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• Not that simple. - Alex Yakovlev 18:07:25 08/06/04 (0)
  In Reply to: VCR recording Audio posted by recruitingcommunists@hotmail.com on July 24, 2004 at 13:34:21:

  Ryan,
  You have to make sure that the VCR is actually Hi-Fi, otherwise you will be recording audio not with rotating heads, but with the stationary ones.
  PAL and SECAM are actually worse because they are recording 50% more on the same cassette (slower).
  I used to make audio recording on my Hi-Fi Panasonic years ago with excellent results.
  Good luck.
  
  

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• Re: VCR recording Audio - ocd 13:08:56 07/27/04 (0)
  In Reply to: VCR recording Audio posted by recruitingcommunists@hotmail.com on July 24, 2004 at 13:34:21:

  several yrs ago a copied some assorted cd tracks on to a vhs tape. the vcr was a mass mkt sharp hi fi, nothing special. i recorded at the fastest speed, SP. the sound was excellent, far better than any cassette tape deck that i've ever heard. check it out. i dont recall what brand of tape i used, but i'm sure that it was any old vhs tape that i had around. please post your impressions if you give it a try.
  
  

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• i can offer a little bit... - stan2 14:16:37 07/26/04 (1)
  In Reply to: VCR recording Audio posted by recruitingcommunists@hotmail.com on July 24, 2004 at 13:34:21:

  when i bought my first vcr, yrs ago, i heard then that hi-fi vcr is far better than other tape recording. reason is that it lays the sound down on the bias (diagonal) across entire tape width, so there's much more tape to work with than cassette. i can't recall the tech info from that far back in time ( the '80's..) but the comparison was as if you could record on cassette at many times the speed that cassette actually records at. as i recall it's because the fast spinning heads have an effect similar to pulling tape thru a cassette at a hi rate, if you get that picture. this gets to another of your questions - recording speed. i think you're right; faster is better. hope someone else can fill in the rest for you. hifi vcr makes v. good sound recordings, from what i've heard. on the other hand, i think i was told that non-hifi vcr just puts the sound track down on a portion of the vhs tape - about the same as a cassette. i probably have this somewhat wrong; i'm no expert.
  
  

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  • Thanks --) Now Hi8 - recruitingcommunists@hotmail.com 14:39:49 07/26/04 (0)
    In Reply to: i can offer a little bit... posted by stan2 on July 26, 2004 at 14:16:37:

    Thanks for the reply. it clears up some stuff for me.

    well, Ive been looking at these old, shitte' portable VCRs on ebay...and have decided, those are junk.

    Instead I'm now looking at these super compact 8mm/Hi8 recorders. Some even have screens, headphone jacks, and even stereo...

    so, which leads me to explain what Im up to.

    Some bands I like a lot, let you audio tape their shows. But NO video. If you are seen video taping you are kicked out. So to remedy this situation I was gonna put a decent small camera into an old microphone body so that I can make a nice little DVD or something out of it.

    The best part is that it looks similiar to a DAT recorder...and the thing runs on a rechargeable pack.

    so, here's my new questions.

    1) does the Hi8 audio standard comapre to that of a VHS tape?

    what else should i know about this?
    
    

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