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In Reply to: RE: Converting Hi-8 Tapes to Digital, and Then Editing Them posted by Inmate51 on March 30, 2014 at 18:48:13
Audacity is a basic sound editing program. It is not fancy but it works, not too hard to learn and use, and it is free!
The Hi-8 format was also used for digital audio via the popular (with home studios at least) Tascam DA-88, which offered 8 tracks of 16 bit audio at a reasonable cost and was a competitor with the ADAT system which put digital audio on VHS tapes. My first cd was recorded on a Tascam DA-88 straight to two track 24/88.2 (there was some aftermarket device my engineer had to make this possible.) I have no idea where to find someone with the gear to "unpack" this and put it on a hard drive. I also have "safety" copies of the session at 16/44.1 on cdr and DAT. I don't have a DAT machine either, but at least I should be able to play the cdr's! The real moral of this story is the difficulty of archiving digital materials in the super fast changing world of digital "standards."
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Hey Belyin, thanks for the thoughtful and informative reply!However, what I need to know is how to handle the video aspect of my Hi-8 tapes. I have the audio side covered (I use SoundForge, and occasionally Cubase). I want to copy my tapes to a hard drive, and then chop out the stuff I don't want. Hi-8 is becoming ancient, so I'd like to get this done before my camcorder (Sony TR-700) craps out.
Looking at my PC's motherboard features, it doesn't appear to have an analog composite "video in", so apparently I need to start there... get a card - and maybe the card will come with the software I need.
Hey, since you're apparently in New Orleans, do you by chance know the jazz pianist Jeff Lashway, or trumpet guy Henry?
Thanks again!
:)
Edits: 04/01/14
Unfortunately I know nothing about video.
As for Jeff Lashway; I've heard of him but not in New Orleans. Of course I could be wrong, but I doubt he has any connection to the the city. And no trumpet named Henry comes to mind, but there is a trombone player named Corey Henry.
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