Yeah, KoCha, try it if you get a minute to play around. post back - tell what you've got...what do you think. <BR>****** <BR>I've just made some more from CD to a sheap $89.99 JVC HiFi vcr, which I have for a couple of years.... Well, there's no way to control record level.... it's automatic and maybe also have some 'auto-compressor' ... I have no idea. <BR>OK, the result is: It sounds very good. Way much better than any cassette deck (I have about 5 consummer cassette decks), well, I also have DENNON 770 pro-deck, which is the best sounding deck I've heard (not to say that it's the top of the top, but just from my experience), and still the result on HiFi VHS sounds somewhat better than on DENNON 770... BUT - well, it's kind of hard to say really, but Hi(s) are brighter and sounds like less hiss noise on VHS. <BR> <BR>As for saturation/tape-compression effect - nah...oh well, I don't know, but it does not look like it's an issue here <IMG SRC="
http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... rt/sad.gif" ALT=":(">. If anybody here, guys, who are real TECH-heads in the field, drop a note, pls... IS ANY SATURATION 'possible' on VHS-tape using vcr? <BR> <BR>One thing also, I have to say, that VHS/vcr-audio does not look like a STABLE recording media. So to use it for 'important' project mixdown as master...hmmmmmmm - not a good idea. <BR>Here, I've found another note on the subject, somewhat sceptical, which makes sense. I am going just to copy-paste the quote, instead of linking. Here it is: <BR><FONT COLOR="119911">Question: Hey Dragon, I just bought a Tascam 424 and I love it. But sometimes I get more noise than I want. I saw where you record onto a Hi-Fi VHS and it cuts down on the noise. In a few quick steps can you tell me how this is done. I would appreciate it greatly. <BR> <BR>Answer: OK, here we go. Basically the sole reason for doing this is that you're using the VHS as a "poor man's DAT". If you mix down onto a higher-quality medium than cassette, you can then make higher-quality stereo cassette copies. So if you have a DAT, a good hard-disk recorder, a CD burner, a MiniDisc recorder, or anything like that, don't waste your time with VHS...use them instead! And the other thing...don't run out and buy a VCR just for this...it's not that great and you're better off saving up for a DAT or an audio card. But if you happen to have one around already... <BR> <BR>This technique only works with HiFi VHS VCR, not with a regular VCR. HiFi VHS has excellent signal-to-noise ratio and amazing wow and flutter characteristics (for analog tape, anyway). That's because it's clocked by the video signal, and recorded with the video at the same time (it's not digital, though). The ordinary "linear" tracks are recorded separately using Dolby, but aren't much better than a regular cassette. <BR> <BR>The only problem is that if you have a dropout, you're sunk...ever watch a rental movie and have it switch from the HiFi audio track to the linear audio track? That's a dropout and there's no way to recover from it, other than the fact that the linear tracks are still there, so you can always get your mix back from them. <BR> <BR>Also, many inexpensive HiFi VCRs have automatic compression on the audio tracks, which means you don't set the level, it's automatic. This might be actually a good thing if you don't own a compressor, but people have reported "pumping" and other weird artifacts, so the best kind is one with an actual level control. <BR> <BR>Anyway, the whole idea is that you do your stereo mixdown to the VCR directly. On some VCRs you have to record a video signal simultaneously or nothing will happen (just keep your antenna hooked up), and you usually have to set your VCR to "aux" or "ext" input to get the audio from your 4-track rather than from TV. <BR> <BR>Then when you've gotten your great mix (and it sounds good played back from the VCR!), all you have to do is make your cassette copies using the VCR as an audio source. They will sound lots better than if you recorded to cassette and duped the cassettes directly...I have a high-end Sony Dolby S deck and the VCR is tons better. <BR>-- Dragon <BR></FONT> <BR>this was from <A HREF="
http://www.homerecording.com/index.html" TARGET="_blank">homerecording.com</A> <BR> <BR>later, <BR>/Mike Zee