Hey guys,
If this is the wrong forum to post this then I apologize, but since my last post got such a HUGE response I thought I'd try here again.
Part of my job entails making DVD timecode burns for clients, so they can make a paper edit before coming into the edit suite. The way we have been making them has been going out of the deck composite super via SDI cable and into a consumer DVD-R (we use an RCA adapter to fit into the DVD-R) and patch the audio analog to the recorder. The particular model we use is a Panasonic DMR-ES45V.
Now, the problem we are encountering is that there is no way to set or monitor the audio levels, and for some reason the recorder boosts the level and clips the audio. The levels sound fine coming directly out of the deck, but monitoring the DVD audio it sounds awful.
The question now is, does anyone know of a particular "professional" DVD-R recorder that has audio level monitoring and adjusting capabilities that they prefer? Right now my temporary solution is to go out of the deck and into a mixer, out of the mixer and into the DVD-R. I say temporary because by going through the mixer I am unable to patch anything else through the mixer, aka I'm pretty much stuck waiting for the timecode burns to finish (3 one hour long DV CAM tapes)
I would LOVE to find something that has an audio record level adjustment like on every other deck I have, even the old professional VHS recorder we have (Sony SVO-1630) has this feature, why there aren't any/many DVD recorders that have this is beyond me...
After doing a search on Google I found 2 recorders so far,
http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct.asp?item=DV%2DMP6000&off=19&sort=pro...
which is a DataVideo MP-6000 DVD plus R-RW recorder for $1,200
and
http://www.proactionmedia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=E3002
which is a Pioneer PRV-LX1 Pro for $5,399, although this one looks like you have to go through a menu to get to the audio adjustment, nothing that is on the outside of the unit.
Know of a better recorder? Any ideas would be a great help. Thanks guys!
-Andy C
