Chapter 4 • Making a Production
There are two primary methods of making productions with Edit Suite: assemble editing and auto-
assemble editing.
In assemble editing, you start by making a rough recording of your production. Press [REC] at the start
point for each scene and press [OUT] at the end time for each scene. Each time you press [REC], Edit
Suite creates a new Scene Event and fills in the scene's IN time. Each time you press OUT, Edit Suite
pauses the recorder and fills in the OUT time for the event. After the rough recording is complete, so is
the first pass of the EDL.
Auto-assemble editing is the method used in Chapter 3, Getting Started, where you create Scene Events
for each scene you want in your production, add the MX1 or Mixer Events between the scenes, and then
press [SHIFT]+[AUTO REC] to have Edit Suite automatically assemble the production. You can also
add other events, such as GPI Events to trigger a titler or character generator, STOP Events to pause a
preview or auto-record, and INSERT and SPLT (split insert) Events to replace audio and/or video on a
prerecorded tape.
This chapter describes the steps to do assemble and auto-assemble editing. It also provides instructions
for reviewing the last recorded scenes, and provides hints to help improve your productions.
Assemble Editing
Before beginning an assemble edit, you should have a rough idea of which scenes you want to record
and the order in which you want them to appear in your production. The scenes may all be from one
source tape, or you can use several sources.
If you have multiple source tapes but only a single play VCR, use the NEW menu to add a STOP event
each time you need to change tapes. This way, if you later auto-assemble the production, Edit Suite will
pause the assembly whenever the tape needs to be changed.
Edit Suite does not preroll the VCRs during an Assemble Edit, so if your record VCR requires a preroll
(usually, this applies to RS-422 VCRs only) there will be glitches between each scene. If you later do an
auto-assemble edit of the same scenes, the glitches will be removed since an auto-assmeble with an RS
422 as the record VCR prerolls the recorder.
To create an Assemble Edit–
1. If you are not using time code (RCTC, VITC, LTC), rewind your play VCRs/
camcorders and reset the counters before you begin marking scenes.
