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Sound Transfer

by Fred Ginsburg

After the production tracks have been recorded in the field, the 1&Mac218;4-inch audiotapes are sent back to the lab or studio for transfer to either 16mm or 35mm sprocketed magnetic film. This initial transfer is a most critical stage for the audio (and the person who recorded it), since a poor transfer can easily induce lots of distortion.

An editor then syncs up the dailies, by aligning the clapsticks on both picture and sound and matching the lengths of the two reels (either adding leader or cutting out garbage). After the dailies have been synced, both picture and sound reels then have matching edge number codes inked on so as to facilitate keeping track of sync later on during editing. (Coding may occur after the screening of dailies.)

Each previous day’s footage is screened in sync at the "dailies". Here, the producer, director, client, and key crew members get to evaluate what was shot. It is in this projection room that we get to "live or die". It is very important for the sound mixer to attend at least the first few dailies screenings (if not all of them) in order to ascertain that the production tracks are not being played back distorted due to bad transfer or poor screening room facilities!


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