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Old October 1st, 2006, 07:04 AM   #1
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Digital voice recorder for mic?

Could'nt a DVR be used with a mic and used in an NLE in place of the audio the HV10 produces? It of course would be more work but with small DVR's at sub $100 price points- I think it could be enticing to use the HV10 for semi-pro work with a DVR recording sound and dumped into NLE's.

Does anyone do this type of thing?
Any problem with this idea?

(Here's a DVR that is USB connectable for audio transfers:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search )
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Old October 1st, 2006, 11:28 PM   #2
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You will need to be cautious ... the cheapish unit do not record 16bit 44.1 (or 48)kHz files. I couldnt see ANY recording format info when I glanced at your link - maybe I missed it - but a similar unit my wife bought said it recorded .wav files, which sounded promising until we discovered they were only 4-bit!

On the other hand, THIS unit would be fantastic for what you would like do do, provided you are happy to sync up manually: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search
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Old October 2nd, 2006, 07:36 AM   #3
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There is no time code. How do you sync up the video with the external audio from the DVR?
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Old October 2nd, 2006, 08:25 AM   #4
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Line up the waveforms by eye in your NLE timeline ...
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Old October 2nd, 2006, 05:44 PM   #5
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exactly my idea- lineup wavforms and delete cam waveform...
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Old October 3rd, 2006, 07:27 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Steve Nunez
Could'nt a DVR be used with a mic and used in an NLE in place of the audio the HV10 produces? It of course would be more work but with small DVR's at sub $100 price points- I think it could be enticing to use the HV10 for semi-pro work with a DVR recording sound and dumped into NLE's.

Does anyone do this type of thing?
Me !

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Any problem with this idea?
It's how they used to do it in the 'olden days' ! :)

Works fine, relatively simple to line up the audio in your NLE.

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(Here's a DVR that is USB connectable for audio transfers: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ughType=search )

Caution !! avoid !!!

The Sony ICD-P320 Digital Voice Recorder only has a response of 250 hz to 6,800 hz, this is barely good enough for voice recording !!!!

A 20hz to 20,000hz frequency response sould be your minimum for good audio work, this in practice means a device that records at 44.1khz.

16 bit (at least) + 44.1khz (at least) and you should be good.
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Old October 5th, 2006, 07:58 AM   #7
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There is no time code. How do you sync up the video with the external audio from the DVR?
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