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I'm going to try and record a Spanish soundtrack onto my print of Gulliver's Travels, I've been told of services that do this, but I want to try and save some money and do it myself on my 1200HD. So does anyone have any tips for recording sound to super 8?

Since the ST-1200 doesn't have a sync pulse, you will have to do it flying by the seat of your pants.

1. Using the step forward on your DVD player find frame number one and then pause.
2. With reel one on the projector, find the same frame one and stop.
3. Now with a DVD monitor(tv) sitting beside a small projector screen(cardboard?), start both the projector and DVD player (projector in record mode).

When they start getting out of sync, stop and start again from that point. Not sure how to match the frames at this point. I guess that's why it's called "flying by the seat of your pants".

I've never tried this myself, but I am sure someone will chime in.

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Thanks, I was thinking that if it noticeably out of sync the easiest thing to do would be just to start recording from the beginning of the scene so there's a clear starting point.

Great ides! The first frame of a camera shot would correspond with the DVD.

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If are an old schooler like me then you need to treat it like you are recording from tape to tape. Pay attention to the recording levels. Most projectors have an auto level system. Don't record louder than the film can handle. Also don't try to set treble or bass levels. Record it flat and let your projector play back flat so you can control levels afterwards. If you try to increase trebel levels you will end up with sibilance. That is a spitting sound in the high frequenceis. if you increase bass too much then you'll drown out every other sound. All films released with a sound track are done with a basic brown sountrack. In tape, that is a Bias ! soundtrack. High noise and needs Dolby noise reduction. Not a lot of Dynamic feedback either. Record without any modifications to the sound. let your playback projector handle that or external amplifiers. As far as recordings, Make sure you have a playback system that mirrors your playback. If you need, get a projector that you can control speed to math your source.
My best sucess was buying a blu-ray machine then balancing my projector to the DVD with onboard controls. That way I got the best sound recorded to an older system at the exact frame rate.