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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted May 10, 2009 06:47 PM
A post I made on the "splices" post I made, reminded me about mag stripes in general.
It seems like, over the years, mag stripe quality seems to have varied a lot, and from what I have read over time, (and heard with my own sound films), mag stripes can be affected by any number of things.
From what I have seen, even the glue used to cement the mag stripe to the film can even affect the quality of sound reproduction.
So, how about having a rousing discussion concerning mag stripes?
For instance ....
What era of mag stripe was the best?
Who's releases had the best sound quality?
Brown or grey mag stripe, which is best?
and ...
Why does the quality vary so much on todays mag stripes? You would think that stripe technology would continue to go up, but it seems like it's hit or miss these days.
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted May 13, 2009 10:07 AM
Its strange as to how variable mag stripe is. I just had Lance Alspuagh record a stereo reel for me, (as, when I want a stereo recording, I go to lance, just about the best anywhere, and he may well be the best!), as I record my own mono's but Lance is the stereo guy ...
This job was a two reel digest that I wanted a stereo job on, both reels same vintage, and yet, the sound on the first half was crystal clear, super sharp and superb sound, and the second reel, while better than any Derann stereo, (I haven't had much luck with Derann's stereo releases), there was a noticeable loss in quality. Lance did his best with the stripes, but there can be that much of a difference, and I know that Lance is top notch.
By the way, I highly recommend Lance for your stereo re-records.
He really is great!
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted May 14, 2009 03:09 PM
It fascinates me that thirty year old stripes tend to yeild better re-recordings than the recent stripes.
The balance stripes really seem to be the problem, especially with stereo recordings. The main stripe will have a truly stellar sound and then the balance stripe will really bring down the sudio quality. Most of my stereo prints I won't even play in stereo.
The recording I had Lance do shows this problem. The main stripe has a near DVD quality sound with extremely low hiss and incredibly sharp, as he records quite loud, (GREAT!) but the balance stripe has a lot of hiss and muddled sound.
Lance, in his experience, stated that these recent German releases are notorious for having stellar image quality but highly undesireable sound, not that you can't get a good record on them, but the mag stripe quality is so variable.
Still, even with my fussing, I am also extremely thankful to even see super 8 still produced! We still even have mag stripe?
EXCELLENT!
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