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Robert Aragon
Master Film Handler

Posts: 264
From: Santa Fe
Registered: Mar 2004

posted March 19, 2009 10:21 PM

ANy help?
Thanks so much,
yrs,
Rob

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted March 19, 2009 10:30 PM

Hey Robert, could you shoot me an e-mail?

I couldn't seem to send you an e-mail through the forum.

My address is :

toac2001athotmaildotcom

Thanks

OSI Osgood

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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "

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Robert Aragon
Master Film Handler

Posts: 264
From: Santa Fe
Registered: Mar 2004

posted March 21, 2009 12:55 AM

I'm still looking for the last reel of ALIEN......any ideas?
thanks, Rob

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Kurt Gardner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 193
From: San Antonio, TX
Registered: Aug 2005

posted March 27, 2009 09:28 PM

Rob,

This has nothing to do with "Alien" unfortunately. I tried to send you an email through the forum but it bounced.

Do you still do rerecording? I have a terribly chattery "Lion King" from Derann (4x600). The print is gorgeous but even with a mixer I can't quite get rid of all the sprocket sounds, particularly on the right channel. I have "Toy Story" and "Jungle Book" from them and both sound first rate, so it's not the projector (GS-800).

You're in Carlsbad, California, right? Please send me an email if interested.

kurt dot gardner @ att dot net

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Lars Pettersson
Master Film Handler

Posts: 282
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2007

posted March 30, 2009 01:02 AM

Actually, Kurt, the projector can play a role in this. I had similar problems with a print on a GS 1200, but when I played it on another GS 1200, the problem disappeared. I think margins in super8 are so small, that minuscule variations in machines/prints can have this effect. It could be the two prints you have that sound fine, are well within limits but The Lion King is "borderline".

I wouldn´t dream of tweaking with the GS 800, however -"if it´s not broken don´t fix it" is a golden rule! Rerecording is probably your best bet. [Smile]

Cheers
Lars

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Kurt Gardner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 193
From: San Antonio, TX
Registered: Aug 2005

posted April 05, 2009 01:23 AM

Lars,

That's a really good point. My "Jungle Book" and "101 Dalmatians" have a sound stripe that wanders into the frame now and then but you have to forgive it because the prints are so attractive. Probably the control stripe on "Lion King" just happens to be fractionally closer to the sprockets than normal, thus creating the clattering sound.

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Lars Pettersson
Master Film Handler

Posts: 282
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2007

posted April 05, 2009 03:56 AM

Kurt,

yes and it could be some prints are 7,99 mm wide and others are 8, 01. These prints are often made on 16mm stock then slit, so there would be some margin for error there.

Cheers
Lars

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