rec.arts.movies.production.sound

this is great Philip, thanks a lot! i believe the cam will be a
panasonic varicam. i will be carted next to the camera so cabling is
not too big of a deal. i was going to run TOD, and per yur suggestion,
take tc in and set HD-P2 sync to LTC (i think? from memory, don't have
the unit in front of me) and jam a tc slate to clap the takes. figured
this should cover all bases. i agree, 1 less cable is best for me when
possible. but for my general knowledge, is genlock out to wordclock in
not a valid connection?


On Oct 5, 2:24 am, Philip Perkins wrote:
> On Oct 4, 7:12 pm, osa < ...@ > wrote:
>
> > i have a client who wants 4 tracks on an upcoming job, 2 on the camera
> > and 2 on a tascam hd-p2. naturally i would suggest a 744t but this is
> > their request. i just want to make sure i have sync right so
> > everything will be locked and clocked together. if i do genlock out on
> > cam -> wordclock in on tascam, and timecode out on cam -> timecode in
> > on tascam, and all timecode settings jive, will this give me proper
> > sync for the client to edit with the audio in an avid? i can run a
> > test with this rig but before i do i want to make sure i am on the
> > right track. this will be short segments for the most part, not a live
> > concert or anything lengthy.
>
> > kp
>
> I've done this and it works fine, with a few caveats. First--what
> camera are you shooting with? I assume you'll be taking TC from the
> camera and recording it on yr. P2, but remember that the TC ouput by
> Panasonic cameras while recording is several frames advanced from that
> which is recorded with a given frame of video. This is due to picture
> processing delays. In DVCPro50, for example, the delay is about 4
> frames. So right away the editor will have to pull up by 4 frames to
> get your file to sync. Another issue I had was with Final Cut, and
> how it digitizes from tape. Basically what can happen is that in some
> situations FCP will start to digitize, and the not "see" small breaks
> in the camera TC and keep rolling, with the TC now out of sync with
> the master. For FCP this doesn't matter unless they want to go back
> to the master video tapes to up-rez, but they are now out of sync w/
> yr files. So....a clap slate is a very good idea, w/ good notes. I
> would recommend that you take TC hardwired or wireless from the camera
> and set the P2 up to both record and clock itself to that TC--that way
> you only have one extra cable involved. I have done this a great deal
> and it has worked well for me.
>
> Philip Perkins