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Posted by Richard Crowley on 10/26/07 04:52
"Doc" wrote ...
> I've got a Sony Digital8 camcorder, there are a couple of mode
> settings on this cam that are unclear to me. In VCR mode there are 3
> settings - Stereo, 1, 2.
>
> There's also an "Audio Mix" setting with a graduated setting between
> "ST1" and "ST2".
>
> To me the manual is cryptic regarding these topics.
......
> Here under "playing back a stereo tape" it references Stereo, 1 as
> monaural, and 2 as "unnatural" (?) sound. Then it references playing
> back a Dual Sound track tape with Stereo as being Main Sound and sub-
> sound, 1 being Main Sound, 2 being Sub sound.
>
> Can anyone clarify any of this? It further confuses the issue by
> specifying that you can't record dual sound programs on the
> camcorder. Is there some kind of pre-made "dual sound track" tape
> that I've just never seen?
It sounds like they are talking about the alternate audio
mode for DV where you can record four channels of 12-bit
sound (vs. the "normal" mode of two channels of 16-bit).
Be thankful that you cannot record "dual sound" on your
camcorder. The 12-bit limit causes the sound to be quite
sub-standard in quality and everyone who has accidentally
used that mode has been sorry.
Some camcorders would allow you to record 12-bit sound
on channels 1&2 or 3&4. But I never saw any equipment
of any price that would let you record all four channels at
once. For playback since most equipment has only two
channels output, they had a way of letting you "mix" the
1&2 with the 3&4 tracks.
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