Deck to deck editing?

Is this still done? Is this just editing from two separate tapes? Why would you need to do this?
Thanks.

Many thanks for the compliments Kevan.
But I do disagree on this linear-digital-topic with you. Sorry
Analog: Connected with cables with an analog signal and/or The information on the tape is stored on a tape with magnetic wavesignals (sorry, not being english makes me mabe not using the right words). As Shane pointed out: examples are VHS, BetaSP, etc.
Digital: SDI is an Digital transfering signal, FireWire is a digital transferring signal. DigitalBetacam is a digital Tape-format. Mov-files are digital. Digital means that the footage is stored (or transferred) in a set of zero's and one's (0 & 1)
Linear Editing: (also called Tape to tape editing) means that you edit (copy) footage of a 'player'-tape onto a 'recorder'tape. First copy shot A, then BEHIND that we copy shot B, and then BEHIND that we copy shot C. If we want to change the order of the shots, we have to start over. You can not 'shift' clips on a tape. It's linear in time. First this, then that, etc.
Non-linear editing (FCP, AVID, Premier Pro etc) is (indeed a digital) system which doesn't care about the order of the shots you place. First place shot B, Then place shot A BEFORE shot B, then place shot C BEHIND B. Oh no, just shuffle them again and place shot D in between... The time on the 'recorder'-side (in FCP: Canvas) is not restricted in shifting clips.
NOTE that cutting real film-footage (as in 16 mm, 35 mm, 70 mm etc) is also NON LINEAR.
Rienk

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