Synching External Audio Source. TC In/Out of Camera?

A guy I know wants to record 6 seperate channles of audio on an external deck and somehow have it synched with timecode to the video on his camera. The camera is an HVX200. Is there a way to get the timecode of the video to match the timecode of the audio so it's easy to synch in FCP?
What kind of equipment is needed for this. Is it audio side or video side that generates the code?
I'm not so up on my external audio. Thanks in advance.

What was the question?
Your choice of recording system is critical, you'll need timecode and RS232 or 422 control. Suggest you find an FCP operator locally who has had success with mutlitrack sources.
If you have more specific questions, post 'em.
page 294 of volume 1:
Capturing Audio From an Audio Deck Using Device Control
Final Cut Pro allows you to capture audio from a device-controllable audio deck such as
a professional DAT (digital audio tape) decks or a digital multitrack recorder. This is
mainly useful when capturing audio that was acquired via dual system recording, in
which video and audio were recorded simultaneously to different devices.
As with capturing video, your audio tapes must have timecode recorded on them or
you cannot set In and Out points for capture. Audio decks may be controllable if they
use one of the standard device control protocols (typically, RS-422) supported by
Final Cut Pro.
If you’re planning to capture dual system audio using device control, make sure that your
audio deck is genlocked with the audio or video interface you are using for capture. For
more information on connecting a device-controllable audio deck to your computer, see
“Connecting Audio Devices” on page 204. For more information on capturing
synchronized audio, see Volume IV, Chapter 24, “Capture Settings and Presets.”
page 296:
If you are editing material acquired via dual system recording, meaning that video and
audio are recorded simultaneously to different devices, you need to capture your audio
and video separately and then synchronize them together in Final Cut Pro. After
capturing, you can combine the corresponding video and audio clips into a merged
clip. Merged clips work in the same way as other clips in Final Cut Pro, but they refer to
separate video and audio media files (whereas most other clips, such as clips captured
from DV tape, refer only to a single media file that contains both video and audio). For
more information about merged clips, see Volume II, Chapter 3, “Merging Clips From
Dual System Video and Audio.”
bogiesan

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