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Topic: Lost Audio on “ The Mummy” Digest

Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 12, 2018 04:49 PM

I have a 400’ copy of “The Mummy” from U/8 and the audio somehow got erased. Not by me. It was a purchase on Ebay and it arrived this way. Would anyone be able to re-record the audio for me? I’ll gladly pay for the trouble provided it’s a reasonable amount.

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
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posted March 18, 2018 09:04 PM

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
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posted April 11, 2018 05:39 PM

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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004

posted April 11, 2018 06:33 PM

Has the sound been totally erased or just a portion? In the first case, you need to create a sound digest consistent with your cut-down prior to re-recording it. And that can take quite a lot of time. Another option would be to find an identical cut-down and transfer its sound from the good one to your own. This would be a rather straightforward process, except you need to find a lender... If you can borrow a perfectly identical print of your digest, I can do it for you at no charge except postage. I use quartz-synced equipment so no sound chasing-drifting etc...

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 11, 2018 09:14 PM

Silent except for a faint “whooshing” sound. The postal service must have placed it on something magnetized and erased the whole damned thing on me.

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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004

posted April 12, 2018 07:31 AM

Then it’s gotta be reworked from scratch and it’s a long careful procedure. Plus given the pitfalls of the postal service, there is no guarantee the new re-recording might not turn out with the same problem once the film is back in your hands. If you have access locally to a projector with fine speed pitch control and to a collector who can lend the same print to you, I suggest you try that on your own: recording the sound straight from a good print by hooking two projectors (line out-line in) should be quite easy, although the end result will not be as good as S/8 can be.

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 12, 2018 09:14 AM

Brad, you shouldn't put the blame on the USPS. They don't use anything that would erase the mag tracks on films.
Since you got it off of eBay you should have returned it for a refund. That being said, one forum member that can do the job for you is Adam Deierling. He does excellent re-recordings of digests and features, his costs are reasonable due to the work involved, especially with a digest...

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Joe Taffis

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted April 12, 2018 09:20 AM

Mine is the same, someone said it was suppose to he like this

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1171
From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 12, 2018 10:46 AM

Hi Joe, the seller did give me a partial refund stating that he tested the print before putting it up for auction and said the sound was fine. I will pm adam and see what we can arrange.

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1171
From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 04, 2018 08:23 PM

Adam did a Fantastic job. OMG the sound is amazing! Thank you, Adam, you are a Prince! Worth every penny!!!!!

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