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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted February 24, 2013 05:41 PM

Does most 16mm projectors have optical mono sound? How are the movies, comes in stereo or not?

If movies are stereo, what projector is a good one for best possible sound on 16mm?

My current projector is a Bauer P7 Synchro

Thanks

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Matt McBride
Film Handler

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From: Starkville, MS USA
Registered: Oct 2012

posted February 24, 2013 10:44 PM

Yes Vidar. Most 16mm projectors only have mono sound. The best of the theatrical projectors, such as Eiki-EX9000 or Elmo LX-2200, have the ability to read stereo sound. However, like you said most 16mm prints have mono soundtrack. I am not too sure of non theatrical projectors that have the ability to read stereo, though I would think that the Eiki-ex series, like the 350 or 550, have stereo readers. If you are very clever with electronics, you can modify the sound head and processor to give you projector the ability to read stereo prints.

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Vidar Olavesen
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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
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posted February 25, 2013 01:07 AM

Thanks, I am not able to do this mod, but it's nice to know for sure how things work.

I won't need to stress with finding a stereo 16mm projector as I most likely don't have any stereo sound films

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Bill Brandenstein
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From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted February 25, 2013 02:25 PM

Does anyone have such a thing? Even later-vintage rental prints weren't generally stereo, right? I suppose the projectors wouldn't have stereo readers if nobody wanted them, but still...

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Lee Mannering
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From: The Projection Box
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posted February 25, 2013 03:20 PM

Split photo diode, stereo pre amp into surround sound kit is excellent on a Bell & Howeel TQ3. Good little project for winter.

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Adrian Winchester
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From: Croydon, London, UK
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posted February 25, 2013 09:14 PM

It's a shame stereo didn't take off in relation to 16mm, but there are a small number of 1980s prints with stereo tracks. There's a thread somewhere with a lot of information on this, probably on http://16mmfilmtalk.com/

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Michael O'Regan
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From: Essex, UK
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posted February 26, 2013 01:00 PM

http://16mmfilmtalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=19385&start=0

However, I think you may have to be a member over there to access this.

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Vidar Olavesen
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From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted February 26, 2013 01:08 PM

I did that earlier today actually ... Looked cool, but since there's so little movies and probably incredibly hard to find, I'll stick with the mono for now :-)

Thanks for the input

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