CompuServe Messages

Douglas: >I am having problems blacking my tapes to prepare them for insert editing.< Do you have a special effects generator like an MX-1 or a WJ-AVE3/5/7 (for that matter, even a cheapo SEG like that Sima thingie)? If you set your generator to a black background color, that should do you okay. >I edit controller can edit with the tapes blacked directly from the camera, but the dropouts or whatever they are ruin the look of the video. < I take it you're saying that it's not holding the control track very well. Okay then, here's a real cheesy but workable solution–plug your AG-1970 into a stable television signal (like cable TV) and record *that*, then insert edit over what you've recorded. Of course, you have to make sure you've insert edited over *all* your TV footage, but it does work… Tim Liebe