Adding
New Audio
You can use your 8mm/VHS Dual-Deck VCR to add new audio to your VHS tapes. There are two separate places on a VHS tape where audio is recorded, the Hi-Fi track and the linear audio track. There are two corresponding methods for adding new audio. Audio Insert copies audio from another source onto the Hi-Fi track while copying video from the 8mm deck, and Audio Dub copies over old audio on the linear track. If you have an audio mixer, you can perform Audio inserts or dubs while enhancing the audio with the mixer.
Audio Insert is used while copying a tape
In order to change the audio copied onto the Hi-Fi track of your VHS tape, use the Audio Insert method. The Audio Insert method can only be used while you are copying from 8mm to VHS using the COPY TAPE button. Audio Insert changes the source of the audio to Line 1 or 2 input. When you set AUDIO INSERT in the AMERICHROME COPY menu to LINE 1 or LINE 2, the 8mm/VHS Dual-Deck VCR will copy the audio from the Line 1 (or 2) input, and the video from the 8mm deck.
Audio Dub is used to copy over a tape
Use Audio Dub to replace the linear audio track on an existing VHS tape, without disturbing the Hi-Fi audio. The Audio Dub key is like a Record key for the linear audio track only. Pressing this key causes the Line 1 (front panel) input to be recorded over the existing linear audio track. If you set HIFI AUDIO in the VHS MENU to OFF, you’ll hear the new audio on the linear track. If you set HIFI AUDIO in the VHS MENU to ON, you will still hear the original Hi-Fi audio.
Audio Mixing is used to mix new sound with existing sound
If you have an audio mixer, you can add new audio to the VHS tape while keeping the existing audio. Hook up your mixer as described at the end of this section. Then, use the Audio Insert method if you want to record onto the Hi-Fi track while using COPY TAPE. Or, use the Audio Dub method if you want to replace the linear audio track.