User`s manual

5 Recording & Playback

5.1 RECORDING

5.1.1 Standard (Crash) Recording Procedures

Pressing the REC button on the front panel will automatically put the V1 into "RECORD READY"

mode or "INPUT MONITOR" mode, the red LED will go ON. This is useful for monitoring the input

audio and video before you record. To turn "INPUT MONITOR" OFF press STOP.

To begin crash recording (Video + Audio + Time Code) from "STOP" or "RECORD READY" modes,

hold down REC and press PLAY, both green and red LEDs will go ON simultaneously.

5.1.2 Overdubbing Video & Audio Tracks using V1 Remote or VTPpro

To overdub both video and audio on a section of your disk, you need to execute the Chase Command by

holding the OPTION key while pressing PLAY (See Section 5.2.1, "CHASE command").

♦ Use Option Menu (02) Edit Preset and select Assemble ON.

♦ Both, the source machine and the V1, should be synchronized

to the same reference (House Sync)

and time code should be fed from the source machine into the TIME CODE IN of the V1.

♦ Execute the Chase command by holding down the OPTION key and pressing PLAY

♦ Place the V1 into "INPUT MONITOR" by pressing the REC button

♦ Begin playback of the source machine before the section that you want to overdub. The V1 will begin

playing as soon as it sees time code that matches what is on the current disk. Wait until the V1 LCD

shows PLAY with a black dot, this indicates that the V1 is playing in sync and chasing the time code

from the source machine.

♦ When you reach the point where you want to punch in, hold down PLAY and press REC to start

recording. Press PLAY or STOP to stop overdubbing.

5.1.3 Overdubbing/Insert of Video or Audio Only

This feature allows the insert/overdub of selected audio track(s) and/or video on existing recordings

while the other track(s) will be monitored at the same time. Since insert mode requires fast disk drives, it

is recommended that you use the fastest drives available on the market, at the time this manual was

printed the fastest drives are ST318452, ST336752 and ST373405. For the V1-U, you need at least 2

drives to successfully insert at 8 or 10 bit resolution. Users who want to use this feature with other drives

should test at 8 bit resolution. For the DCT and MPEG2 V1s those drives can do all bit rates.

To use this feature:

♦ Use Option Menu (03)

Edit Preset to select which audio track(s) you want to insert.

♦

Provide the same House Sync to the source machine and the V1.

♦ Connect the time code out from the source machine into the TIME CODE IN of the V1.

♦ Begin playback of the source machine before the section that you want to insert on the V1.

♦ Hold down

OPTION and press PLAY (Chase Command) to engage synchronized playback with

the source, wait until the V1 LCD shows "PLAY" with a black dot (This indicates that the V1 is now

in sync with the source), then hold down

PLAY and press REC. The V1 will record the insert. Then

press STOP or PLAY to end the insert segment procedure.