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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 31, 2011 07:02 PM

This is my first time to play optical films.

I had several different reels to tray. One/two reels sounded good in my projector (GS1200) but several reels produced quite "blurpish" sound, if you know what I mean, i.e very unclear sound where the dialog was heard like people speaking gibberish language.

So what make this? Is the optical track has gone from my films or the exciter lamp need alignment?

thanks

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Winbert

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Nicholas Kovats
Junior
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From: Canada
Registered: Jun 2011

posted July 31, 2011 11:51 PM

Hi Winbert.

I would recommending contacting John Gledhill of http://bitworks.org/. He is an actual engineer and an expert in recovering optical soundtracks of any format. He is very approachable.

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted August 01, 2011 10:34 AM

Well done Winbert! I hope that you enjoy many a good optical feature on it!

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 03, 2011 02:49 PM

Thanks Osi, but I am wondering what make the sound of some films so blurping? Is it the projector or the optical track?

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Winbert

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Oliver F. R. Feld
Master Film Handler

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From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jan 2010

posted August 03, 2011 07:21 PM

Hi,
I had the same problem, when my features started to fade!
The optical track faded too...
and so the sound became dull!
Now my "Cabaret"-feature is silent...
Oliver

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted August 04, 2011 10:30 AM

That is a sad truth that the optical track can in fact fade before the other colors on the print fade, to a very light purple in truth.

I have never ran into an optical sound print with absolutely no sound left, but I have ran into some with very light sound to be sure.

I can't account for the "blurb" though. Can you perhaps explain it in some different way?

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Nick Field
Expert Film Handler

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From: Herefordshire England
Registered: Jul 2010

posted August 04, 2011 03:48 PM

Do you mean flutter? you can get this if the lower loop is lost below the gate.

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Thomas Smith
Master Film Handler

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From: Barking, Essex, UK
Registered: Dec 2009

posted August 04, 2011 08:08 PM

hello i have from russia with love optical print
and apart from the last reel sound is very good
so when buying optical prints it is a bit of a
gamble if the sound goes because print has faded [Confused]

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t.smith

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 05, 2011 03:37 AM

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I can't account for the "blurb" though. Can you perhaps explain it in some different way?

Something like people speaking in the water.... [Big Grin]

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Winbert

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