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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder
from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
ZZZZ wrote:
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Many years ago I used to record an all-night jazz program from the tuner in my stereo receiver to an attached VCR because of the 6-hour running time. Went from RecOut on the receiver to AudioIn on the VCR, then had to select L1 as input on the VCR. Izzat what you are asking about? If so, yes! If not, maybe. |
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ZZZZ wrote:
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Many years ago I used to record an all-night jazz program from the tuner in my stereo receiver to an attached VCR because of the 6-hour running time. Went from RecOut on the receiver to AudioIn on the VCR, then had to select L1 as input on the VCR. Izzat what you are asking about? If so, yes! If not, maybe. |
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ZZZZ wrote:
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Many years ago I used to record an all-night jazz program from the tuner in my stereo receiver to an attached VCR because of the 6-hour running time. Went from RecOut on the receiver to AudioIn on the VCR, then had to select L1 as input on the VCR. Izzat what you are asking about? If so, yes! If not, maybe. |
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"ZZZZ" wrote ...
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. VHS "Hi-Fi" features stereo tracks of moderately high quality recorded as an FM subcarrier along with the video. Subject to head switching problems (interchange between machines) audible as a slight buzzing sound. But recording and replaying on the same machine is usually reliable. Conventional VHS machines have a pretty low quality MONAURAL sound track which I would characterize as roughly equivalent to analog audio cassette. [This is known as the "linear track". It is a separate head track on the edge of the tape.] Some professional VHS equipment has STEREO LINEAR tracks where the narrow strip at th edge of the tape is divided between two tracks (for left and right). VHS has never been known for its high quality of audio recording IMHO. VHS Hi-Fi is OK in a pinch when you have nothing better. OTOH many folk use their VCRs for "time-shifting" radio programs because of their multi-hour capacity and timer convienence. |
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"ZZZZ" wrote ...
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. VHS "Hi-Fi" features stereo tracks of moderately high quality recorded as an FM subcarrier along with the video. Subject to head switching problems (interchange between machines) audible as a slight buzzing sound. But recording and replaying on the same machine is usually reliable. Conventional VHS machines have a pretty low quality MONAURAL sound track which I would characterize as roughly equivalent to analog audio cassette. [This is known as the "linear track". It is a separate head track on the edge of the tape.] Some professional VHS equipment has STEREO LINEAR tracks where the narrow strip at th edge of the tape is divided between two tracks (for left and right). VHS has never been known for its high quality of audio recording IMHO. VHS Hi-Fi is OK in a pinch when you have nothing better. OTOH many folk use their VCRs for "time-shifting" radio programs because of their multi-hour capacity and timer convienence. |
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"ZZZZ" wrote ...
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. VHS "Hi-Fi" features stereo tracks of moderately high quality recorded as an FM subcarrier along with the video. Subject to head switching problems (interchange between machines) audible as a slight buzzing sound. But recording and replaying on the same machine is usually reliable. Conventional VHS machines have a pretty low quality MONAURAL sound track which I would characterize as roughly equivalent to analog audio cassette. [This is known as the "linear track". It is a separate head track on the edge of the tape.] Some professional VHS equipment has STEREO LINEAR tracks where the narrow strip at th edge of the tape is divided between two tracks (for left and right). VHS has never been known for its high quality of audio recording IMHO. VHS Hi-Fi is OK in a pinch when you have nothing better. OTOH many folk use their VCRs for "time-shifting" radio programs because of their multi-hour capacity and timer convienence. |
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ZZZZ wrote:
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. It works very well. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
ZZZZ wrote:
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. It works very well. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
ZZZZ wrote:
Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. It works very well. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
"ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Yes years ago. Before cheap hi quality PC sound cards were available, and hard drive space so cheap, it was common to record audio only to a VHS Hi-Fi recorder. The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? TonyP. |
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"ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Yes years ago. Before cheap hi quality PC sound cards were available, and hard drive space so cheap, it was common to record audio only to a VHS Hi-Fi recorder. The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? TonyP. |
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"ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Yes years ago. Before cheap hi quality PC sound cards were available, and hard drive space so cheap, it was common to record audio only to a VHS Hi-Fi recorder. The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? TonyP. |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
If you have a very good VHS HiFi machine, the sound quality is supposed to
approach that of CD quality. Sometimes there can be a bit of head buzz when there is low level audio. This is from the head switching in the HiFi tracks. The very high end HiFi machines have some circuits to make the buzz effect less audible. Sometimes when the tape is played from one machine to the other, there may be some increased head buzz as well. This has to do with the tape path alignment accuracy between the machines. The HiFi track is particularly critical. There is no quality difference in the HiFi audio at the slow or fast speeds. The linear track is mono on the modern HiFi machines. If you use this track however, the quality is very poor in the low speed, and is almost acceptable in the high speed. -- Jerry G. ===== "ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
If you have a very good VHS HiFi machine, the sound quality is supposed to
approach that of CD quality. Sometimes there can be a bit of head buzz when there is low level audio. This is from the head switching in the HiFi tracks. The very high end HiFi machines have some circuits to make the buzz effect less audible. Sometimes when the tape is played from one machine to the other, there may be some increased head buzz as well. This has to do with the tape path alignment accuracy between the machines. The HiFi track is particularly critical. There is no quality difference in the HiFi audio at the slow or fast speeds. The linear track is mono on the modern HiFi machines. If you use this track however, the quality is very poor in the low speed, and is almost acceptable in the high speed. -- Jerry G. ===== "ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
