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Marin Zorica
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posted 04-05-2006 03:24 PM

Are there any difference between these two test films or?

Can I set Dolby level with both of them?

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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posted 04-05-2006 07:47 PM

quote: Marin Zorica
Can I set Dolby level with both of them?

You can try but I wouldn't recommend using any Dolby produced analog test films at all until you can check their accuracy. The Dolby made films done over the last three or four years have been some of the more inconsistant test films produced. They are very off the mark some of the time and good at other times. If you don't have the capability to check them then you have no idea if your alignment is correct or not.

Test films that are accurate and on the money are available from NT Audio-Visual. I recently discarded almost all of my Dolby analog test film... some was good and some was bad... There's no time to fool around in this regard....

Mark

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Eric Robinson
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posted 04-05-2006 11:47 PM

Hello Mark,

I found the following contact information for NT Audio Visual:
NT AUDIO VISUAL SUPPLY, INC.
PO Box 1766
Santa Monica, CA 90406
310-828-1098
Is this the company you are refering to? If so, do they have a catalog or website where they list their products.

Thanks...ERIC

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Marin Zorica
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posted 04-06-2006 02:50 AM

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
You can try but I wouldn't recommend using any Dolby produced analog test films at all until you can check their accuracy

Yes that's real problem, because i think that mine 69T isn't good because during loop playing in projector i hear some pip's, and sound changing, on other way cat. 1012 playing ok, and i can set level with them, I'm gona try it on some system that is already aligned to see what level would be indicated.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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posted 04-06-2006 08:00 AM

quote: Eric Robinson
Is this the company you are refering to? If so, do they have a catalog or website where they list their products.

Yes.. I don't know if they have a catalog but they probably do. Just call and ask to talk to Ada.

Marin,
How do you know the system you will check your film on was aligned with "good" film....... [Confused]

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John Pytlak
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posted 04-06-2006 09:15 AM

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
Yes.. I don't know if they have a catalog but they probably do. Just call and ask to talk to Ada.

I think you mean Edel Adam, who joined NT Audio from Kodak several years ago:

http://www.ntaudio.com/managteam.html

quote:
Edel Adam
Edel has worked at NT Audio since March 2000 as Account Representative. She is responsible for developing new business, maintaining our current clients and acting as the liaison between the clients and NT. She is well versed in the film industry where she has worked for over 14 years. Prior to working at NT, she worked in Sales and Marketing for FPC Inc. a Kodak Company, where many of you may have worked with her.

NT Audio records the optical sound negatives used for many feature films:

http://www.ntaudio.com/contact_us.html

http://www.ntaudio.com/audio_overview.html

quote:
Behind the scenes, NT Audio has spent the past twenty years quietly revolutionizing the optical sound track recording industry. We pioneered the 1/2 speed recording process and Quad recording of all sound formats on the same negative. Purpose: to give our customers the highest quality recordings and maximum flexibility.

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Marin Zorica
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posted 04-06-2006 10:13 AM

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
How do you know the system you will check your film on was aligned with "good" film......

Yes i thought of that also, but I can try on couple of them, then aprox i have less chance to have bad result [sex]

Bad I can't belive that some company put "BAD" test film in selling....

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Tim Reed
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posted 04-06-2006 03:42 PM

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NT Audio records the optical sound negatives used for many feature films:

...and some very small potatoes jobs, too! Showbiz Intermission Clock

[Razz]

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Marin Zorica
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posted 04-09-2006 08:54 AM

I record mine Cat 69T and upload here Cat 69T so if You can download it and listen is it good sound?

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posted 05-21-2009 07:20 PM

It has been 1138 days since the last post.

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John Hawkinson
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posted 05-21-2009 07:20 PM

What the heck are the Cat. 1010, 1011, and 1012 test films?

--jhawk

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Scott Ribbens
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posted 05-22-2009 04:00 AM

Cat. #1010 Sync Test film
Cat. #1011 Channel ID Test film
Cat. #1012 Dolby Level Test film

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Marin Zorica
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posted 05-23-2009 07:34 AM

Reminder, as MArk pointed up....don't use any Dolby level test film, I have some of them (cat 69T) but they do have different levels. NT Audio makes great test films printed directly on B/W stock.

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Carsten Kurz
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posted 02-07-2016 01:24 PM

Is there someone still selling decent testloops?

- Carsten

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