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1. If I have a camera with a crystal sync motor (canon 1014xls), do I just need a crystal sync recorder and I'm ready to go? Or am I missing a step - do I need something to generate the pulse?
2. Are there any super8 cameras, besides some of the beaulieus, which were made with a crystal sync motor? Thanks. First post.
JP
As far as I'm aware Beaulieu was the only Super 8 manufacturer to offer crystal sync. I'm sure the Canon 1014 XLS wasn't so equiped.
tom.
If you use the crystal sync method, you need no pulse syncronisation. The camera and the recorder must rund crystal synced, then you can fit the soundtrack afterwards to the footage. The problem is organizing the shooting in a way, that you are able to find the correct sound parts on the (long) tape, that were taken together with the shooting. A clapboard is neccessary.
Therefore the pulse sync method (no crystal needed) is better for the one-man-team without clapboard. Every frame of the footage has it?s corresponding beep-pulse on the tape and when you playback the tape, you can see and hear where exactly the camera was shooting and what frames are combining with what parts of the tape. If you would like to produce a film, the pulse methode is much easyer to handle (at home), as the projectors also emit one pulse per frame to synchronize a tape player.
If you want to produce a video clip, it is easyer to sync a crystal synced sound to the footage in your software.
Pedro
Thanks for the replies. I am interested in digital editing, would the sound need to be resolved before entering it in the computer?
The one-man sync pulse set-up also sounds interesting - how do you "see and hear where exactly the camera was shooting and what frames are combining with what parts of the tape?" Thanks a lot.
JP
JP
Thanks for the replies. I am interested in digital editing, would the sound need to be resolved before entering it in the computer?
The one-man sync pulse set-up also sounds interesting - how do you "see and hear where exactly the camera was shooting and what frames are combining with what parts of the tape?" Thanks a lot.
JP
JP
If you are in an NTSC country like the USA then you will need to pull your audio down by 1/10 of 1%. Good Luck
Have a look at my homepage at John Longeneckers S8 site:
http://www.super8mmdirectory.com/Sup...lse_synch.html
In this article I tried to explain the system with pulse sync.
As there are really 1kHz beeps recorded to one track of the tape, you can HEAR them by connecting this track to the amplifyer or SEE them by sampling the tape and looking at the waveform in your sound editor.
Pedro
Pedro - thanks for the link, very hepful. It looks to me that having a clapboard would still save some time in the editing process. Am I wrong?
Also, I referred earlier to a canon 1014 xls, that I've been told has a crytsal sync motor. How can I tell if this modification has been made?
Nigel - just to be clear - if I pulldown the audio, then a resolver is unnecessary? Thanks for the help.
JP
Johnpaul:
double system sound recording with crystal sync NEEDS a clapboard if you don?t want to spend years for editing, using the try-and-error-method. This means, that undirected, hided shooting is not possible. Recording pulses on one track of a tape makes a clapboard unneccessary and you can use the camera as it was loaded with a sound cardrige.
Canon crystal synced model:
If the canon had a crystal control, only because it was modified. I think you should recognize it due to a special crystal switch or a control indicator LED or s.th. else. From factory, the Canons had no crystal control, only the Beaulieus "pro".
Hint: there are some Nizos around, which have a 1kHz beep generator in-built! Look at John Longeneckers homepage!
Pedro
Bringing this back for its relevance...
/Pat