If you have a very good VHS HiFi machine, the sound quality is supposed to
approach that of CD quality. Sometimes there can be a bit of head buzz when there is low level audio. This is from the head switching in the HiFi tracks. The very high end HiFi machines have some circuits to make the buzz effect less audible. Sometimes when the tape is played from one machine to the other, there may be some increased head buzz as well. This has to do with the tape path alignment accuracy between the machines. The HiFi track is particularly critical. There is no quality difference in the HiFi audio at the slow or fast speeds. The linear track is mono on the modern HiFi machines. If you use this track however, the quality is very poor in the low speed, and is almost acceptable in the high speed. -- Jerry G. ===== "ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. |
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TonyP wrote:
"ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Yes years ago. Before cheap hi quality PC sound cards were available, and hard drive space so cheap, it was common to record audio only to a VHS Hi-Fi recorder. The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? TonyP. Actually, I think the quality can exceed that of many PC sound cards. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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VHS Tape for Recording Audio
TonyP wrote:
"ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Yes years ago. Before cheap hi quality PC sound cards were available, and hard drive space so cheap, it was common to record audio only to a VHS Hi-Fi recorder. The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? TonyP. Actually, I think the quality can exceed that of many PC sound cards. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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TonyP wrote:
"ZZZZ" wrote in message ... Anybody know if this is possible. Using the inputs on your VHS recorder from your mixer or mbox. I heard some rumors years ago about some folks who were doing this. Yes years ago. Before cheap hi quality PC sound cards were available, and hard drive space so cheap, it was common to record audio only to a VHS Hi-Fi recorder. The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? TonyP. Actually, I think the quality can exceed that of many PC sound cards. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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"CJT" wrote in message ... The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? Actually, I think the quality can exceed that of many PC sound cards. Yes, there were some sound cards even worse, that's why I said SB live as being superior. Obviously the 8 bit SoundBlaster's for example, don't qualify. TonyP. |
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"CJT" wrote in message ... The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? Actually, I think the quality can exceed that of many PC sound cards. Yes, there were some sound cards even worse, that's why I said SB live as being superior. Obviously the 8 bit SoundBlaster's for example, don't qualify. TonyP. |
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"CJT" wrote in message ... The quality is acceptable, but not up to the standards of a computer with SoundBlaster live card even. So why bother? Actually, I think the quality can exceed that of many PC sound cards. Yes, there were some sound cards even worse, that's why I said SB live as being superior. Obviously the 8 bit SoundBlaster's for example, don't qualify. TonyP. |
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"Jerry G." wrote in message ... If you have a very good VHS HiFi machine, the sound quality is supposed to approach that of CD quality. Yes, "approach", but from quite a distance. Sometimes there can be a bit of head buzz when there is low level audio. This is from the head switching in the HiFi tracks. The very high end HiFi machines have some circuits to make the buzz effect less audible. All VHS Hi-Fi VCR's use Noise Reduction to get the figures they quote. Sometimes when the tape is played from one machine to the other, there may be some increased head buzz as well. This has to do with the tape path alignment accuracy between the machines. The HiFi track is particularly critical. There is no quality difference in the HiFi audio at the slow or fast speeds. Wrong. SOME parameters may not be worse. The linear track is mono on the modern HiFi machines. If you use this track however, the quality is very poor in the low speed, and is almost acceptable in the high speed. Why would you use that. It's only for compatibility with non Hi-Fi machines, and is NEVER acceptable at any standard speeds. TonyP. |
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"Jerry G." wrote in message ... If you have a very good VHS HiFi machine, the sound quality is supposed to approach that of CD quality. Yes, "approach", but from quite a distance. Sometimes there can be a bit of head buzz when there is low level audio. This is from the head switching in the HiFi tracks. The very high end HiFi machines have some circuits to make the buzz effect less audible. All VHS Hi-Fi VCR's use Noise Reduction to get the figures they quote. Sometimes when the tape is played from one machine to the other, there may be some increased head buzz as well. This has to do with the tape path alignment accuracy between the machines. The HiFi track is particularly critical. There is no quality difference in the HiFi audio at the slow or fast speeds. Wrong. SOME parameters may not be worse. The linear track is mono on the modern HiFi machines. If you use this track however, the quality is very poor in the low speed, and is almost acceptable in the high speed. Why would you use that. It's only for compatibility with non Hi-Fi machines, and is NEVER acceptable at any standard speeds. TonyP. |
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"Jerry G." wrote in message ... If you have a very good VHS HiFi machine, the sound quality is supposed to approach that of CD quality. Yes, "approach", but from quite a distance. Sometimes there can be a bit of head buzz when there is low level audio. This is from the head switching in the HiFi tracks. The very high end HiFi machines have some circuits to make the buzz effect less audible. All VHS Hi-Fi VCR's use Noise Reduction to get the figures they quote. Sometimes when the tape is played from one machine to the other, there may be some increased head buzz as well. This has to do with the tape path alignment accuracy between the machines. The HiFi track is particularly critical. There is no quality difference in the HiFi audio at the slow or fast speeds. Wrong. SOME parameters may not be worse. The linear track is mono on the modern HiFi machines. If you use this track however, the quality is very poor in the low speed, and is almost acceptable in the high speed. Why would you use that. It's only for compatibility with non Hi-Fi machines, and is NEVER acceptable at any standard speeds. TonyP. |
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