Editing 5 Chapter
This refers to editing using as the player an external device which cannot be controlled remotely through the
Carrying out standalone editing
Set the IN point with neither the PLAYER button or RECORDER button lit.
The AUTO EDIT button flashes, and it is now possible to carry out automatic editing.
If necessary, you can also first set the OUT point.
Use the following procedure to carry out manual editing.
1Press the RECORDER button, turning it on.
2Use the search dial in jog or shuttle mode to find the editing start point (the recorder IN point), and stop the tape just before this point.
Note
If the recorder is in stop mode, then when editing starts this section of the video will break up.
3Select the editing mode.
4Press the PLAY button.
The recorder begins playback.
Note
It takes about two seconds until the playback video stabilizes. For this reason, start the playback from before the segment of video you wish to use.
5At the editing start point (the recorder IN point), press the EDIT button and PLAY button simultaneously.
6At the editing end point (the recorder OUT point), press the PLAY button.
Editing ends, and the recorder continues with playback.
7Press the STOP button to stop the recorder playback.
Video and digital audio signals already recorded on the tape can be used as an edit source for insert editing. This type of editing is called “preread editing”, as this unit uses the preread heads to read the signals in advance from the tape.
The signals read out can be send to a mixer for mixing, and can be recorded either on the original channels or on other digital audio channels.
For preread editing, set the PREREAD to ON (see page
Audio source
Digital or analog audio output
Audio mixer
Digital or analog
Audio input
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Digital or analog
video outputDigital or analog video input
Video switcher
Video source
Editing starts.