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Dear All,
I'm very new to Desktop Video, in fact I have not yet started. I have followed
this forum the last 2 weeks. I live in Sweden. My intrest i Desktop video
started 1 year ago when I bought an Sony Hi8 Camcorder (TR808). I have
backgound in 16mm Film editing when you edit both picture and audio in 16mm
tape. I have also worked in the professional audio area with define/install and
service recording-, video-, radio and tv-studios, theaters and cinema. Today I
am IS Manager for the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway) at
Tektronix.
When I bought the Hi8 I found that the possibilities of audio editing were/is
very limited when looking in the cunsumer area. When I worked with audio I
could here 1-2 frames of out of sync between audio and video, today about 3-4.
I.e. I can not accept anything less than 0. Now when I don't have the
possibilties of edit in 16mm anymore I only have video to use for home
purposes. I need to be able to add sound effects, music, speaker etc in sync
and mix all this together in stereo.
On monday next week I will get the miroVideo DC1 tv demostrated for me which I
really consider to buy to do nonlinear editing of my home video. I film in Hi8
and I expect to get VHS quality back after editing. The current technology in
the miro price range is not what I want in the future but I think it is a very
good entry point to this technology. When better equipment is available at a
reasonable price I can upgrade and reedit my videos. My current hardware is the
following:
486DX2/66
16 Mb RAM
SoundBlaster 16 ASP with Waveblaster, MIDI and CD-ROM
250 Mb IDE used only for DOS/Windows and hardware related s/w
DC2000 (250 Mb) Tape station
Buslogic Fast SCSI2-adapter
2 x 1 Gb Imprimis SCSI-1 Harddisk. One will be dedicated for A/V data
Exabyte 8200 SCSI Tape station (2 Gb). Not yet Used
(The Imprimis HD and Exabyte have I recently bought as used equipment)
I will follow this forum with intrest and I will try to share my knowledge and
experience with you all. See you all later in this forum.
Best regards
Roger Bille
Roger,
Looks like a well thought out plan… welcome to the forum!
-John
Does the Sony TR808 write SMPTE time code? Even if not, Abobe Primiere 4.0
might be able to sync up your sound effects etc. – It is capable of capturing
time code information from your video, it also comes with the ability to use a
preset for Re-Mix Audio that allows you to mix up to 99 audio tracks to set
select time positions. 4.0 supports EDL's that you can create to match your
video and audio, as I understand it, after which you take the audio and video
tapes to a professional edit suite saving time and money. This would then be
like 16mm film in which you roll the A/B and magsound rolls together. I think
the Sony TR808 is the top of the line video camera they make in Hi-8, but is it
RC time code or SMPTE time code? You might have to buy a Hi-8 SMPTE time code
vcr with a built in Time Base Corrector, that could then write the time code
over your videos. Thus you could upgrade your old videos without losing
generation, add the time code and go EDIT! Best might be that you could keep
your camera in operation too. I think you can get the audio sync you want, but
you might not need a zero frame step recorder (But get one if you can afford
that because it would be dandy.)