Can you maintain sync between audio on MiniDisc and MiniDV video?
You could record a separate soundtrack on a separate recorder along with your video, the way film production is done. MD (minidisc) recorders are fairly inexpensive ($300), portable, and have good sound. DAT machines are preferred by audio purists. In any case, as long as the clock runs at the same rate during record and playback (in both MiniDV and minidisc players) your audio and video will stay in sync. Good news: at least with my Sharp 702 MD recorder/player and my TRV900 MiniDV camera, the drift rate is extremely low. You should be able to record an entire tape without drifting more than one frame of video. The master clocks in these devices are stable (as long as you don’t change the temperature drastically.) I recorded and played back an audio signal referenced to the NIST atomic clock (WWV Ft.Collins, CO) and measured both the ‘702 and the TRV900 drift to be less than 2 ppm (<0.0002%). That means you'd expect less than one frame of drift in two hours. This is "good enough" beca
