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Tony Milman
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 07, 2005 03:51 PM

Picked up a 200ft print of Disney's Lonesome Ghosts. Colour is nice and the print is OK-bit splicy and a few lines but the problem is the sound. Almost a regular sort of drop out of the sound that makes it quite a pain to listen to.

Is this a stripe problem or a bad recording? If anyone has the same film and could drop the sound onto an mp3 file or similar I suppose I could attempt a re-record but the risk would be no sound at all. Still there is always synch pulse (lol)

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 07, 2005 05:19 PM

Does the stripe look ok at the points where the sound drops out? Does it drop away completely or just drop in level.
I had this problem on a film once where the level kept dropping away so I recorded onto the balance stripe with the ALC control turned on which helped to even the level. I then transferred the sound back to the main stripe. Wasnt perfect but it did help.

Kev.

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Craig Hamilton
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Luton
Registered: Sep 2004

posted December 07, 2005 06:27 PM

Tony, I can’t record the soundtrack into mp3 format. But I do have a copy of that print with good sound. If you want, drop me an email & I will post my print to you so you can re-record your print if you wish.

Craig

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 08, 2005 06:22 AM

Craig, Tony will need a cresta setup to lift the sound onto tape and then transfer it back again unless hes going to transfer it onto CD but then I'm not too sure he will be able to keep it in sync without some sort of pulse unit.
I have a cresta setup here if Tony wants me to do the job for him?

Kev.

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Kevin Clark
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bapchild, Kent, UK
Registered: May 2004

posted December 08, 2005 03:16 PM

Tony
How about using the UK Region 2 2-DVD set 'Mickey Mouse In Living Colour' as a re-recording sound source for this film (and possibly other Mickey Mouse cartoons too) it's available for less than £5 at Amazon.co.uk at the moment. I reckon you would then end up with a far better soundtrack than any Super 8 release of this title has had before.
Kevin

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

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From: Essex UK
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posted December 08, 2005 05:25 PM

I didnt know that existed Kevin. Thanks for the heads up on that one [Smile]

Kev.

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Tony Milman
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 09, 2005 12:39 AM

Kevin (C)

Ahhhhhh. Thks. Will do!

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Tony

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Tom Photiou
Film God

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From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003

posted December 09, 2005 02:54 PM

Tony, this print is still availible from Derann. If your copy has all the original titles and NO splices why not ask for a re-record [Confused]

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