Sampling Rates

[Tracy Hunker <thunker@freenet.columbus.oh.us>]

--- You're right, a low-res picture like the PXL should be put with the

best possible sound... and in stereo. 16bit @ 44 khz gives you a 20-20,000

range. However, 8bit at 22 khz only knocks-off the extremes which is what

most people hear when they run their VCR or even the junky stereos they

keep. I think the vast majority still use the linear track on VHS as their

sound for movies eventhough stereo HiFi has been around for 10 years. I

can't understand why people think such sound is good enough.

     So, we're back to a pixel production still requiring top shelf treatment.

	Like most people I started with VHS and thought those wonderful

boxes with the RCA plugs in and out could be useful in a production. They

were a disaster. My cheap genlock could not be counted on to keep the

color signal, my cheap switcher would flip the picture out, the so-called

video enhancers only made the copies worst, and my Rabbit double-play can

no longer hold a signal long enough to see the PIP.

	The PXL looked like a great environment to fool around with

because there was no color and the picture and sound were low-res. Yet,

you have a point about having better sound.

	Recently I have tried all my old boxes with Hi8 equipment. Guess

what? The color no longer disappears through the cheap genlock AND the

cheap switcher stops flipping the picture when the Hi8 deck records. It

now looks like VHS is the problem. Even my S-VHS has the same editing

problems as regular VHS... and the problems of over saturated reds and

weak color signal and smeared picture show up on my friend's S-VHS

productions.

	It looks like any production deserves the best in the editing

suite. ....or at least Hi8 is a pretty solid format.