Posted by Jason Staczek on 09/22/06 02:56

On 2006-09-19 18:24:04 -0700, Jason Staczek <jason@thefilmcompany.org> said:

> A newbie question that I'm hoping has a simple answer.
>
> Our production company is currently presenting a 95-minute silent film
> at festivals with live orchestra and foley accompaniment. To keep the
> conductor in sync, we take LTC off one audio channel of the Digibeta
> master, feed it into a MOTU 828 driving Digital Performer which plays
> back a QT movie of the film that has overlaid visual cues (streamers
> and flutters). This has proven to be fragile.
>
> I'm wondering if it's easier to synchronize two video decks, the master
> with the tape for the audience and the slave with timecode burn,
> overlaid video cues, etc. Having no experience in this area, is it
> possible to just hook up the Sony 9-pin from the master deck to the
> slave deck and have the slave deck chase the master frame-by-frame?
>
> Hoping there's a simpler solution that doesn't involve a laptop and
> fragile software!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason Staczek
> www.thefilmcompany.org

Thanks, everyone, for all the ideas. We appreciate the input.

Jason

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