Massive 96hz flutter.
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On Jun 14, 2012, at 10:39 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's an isolated-loop Westrex transport, so wow and flutter were advertised and actually audible as much lower than the then-standard Ampex 300's.
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> As for what sort of wow and flutter to expect now, with a 60-year-old acetate-backed film? Who knows!
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> If you're talking about the playbacks that were done to make the Classic Records reissues, there were aspects of that playback chain that were controversial but I don't remember the details. The few DVD-A discs I have sound fine as far as wow and flutter. Some of the original LPs have obvious wow, I think it could be off-center pressings but also remember that Everest would often record a "cutting master" tape from their 3-2 mixdown.
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> -- Tom Fine
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35 mm again
>
>
>> ...and the wow and flutter figure on the type of machine Everest used?
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>> Steve Smolian
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>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Howarth
>> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:27 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35 mm again
>>
>> That's correct. SMPTE eq.
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Aaron Levinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> That was what I recall. It was a non-standard speed by conventional audio standards.
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>>> AA
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 9:49 PM, Roderic G Stephens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> If I read and convert correctly, 18 IPS.
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>>>> --- On Thu, 6/14/12, Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 35 mm again
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 6:31 PM
>>>>
>>>> Tom and anyone else with the answer,
>>>>
>>>> At what speed were Everest's 35mm recordings made?
>>>>
>>>> Steve Smolian
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