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Old 2008-03-18, 05:32 AM
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Re: IMPORTANT transfer Beta L-250 pro to Disk

Hey I'm thinking it's probably a digital master like encoded with an outboard PCM unit. I've heard sone live stuff that was recorded on a Beta/PCM unit, where a SBD was put on the PCM track (uses video track to record PCM digital signal - looks like some swirly color bits with no sound unless properly decoded) and an AUD feed was put to the HiFi tracks. Later it was easy to matrix mix...

So I think not only will you need to find a good Beta deck, but a video > PCM decoder to do it. It's been a while since I've seen one - I don't even remember the model #...
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