User`s manual

Super 8 Splicers
Super 8 Splicers
There are two basic types of splicer, cement and tape. Ce-
ment splices are stronger and more permanent. They bend
in the same way unspliced film does (tape splices tend to
fold sharply) and consequently they have better sound fi-
delity on some equipment. They must be made carefully
and quickly (cement sets in less than 10 seconds), and they
cannot be changed without destroying at least two frames.
All the cement splicers listed here can produce a splice that
adds no thickness to the original film.
S8S# SBOLEX
Tape splices offer an editorial advantage since you can peel
them off and insert another shot without losing a frame.
All tape splicers cut on the frame line, so that a cut is rever-
sible if the outtake has been saved. For permanent tape
splices, put tape on both sides of your film, but for fast
initial assembly of a workprint, tape can be temporarily
applied to just one side.
Magnetic film is always spliced with tape (cement splices
adhere only to the acetate base material), on one side only,
or with a flap over just the sprocket holes on the oxide
side.
Bolex (cement)
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SBOLEX
Braun FK1 (cement) ................................................................................
SBRAUN
(motorized sapphire wheel)
Fuji Splicer (tape)
' SFUJI
Guillotine Professional Super 8 (tape) .....................................
SGUILPRO
Guillotine Metal (tape) ...........................................................................
SGUILM
Guillotine Plastic (tape)
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SGU1L
Eumig Chemo Splicer 701 (cement) ...........................................
SEUMIG
(produces an unusual serrated butt splice)
Hahnel Collmatic S1000 (cement) .....................................................
SH1000
(motorized sapphire wheel)
Hahnel Collmatic SD8 (cement)
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SHSD8
(faster than the Hahnel S-1000)
Hervic Minette (tape) ...........................................................................
SMINET
HPI Quik-Splice (tape)
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SHPI
Kodak Presstape (tape) ...........................................................................
SKODAK
(this is the longest, strongest tape splice — six frames in length
)
Maier-Hancock 816ST Hot Splicer (cement)
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SMAIER
(includes a heating element for the tightest possible splices)
See the Editing Accessories section of the Super8 Sound
Catalog for splicing tape, film cement, etc.
Super8 Sound Editing
Single-System Editing
Cutting film with sound on a magnetic edge stripe has the
drawback that the sound and picture are displaced from one
another by 3/4 second (18 frames). An editor with a mag
stripe reader is essential with single-system footage to make
the best cutting decisions.
Super8 Sound offers the single-system viewer/editors listed
above, as well as single-system versions of the Super8 Sound
Editing Benches, the MKM Editing Table, and the Super 8 Re-
search Associates Post-Production Console. These last three
allow both single-system and double-system editing.
S8S# MOSER
Moser Displacement Recorder
It is also possible to edit single-system by eliminating the 18
frame sound and picture separation with a displacement re-
corder. The Moser Displacement Recorder will pick up the
sound from the 18-frame advance position and re-record it
on the edge stripe in "editorial sync" (immediately next to
the corresponding picture). When picture is cut, the accom-
panying sound is also cut. After editing, the Displacement Re-
corder will replace the sound on the edited footage at the
normal 18-frame advance position for projection or transfer
to video.
Moser Autosync 8 Displacement Recorder
................................ MOSER
Super 8 Sound, Inc.
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