Transcribing Timecode onto non-timecode devices?

[Gohanto]

I know the saying, if it seems too good to be true....
...ask anyway.

Remote Audio Transcription Cable for Zoom H2 and Olympus LS-10 Digital Stereo Palm Recorders, 1/8 inch TRS Y to (2) XLR Females
http://www.trewaudio.com/store/product.php?productid=878

Now, using that, if you stuck a 702T onto an H4n recording 4 channels, would it be possible to generate Timecode off the 702T, transcribe it onto 1 channel of the H4n, and

BAM!

5 channels of timecode synced audio?

(note: I say "BAM" as I also have no clue how timecode on an audio channel becomes useable timecode for sync, although that's the impression I've gotten from the cable)

 

[Noiz2]

Well not really. If you then take the 4track version and transfer it to analog tape and use a synchronizer... But if your really into this I have a Tascam 288 eight track cass recorder and I have the synchronizer that goes with it. Not that I'm going to jump in the Wayback machine but I do love the way analog decks did their hunt and search and then slide into sync. Like some kind of magic watching the machines talk together and work it out. Digital is faster and more accurate but a lot less interesting. Also have a DA78 if you want to go digital, eight tracks of 48/24 TC ...

Both are very reasonably priced!

 

[Steve House]

I know the saying, if it seems too good to be true....
...ask anyway.

Remote Audio Transcription Cable for Zoom H2 and Olympus LS-10 Digital Stereo Palm Recorders, 1/8 inch TRS Y to (2) XLR Females
http://www.trewaudio.com/store/product.php?productid=878

Now, using that, if you stuck a 702T onto an H4n recording 4 channels, would it be possible to generate Timecode off the 702T, transcribe it onto 1 channel of the H4n, and

BAM!

5 channels of timecode synced audio?

(note: I say "BAM" as I also have no clue how timecode on an audio channel becomes useable timecode for sync, although that's the impression I've gotten from the cable)

Actually the cable you're looking at isn't for synching the audio at all. A written transcript of the production audio cross-referenced to timecode is a common requirement. Transcription services work with either 1/8" cassette audio tape or mp3 files that have a mono mix of the audio on the right channel and linear timecode on the left. That cable is designed to take mono audio and timecode from a source and place them on the correct channels while padding down the hot timecode signal to an appropriate level.