Chapter4

Editing

Automatic Editing

This section describes how to carry out automatic editing with this unit and another VCR connected to the REMOTE-IN or REMOTE-OUT connector.

Overview of Automatic Editing

With this unit, you can use the following two edit modes.

Assemble edit mode

Insert edit mode

(In this Operating Instructions, these two modes are also referred to simply as assemble mode and insert mode, respectively.)

Assemble edit mode

In assemble editing, you record video and audio materials in order from the start of the tape. In addition to video and audio, time code is also recorded. This edit mode is convenient when you are recording on a new tape.

Notes

Before you begin assemble editing for the first time with a new tape, a video signal, e.g. a black signal, and time code must be recorded on the tape in advance of the recorder IN point for a length equal to or greater than the preroll time.

For DVCAM you can select one of two audio recording modes: 2- channel /48-kHz or 4-channel/32-kHz. Before editing the audio, set recording mode of the base tape (the edit tape) to match the audio recording mode of this unit.

The unit is set up so that an alarm appears and editing is not possible when an attempt is made to edit with different modes (menu item 327). If the mode changes midway through the tape, insert editing of that section is not possible.

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