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At 14-Jan-96 13:55:35, Alessandro Gerelli (a.gerelli@agonet.it) wrote:

>Is there someone using the (ex)GVP GLock ? Can I use it on my A4000 ?
>If you are an owner of it, can you write me some using sensation ?

In our studio we have two different genlocks: The GLock and a Neptune Genlock
from Electronic Designs.

We don't use the GLock because we don't think its output is good enough. To me
it seems like the GLock is very configurable (via software ONLY) and the
manual is quite well written. If you are going to use a genlock for
professional video productions, don't aim for this one. I guess it suffices
for the amateur home movie though. I also think there is a Scala EX for GVP
GLock so you easily can control it from Scala MM or IC. It also has a nice
feature which enables you to mix sound as well. Not all genlocks has this
option.

When it comes to the other genlock we use, the Neptune, it gives a much less
distorted output. I would say it is very good, but still not perfect. It is
not good enough for broadcast productions, but good enough for any VHS/SVHS
production. It has levers for manual operation as well as full support for
software control. As far as I can remember it has quite a lot more connectors
than the GLock, but no sound option. There are other ways around that problem
though. It interacts perfectly with Scala as it too has a dedicated EX.

The Neptune costs a bit more, but as you probably know output is everything
when it comes to this type of productions.


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Espen A. Ringdal