#Back to basics
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John, I need to be educated on the fundamentals and hope you can help?
I have a JVC Gr-sz7 (SVHS) camcorder, a DPS-PAR, and a VHS VCR. (I plan on
upgrading to a SVHS VCR in a few months. Noted from prior threads …
Panasonic AG1970 / Sony LV-R1000.)
Audio dubbing: My JVC manual says "only applicable to the longtudial audio
track (normal audio). Hi-Fi audio track dubbing cannot be performed."
Does this mean that the original sound on the 2 Hi-Fi channels will remain on
the tape? Do you know if the JVC, by default, records only on the Hi-Fi
channels leaving the Normal channel empty? Therefore, the only way to
completely replace the audio will be to dub the original recording onto a new
tape and mix the original sound out?
Currently, I do "cuts-only" editing and mix(?) the sound manually using a
Videonics sound effects mixer. It is very cumbersome. Actually, it's a mess
trying to start/pause the recording VCR while syncronizing the PAR, a playing
VCR's, a music tape player, and a microphone.
Please Help! If i could put the video together first and then the audio on
top, it would be easier. Is this possible without creating an additional
generation (quality loss) of copy?
Any other basic advice will be appreciated.
Michael B.
First fact of life: Hi-Fi sound is recorded along with the video on the same
part of the tape. Yes, it stays there. Unless you do a video insert edit, in
which case it will definitly be gone. If your JVC is like most high-end
consumer decks, it will have a 3-way switch to chose what audio track is
outputed. Either HI-FI, Linear or a Mix of the two. With a little pre-planing
you can put the audio that goes with the picture on the Hi-Fi tracks, audio dub
additional sound on the linear track and set the switch to Mix when copying
from the edited master to VHS for the customer. I had one Sony deck (Remember
SuperBeta?), that I could set to play the HI-FI tracks, run the audio out
through a mixer, add other sound, and Audio Insert it, all in the same pass.
It would be worth a try to see if your deck can do that. Good luck, Don James
TCR
Thanks for the help Don!
No, my deck can't do that fancy stuff. But, maybe when I upgrade …..
Michael B.