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#98392From: Scott Foust [Zebra GraphApr 23, 1994 1:52 AM
Tom Baggett Animotion Development Along the same lines as Alec's question, do any of your audio programs allow synching of audio files to video recorders. I'm not much of a sound card expert, so I dont know how do-able this would be. I would like to see an application that would allowed me to create a sound track then record it on a VTR starting at a particular frame. Any hope of getting such a application? Scott Foust ZEBRA Graphics
#98452From: Charlie Rucker/AnimotionApr 23, 1994 8:35 PM
Hi Scott, >> I would like to see an application that would allowed me to create a sound track then record it on a VTR starting at a particular frame. None of our current product offerings are intended for this purpose, and as such, don't support it. Depending on the level of control/interaction between the audio editing app and the VTR, you would at the very least need some sort of timing/synchronization information coming from the VTR into the PC (i.e., SMPTE, MIDI, Sony Frame Code, or something of that sort) for the app to be aware of timing/playback offsets on the VTR source, or possibly communications going both ways, if you wanted the app to actually control the VTR source. Since decks that are widely available/affordable don't really supply a universal standard, it's difficult to produce a PC-based "audio for video" editing suite with consumer equipment, but manageable with professional equipment. However, because we make all our products very affordable ($59.95 SRP and lower), it's imperative that we stick to the "widely available" capabilities currently available. Thanks for your interest. Hope I answered your question (as opposed to leaving you more confused than when I started!) Tom Baggett Animotion Development
#99171From: Scott Foust [Zebra GraphApr 29, 1994 1:34 AM
Charlie: >> None of our current product offerings are intended for this purpose… Humm, too bad. Thanks for the reply anyway. Scott.
#99631From: Richard J. SmithMay 2, 1994 9:21 PM
I think that the matrox studio can do that I remember about 2 years I went to a demo and one of the neat things that sticks in my mind was that you didn't have to lay to sound down first as an editor typicaly does because you could change(scale) the sound tracks and Vo's to match the edits. I don't know if this would be a solution as the Studio is very expensive. but I wounder if the studio software, a Vtr and a sound card could get it done?