Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

schmange@wbb.com writes:
What I've been doing lately .. is mixing 4 tracks down to a Pulse Code
Modulator (Sony PCM701es) and my VCR. It makes your VCR (even a mono
one) work like a digital recorder by converting your audio signal to
digital. You can mix 4 tracks down to the PCM/VCR and then re-record
it back to the 4 track in stereo (channels 1 & 4 panned far left &
right). There's minimal generation loss cause it's digital. Then you
can add more stuff on channels 2 & 3 and repeat the process or just
use the PCM as your digital master when you mix down.
Michael Crowl writes:
>On 4 Mar 1995, Giles. Harney wrote:
> Could somebody please tell me why would people want to
> mixdown/master/record to vcr tape? What are the advantages of
> doing such a thing, and how?
The audio portion on Hi-Fi STEREO vcr tape has a higher bandwidth than
conventional cassette tape, so the sound is much crisper and clean.
However, I have not tried this myself, as I do not have a Stereo vcr
deck. A friend of mine uses one to mix down and he's quite happy with
it and wouldn't even get rid of it for a DAT! Although, maybe he'd
use them side-by-side. He played a few tracks that he had done, and
then he played an XTC album that he had recorded straight off of vinyl
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