CompuServe Messages

If you haven't read the earlier thread, it was basically with regard to adding audio after recording an animation to tape from the PAR. The concern was how to add audio without time-code. Alan made the point that you didn't have to do insert editing to put your animation to tape with the PAR so you didn't need time-code. I believe Alan's point was that this saved time because you didn't need to pre-stripe the tape. Mike was confused by this figuring that if he wanted to add audio he would need time-code. So I explained that if he left enough of a head and a tail on the tape, ie: started the recording early (in assemble mode) before he ran the PAR, he could lay down control track and time-code (if the deck was so equipped) and that this would allow him enough pre-roll to either do audio inserts on the fly or do audio inserts with an A/B edit. And that even if the VTR isn't time-code capable many consumer decks allow for insert only audio. Which should be sufficient for many people contemplating buying the PAR and archiving their animations to tape. But suffice it to say I didn't get into that much detail, just enough to let him know that it was possible and how it was possible. -JE