Re: Variable Density B&W Film for Monoaural Audio Only. No Movies, No Stories. Just Music.

On 13 Apr 2007 23:29:54 -0700, in rec.arts.movies.production.sound
"Radium" <glucegen1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi:

I like using variable-density analog B&W monoaural negative [no
positive and no "reversal"; just the negatives] film optical tracks
Why didn't they make an audio-only equivalent of this for music [i.e.
an optical audio tape]?

Why not replace *Analog Magnetic Audio Tapes* with *Analog Optical
Audio Tapes*??
1) when you do copies for editing on your steenbeck, you loose
signicant quality in the transfer, and as these will transfer over to
the dubbing room, your quality will still be degraded

2) the time taken for doing copies is longer than for doing mag
copies.

3) GNR is not that predictable

4) You can do repeat drop in/drop outs with mag stock, this is not
possible with optical stock, hence expensive and time consuming.

5) sound quality can depend on the processing chemistry variables. Mag
stock is much more consistant, basically boiling down to HF bias and
EQ

I always prefered the bilateral variable area format

Maybe you should post to rec.audio.highend or rec.audiophools instead




martin
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