How to Make Your Own Video Synthesizer

Place the DVD player and the VCR side by side in front of the television set. Plug both power cords into outlets. Insert one end of a S-VHS cable into the S-VHS output on the back of the DVD player. If there is no such output, use the yellow-ringed video output instead.

Insert the other end of the cable into the S-VHS input or yellow-ringed video input, depending on what type of cable is being used, that is on the front edge of the Video switcher.

Insert an end of a S-VHS cable into one of the S-VHS outputs on the switcher. Insert the other end of the cable into the S-VHS input on the Time-base corrector. Insert an end of a S-VHS cable into one of the S-VHS outputs on the corrector. Insert the other end of the cable into the S-VHS input on the back of the VCR. Plug both the Time base corrector̵7;s power cord and the Video switcher̵7;s power cord into outlets.

Set all controls on the Time base corrector and the Video switcher to ̶0;O.̶1; If a numeric scale is not being used, set all of the controls to the midway point on the scale associated with the controls.

Insert one end of a S-VHS cable into the S-VHS output on the back of the Time base corrector. Insert the other end of the cable into a S-VHS input on the TV.

Turn on the TV. Press ̶0;Menu̶1; on the remote control. Select ̶0;Video̶1; and then ̶0;Video input.̶1; Choose the S-VHS input from the list of choices presented. Press ̶0;Menu̶1; to exit the settings.

Turn on the VCR. Press ̶0;Menu̶1; on the remote control. Select ̶0;Video̶1; and then ̶0;Video input.̶1; Choose ̶0;Line input̶1; or ̶0;S-VHS̶1; from the list of choices presented, depending on how the VCR is made. Press ̶0;Menu̶1; to exit the settings.

Select ̶0;Video̶1; and then ̶0;Video output.̶1; Choose ̶0;Line output̶1; or ̶0;S-VHS̶1; from the list of choices presented, depending on how the VCR is made. Press ̶0;Menu̶1; to exit the settings.

Turn on the DVD player, the VCR and Time base corrector and Video switcher. Insert a homemade DVD into the DVD player. Start the disc playing.

Adjust the color settings on the Video switcher, labeled ̶0;R,̶1; ̶0;G̶1; and ̶0;B,̶1; to alter the appearance of the video being presented on the TV. Adjust the ̶0;Contrast̶1; setting to alter the detail of the image. Adjust the ̶0;Brightness,̶1; ̶0;Hue̶1; and ̶0;Color̶1; settings to radically alter the image.

Insert a blank VHS tape into the VCR. Press ̶0;Record̶1; on the remote to capture the video synthesizing of the image that you have done. Stop recording when you are satisfied that enough video has been recorded.