I'm headed for a two camera setup and wanted some input
on what all will be needed. With two cameras, do my hardware
needs change? I believe the dv decks only have one tape
slot so footage is captured from each camera/tape concurrently.
Anything to consider? All the research I've done on here seems
to be in a single camera environment. My background is music,
I am wrought in equipment, 32, 16, 12 channel Mackie boards,
Roland VS1680, V-Drums, four P4 PC's, dual 19" LCD monitors,
a myriad of mics, amps, instruments, processors, samplers,
lighting, software > Acid, Sonar, SoundForge, etc. I hoping to
find out how I can implement a lot of this stuff. The Mackie's
will be good for sound and the software can add all kinds
of sound options, (I intend to compose music for my proprietary
work), I just need to know what essentials I'll need. Obviously
a good NLE and deck, CRT, what's missing?

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to regardless of it's significance. One could purchase a book
on DV but never get the vast diversity of opinion and experience
offered here. Interaction here has allowed me to pursue my
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and can't thank enough those that take the time to help.

There are lots of things to consider. In order to get two camcorders to stay in sync, you need professional ones with genlock, which means you're in the over $10K range, each, plus accessories. Or, you can run two of the cheaper DV cameras and use a clapboard or some other sync device so you have a vide and audio reference point on each tape. If you're recording double system sound (ie., your sound goes to a hard drive and video to tape), then you have to sync the cameras together plus the sound recording device, so a clapboard would be essential.

There really are too many options to consider without figuring out a budget first. For example, in the DV realm, you could spend about $25,000 each for a couple of DSR570's with fairly good lenses. Or you could go with a couple of PD170's (or XL1's or DVX100a's for about $3500 each.) You mentioned DV decks...if you want to buy decks, they go from around $1,000 to about $12,000 each.