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@7Converse:
@6
What possible use could a digitiser and a copy of Protracker be
to aid making home videos?
Well, although they're not absolutely necessary, they do enhance your
vids somewhat, in fact I use Protracker mods quite often with my
videos and they sound alright. (not all are brilliant though!)
All you have to do is load a copy of your favourite tracker and have
a module loaded and ready to play.
Now, this is where things complicate a little, if you have a video
mixing deck, then just link your Amiga up to the stereo inputs in which
case the deck will then output the audio through to your destination video
recorder (just make sure the mixer is linked to the destination as well). #7More>>>
@6Users of just the Amiga and two video recorders can link the Amigas
audio to the back of the video recorder where it says audio in.
The audio in socket isn't on all videos, but luckily it is on most.
You may have to buy a set of universal leads and plugs which are
available from stores like Dixons, maybe your local computer store has
them, just check. Once you have the correct leads and jacks, it's just
a case of plugging it all in and start recording your Amiga
music as soon as you need it. A nice little feature on protracker
is the volume slide which will help users without mixing decks to
fade their music.
Just slowly raise the volume slider to fade your music in. Drop the
slider slowly to fade the music out. Simps. #7More>>>
@6Users of mixing decks just use the slider on your deck to fade the
music in, in which case you won't need the slider on protracker.
@6
All hokey cokey so far? Good.
New comers to video may find it reassuring to know that when
I first started with video, it took me weeks to get the damn thing
set up, ie looking all over the place for the right leads and the best
genlock. Hopefully A.F has helped things along a bit, as you now
know the price of everything, what it all does, where to get leads
from and how to use a titler.
Anyway, back to protracker.
Once your module is playing and is being recorded just fade it out
slowly once you've finished, don't just let the music end abruptly.#7More>>
@6
Oh, and I really, really recommend some sort of video mixer for this,
due to the fact that most of them allow you to alter the sound level
of both the existing videos audio (the sound already on the tape) and
the Amigas audio, therefore allowing you to fade music and fade in
peoples speech, or whatever, at the same time.
That's about all the use you're going to get from the Amigas audio.
On to the graphics side.
You will be able to use your digitiser with scala, more advanced
users will know that you can insert a picture in to the background
@6
while faffing about with titles, neato. Instead of using crappy
pictures from your picture collection why not digitise the cast of
your video and then grab a picture of each persons head, paste them#7More>>
@6all onto the same screen using PPaint or Dpaint. Then save your
cast as a picture and import the picture into Scala and then insert the
titles next to the casts heads. Good idea, but it will take a bit of time.
Also, remember to save your pictures in 16colours if you're using
Scala HT100.
Other uses for your digitiser could be gimmicks such as displaying a
picture over the video and then using your genlocks slider control to fade
the digitised picture out.
With a little bit of imagination, a little bit of effort and lots of
time you'll get that presentation just right and impress the pants
@6
of viewers. Just don't forget to tell them that the Amiga was at the heart
of it all. Not a shite, I can't genlock without a card P.C. #7More>>>
@6Goodbye and happy recording.
(all the above is a lie and Scala is just a figment of my
crazy feverish imagination.