System Generator

>Osc

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Make sure it’s patched to

Audio 1 L and Audio 1 R

As shown here

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Choose Patch and close that window

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On the audio track one

Press the R button and tone should start playing

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