TICK-TOCK!!! TICK-TOCK!!!. Another fine mess...

Labatt50 wrote on 4/27/2002, 3:49 PM
Hi again:

I'm back for more help. Before taking videos with my new camera, I went about "calibrating" a tape by leaving the lens cap on and running the tape through the record cycle from beginning to end. (I read that was a good idea.) It was a good idea, except even from the spare room, the camera picked up an hour's worth of the clock in the other room ticking (and damn loudly, too). So, as you might expect, the ticking and tocking run right up to each video clip I record, and are there right after I finish. I've reread the camera's manual (Sony TRV-340) and fooled around with the camera, but can't see how to disable sound when recording. So I looked for some help from Sony online, or a Sony user's group, but no luck. Can anyone help in here? I'd sure appreciate it.

TIA
brian

Comments

Grazie wrote on 4/27/2002, 4:58 PM
Ahem!

"... you've got me into this time!"

Don't you then 'record' over the calibrated tape, thereby 'wiping' all the extraneaous sounds away? Or is this too obvious? I must be missing something here.

Or even :- Can't you then do a recalibration of the same tape - firstly isolating the camera in a soundproof environment. Perhaps I really am missing the point.

Grazie
Stiffler wrote on 4/27/2002, 5:27 PM
Good thing it wasn't a coo-coo clock!

Next time you blank a tape, plug in a mini jack to your mic input. As long as there is nothing hooked up to it, you will bypass your on-camera microphone.

Do you hear the tick-tock after you record over it?
Former user wrote on 4/27/2002, 6:18 PM
You should be erasing the audio each time you record. If you are leaving space between scenes, this is a mistake. You should always record the scenes back to back. By leaving space, you run the risk of having time code problems in software that relies on this (like Vegas Video).

There have been many arguments on other forums about the need to "calibrate" or stripe a tape. For the most part, it should be unnecesary unless you are in the habit of leaving space between scenes. The purpose for striping a tape is to get time code recorded through the whole tape.

Allow for overlap when shooting so the new scene doesn't erase anything important. You can always fix that in edit.

Dave T2
safari_tim wrote on 4/27/2002, 9:15 PM
Can't you use one of those bulk erasers from Radio Shack? Or are the tapes formated somehow?

-Tim
Labatt50 wrote on 4/27/2002, 9:41 PM
Thanks Guys:

I thought the idea was you wanted to run a tape through a camera to get the time code on the tape. But I see that's not necessary (tnx DaveT2). That will solve my problem.

Again, thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. (BTW, it WAS a cookoo clock!).

Brian