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Topic: Recording off video to Mini Disc |
Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 12 Nov 2002 12:40 pm |
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I'm trying to take the audio off one of my videos and put it onto a minidisc (for my own use, of course). But the signal seems to be too hot. I ran an RCA plug out of the VCR outputs (actually only one side worked at all; mono; that's ok) to the miniplug mic input of the minidisc recorder. Signal was waaay too hot and distorted, even if I turned down all the volumes I could find. Am I gonna have to buy a mixer at Radio Shack to make this work?
Thanks,
Jimbeaux |
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mtulbert
From:
Plano, Texas 75023
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Posted 12 Nov 2002 1:02 pm
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Jim,
The output from your vcr is at line level..waaaaayyyyy too hot for a mic input. Do you have a line level input on the recorder? That is what you would need to do. One other thought is perhaps a 20-30db pad across the vcr output to cut down the level of the signal. You might also run into impedance problems as well. Actually a mixer won't do it either. Check out radio shack and see if they have something that will take a line level signal and convert it to mic level.
Regards,
mark t |
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bob drawbaugh
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scottsboro, al. usa
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Posted 12 Nov 2002 1:46 pm
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| Jim, my minidisc has a line in and it worked just fine. I have just tried it. The mic input did not work way to hot. Hope this helped. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 9:22 am
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Thanks, guys. Mine only has the mic input, plus an "optical" line input, which does not take a straight audio signal. So I guess I'll have to see what Radio Shack has for some kind of signal attenuator.
Thanks for the input (pun intended!)
jc |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 11:53 am
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Run it through your volume pedal.
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 12:35 pm
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You'll lose your stereo
(I know, run it through TWO volume pedals)
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 6:45 pm
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The volume pedal did the trick! Thanks Bob! Mono is fine for this application.
This thread may now be terminated!
jc |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 14 Nov 2002 11:55 am
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| The volume pedal did the trick! Thanks Bob! |
go b0b! I love "low-tech" solutions to "high tech" problems....  |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Nov 2002 4:47 pm
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