User`s manual

The principal reason for the extreme low-cost of Super8
Sound Studio Equipment, when compared to similar equip-
ment used in conventional film sound studios, is the exten-
sive use of equipment designed for the consumer hifi market.
Mixers, equalizers, compressor/expanders, Dolby noise re-
ducers, etc. are available at prices about one-tenth the cost
of professional studio equipment.
With the continued interest in "professional Super 8", we
expect that many of the companies now building 16mm
sound studio equipment will offer Super 8 versions. When
they do, Super8 Sound hopes to represent them. Don't expect
pect significant price reductions compared to 16mm items,
since production quantities will probably remain small.
Despite the cost, such equipment will appeal to the commer-
cial sound studios and labs where heavy daily use might
destroy equipment originally designed for consumer use.
At the present time, however, virtually any post-production
sound film technique can be accomplished with today's
sophisticated Super 8 equipment.
Sync Transfers
Sync cassette tape to fullcoat; Magnetic edge
stripe to fullcoat; Fullcoat to quarter-inch tape; Quarter-inch
tape to fullcoat; Fullcoat to stripe.
Sync Recording
Voice overs; Narration; Sound effects; Music
tracks.
Rerecording
Dubbing dialogue in sync with original dialogue;
Dubbing in sync with loops of picture.
Multi-Track Recording
Multiple fullcoat recorders in sync
( with one fullcoat strand for each track); Multi-track quarter-
inch tape recorders in sync with one or more fullcoat re-
corders.
Mixing Sound mix with picture; Mix without picture (blind);
Loops of sound for room tone, wind, traffic effects; Disc re-
cordings of library effects.
S8S# SCIPIO, S8SR and FEW3
Sync Transfers (Resolving)
If original sound was not recorded directly onto fullcoat
magnetic film, the first use of the sound studio will be for
transfers of location sync sound from a sync tape, or from
a single-system film's magnetic edge stripe, to fullcoat mag-
netic film.
The original sync sound is generally played back on the same
sync recorder that was used in the field. The sync recorder is
connected to the Super8 Sound Recorder by a (sync) Resolver
Cable. This cable carries the 1/F (or pilotone) sync signal
recorded in the field, and feeds it to the servo-control speed-
matching circuitry of the Super8 Sound Recorder. The
Super8 Sound Recorder will change its speed to match any
variations in the original camera speed, plus any variations in
the sync tape recorder playback. It will record one frame of
fullcoat magnetic film for each frame of picture originally
taken, and without letting camera or recorder speed varia-
tions affect the sound fidelity.
S8S# S8SR, PE807 and FEW3
If the original sync sound was recorded on magnetic stripe
in a single-system sound camera, the film must be played
back on a sync projector equipped with a 1/F contact switch.
The sync cable from the projector acts as the Resolver Cable,
which allows the Super8 Sound Recorder to match its speed
to the projector, and therefore to the original camera speed.
An Audio Resolver Cable is needed to carry the sound from
the original sync recorder, or the projector, to the fullcoat
recorder. Generally, this sound should be sent first through
an equalizer, to eliminate unwanted sounds from the original
recording, or from the playback equipment (projector hum).
All the cables necessary to accomplish sync resolving are
listed in the Cables section of the Super8 Sound Catalog.
Equalizers are listed below. For a complete explanation of
the resolving procedure, see the Super8 Sound Recorder
User's Manual.
S8S# S8SLR
Super8 Sound Laboratory Recorder
The Super8 Sound Laboratory Recorder is a professional
version of the Super8 Sound Recorder. It records on Super
8 fullcoat magnetic film, using 10 1/2-inch reels (one full
hour). It has all the automatic sync functions of the Super8
Sound Recorder except portable crystal sync operation.
These include: transferring (resolving) sync sound from
any sync recorder — cassette or reel-to-reel, 1/F sync pulse
or pilotone; transferring sync sound to a magnetic edge stripe
with any sync projector equipped with a 1/F sync switch or
AC synchronous motor; transferring sound from the mag-
netic edge stripe to fullcoat magnetic film; and multiple
recorder synchronization via AC line interlock.
Super8 Sound Studio
Super 8 Sound, Inc. 27
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