User`s manual

S8S# S8SEB2
Super Sound
Super8 Sound Editing
Super8 Sound Editing Benches
The Super8 Sound Editing Bench has become the standard
for filmmakers who are working in double-system Super 8
fullcoat editing. There are approximately five times as many
Super8 Sound Editing Benches in use as the next most pop-
ular Super 8 fullcoat editing system. While this is undoubt-
edly due in part to the low price (40% of the least expen-
sive horizontal editing table) it is also because the Editing
Bench provides almost all the operating functions of a hori-
zontal table, as well as some additional advantages.
Now the Super8 Sound Editing Bench is also available in
multiple sound strand models (3-gang and 4-gang synchron-
izers) with new Super8 Sound Reel Spacer/Adapters to allow
even take-up of up to four strands without spilling any
strand on the bench surface.
Super8 Sound Editing Bench (2-Gang)
This is the original Super8 Sound Editing Bench. It incor-
porates all the traditional editing techniques of 16mm film-
making, yet overcomes some of the problems usually en-
countered in editing with a sync block and rewinds. Features
include:
• 24fps Synchronous Motor Drive
The rugged two-gang Moviola synchronizer is driven at sound
speed in the forward direction by a heavy-duty synchronous
motor. This drive system reproduces both voice and music
intelligibly, as well as providing a means to accurately time
the film. The motor is operated by a convenient foot switch
which also engages an electric clutch. The clutch instantly
engages or disengages the motor from the synchronizer,
which allows for accurate dialogue cutting and a quick tran-
sition from motor-driven sound speed to hand-driven rapid
traverse.
An 18fps conversion kit is supplied with every bench to allow
handling amateur speed films.
• Sliding Magnetic Head Assembly
An unusual sliding magnetic head assembly permits sync
"tuning" while running at sound speed over a range of 12
frames in either direction from a reference point in line with
the viewer. This simplifies finding sync in difficult passages,
such as scenes with no clapmark.
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Differential Rewind Adapters
Differential Rewind Adapters allow Super 8 reels to fit on
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6mm rewind shafts and eliminate the familiar problem of
"reel banging" in order to take up slack caused by reels of
different diameters on the same shaft. Because the adapters
provide true differential
action between the reels of sound
and picture, they allow the editor to move either strand in-
dependently without having to spend time adjusting clamps
and spacers.
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Roller Outriggers
A pair of roller "outriggers" have been added to the sync
block. These "outriggers" pull the film free from the sprocket
teeth when the synchronizer's regular roller arms are released
and hold the film in the synchronizer rollers for fast forward
and rewind of both strands, or one strand while the other
is held still. They also help reduce the time spent removing
and repositioning either strand whenever it must be taken
out of the synchronizer.
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Bright Viewer
The Super8 Sound Editing Bench incorporates a modified
Minette S-5 viewer, which has the brightest, sharpest image
of any Super 8 viewer on the market today.
The Editing Bench comes complete with a pair of Moviola
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6mm rewinds, a pre-drilled 2' x 4' formica board, and all
the necessary mounting hardware. Legs are an optional extra.
A single-system magnetic head reader is available as an ac-
cessory for single-system editing (add the suffix "-1" to the
product code).
Electrical Specifications: Power Requirement, 117VAC,
20W.
Super8 Sound Editing Bench
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S8SEB2
(2 gangs, double-system only)
Super8 Sound Editing Bench with single-system head
reader
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S8SEB2-1
(2 gangs, single and double-system)
Super 8 Sound, Inc.
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95 Harvey Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02140