Instruction manual

Version: 100505 VTC-4000 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Page 27 of 27
out, this means that a VTR is in LOCAL or no tape is loaded; slow flashing means the scanner is not ready -
tap STAND-BY to ready the scanner).
6. If green LEDs are not flashing, enter the gang by double tapping the master’s F-key. Single tap the master’s
F-key to select that VTR as the gang’s master. Make a test edit to check that everything is OK and to allow
the VTC-4000 to learn the roll-up ballistics of the VTRs. Hold REC and tap PLAY. The record VTRs should
all cue to the preroll point, and then synch for edit. The synching process may fail the first try while the
system learns the ballistics of the VTRs, this shouldn’t happen again except very occasionally *. Double-tap
the MARK key to increment the event number and mark all VTRs’ timecode. Tap STOP to end the edit.
Check the IN points you just marked (tap the record VTRs’ F-keys) and verify they all have the same number
(on the MENU display). This insures that timecode will match during recording. Tap HOME, LEFT to return
to the previous event so you can record over the test.
7. If green LEDs are not flashing, double-tap the master’s F-key. Single tap the master’s F-key to select that
VTR as the gang’s master. Tap CUE to cue the record VTRs to the IN point (cueing is not necessary, but
insures that scanners will be brought up before editing).
8. When the Director calls to “roll tape!”, hold REC and tap PLAY. The record VTRs will preroll, synch and
enter record. When you see RECORD, call “speed!”.
9. When the Director calls “cut!”, first double-tap the MARK key, then tap STOP, CUE.
10. If the Director wants to see playback, Tap HOME, LEFT, CUE to cue to the start of the recording, then
PLAY. When done, tap HOME, RIGHT, CUE to return to the next IN point.
11. If the Director wants to pick-up at a point other than where the record VTRs cued, roll the master back to
where the director wants and tap MARK, hold ENTER and tap the other record VTRs’ F-keys to copy this
point to them, then tap the master’s F-key to make it the master again.
12. Before the next edit, tap the record VTRs’ F-keys to verify that the new IN points match. Return to step 7.
* If an occasional aborted edit is not acceptable as when recording live events, Tap HOME, SETUP, UP/DOWN
until you see EDIT RETRY, ENTER, DOWN until you see NOSYNC: REC ANWY, ENTER. This causes recording
to begin at the IN point even if frame accurate synching was not successful. This option should be used when
inaccurate recording is preferable to no recording!
WILD ROLL-IN
1. After step 8 above (while editing), select the playback VTR by tapping its F-key; the green LED should light
without flashing. Cue the playback tape to the desired roll-in location *.
2. On the Director’s order, tap PLAY to roll it, then double-tap the master’s F-key to reenter the record gang.
3. When the Director calls “cut!”, first double-tap the MARK key, then tap STOP, CUE as in step 7 above. This
frame accurately captures the timecode of all the record and playback VTRs.
4. If the Director wants to pick-up during the roll-in (a formerly impossible task): Select the master VTR and
Shuttle/Jog it to the point where the Director wants to pick-up. Hold ENTER and tap MARK. This
increments to the next event, marks the master’s timecode, and calculates all nine other VTRs’ IN points so
that they maintain the same synch relationship that existed in the previous event (the one that double-MARK
created).
5. Enter the record gang (double-tap the master VTR’s F-key only if green LEDs aren’t flashing) and add the
playback VTR (hold HOME and tap the playback VTR’s F-key) to the gang; its green LED will flash along
with the record VTRs.
6. Now, when REC is held and PLAY is tapped, the playback VTR will synch along with the record VTRs and at
the edit point, there will be a seamless match frame edit with the playback in perfect synch.
7. Once the recording is in process or after the recording is finished, remove the playback VTR from the gang
(hold HOME and tap the playback VTR’s F-key).
* It may be desirable to preload the cue points of the various playback clips that will be used during the production.
Because you won’t know ahead of time which events will need the roll-ins, you will want to load cue points above
those that will be used during recording, perhaps starting at event 400. Because there are ten gangs (selected by
double-tapping any of the F-keys), and because each gang remembers its last used event number, you can use
this feature to return quickly to the preloaded events. First, double-tap the playback VTR’s F-key to recall its event
(perhaps event 400), then double-tap it again to exit the gang mode (you can’t cue in gang mode when an edit is in
progress), change the roll-in event number with the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys if needed, and tap CUE. When you
reenter the record gang by double-tapping the master record VTR’s F-key, the record event is recalled.