Film-Tech Forums: surround sound issue with D-cinema

»	Film-Tech Forums » Straight to Video » surround sound issue with D-cinema

Author

Topic: surround sound issue with D-cinema

Robert LaValley
Film Handler

Posts: 74
From: Tampa, FL
Registered: May 2007

posted 10-06-2008 10:41 PM

I'm getting a crackling noise coming from random surround chanels during a DLP presentation of Appaloosa. It sounds like rice crispies basically. not very loud pops and crackles, but its there just the same. Any ideas? Dolby show player, show store, and cp650 is the equipment. It's not like I can run film-gaurd and make it all ok again.

| IP: Logged

Scott Norwood
Film God

Posts: 5528
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-06-2008 10:59 PM

Blown speaker(s)?

| IP: Logged

Mark Gulbrandsen
Film God

Posts: 11452
From: Bountiful, Utah
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-06-2008 11:07 PM

It sounds like you have a bad surround amp or you may be clipping the surround amp channels. Reduce the fader a bit and see if the breakups persist. If they do at the reduced fader setting then I'd suspect amplifier problems.

Hope this helps....
Mark

| IP: Logged

Tristan Lane
Master Film Handler

Posts: 387
From: Vancouver, WA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 10-07-2008 11:57 AM

Post Deleted

| IP: Logged

Jim Cassedy
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 248
From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Dec 2006

posted 10-07-2008 06:25 PM

Slightly off topic but my main 'complaint' about Appolosa is that customers complain about the volume being low/difficult to hear.

We're using DTS audio, and I've found I have to run that film almost 2 or 3 points higher than normal to keep the customers happy.

The DTS XD-10 is feeding a CP-65. I don't know by how many db's each number on the CP-65 dial increreases the level, but if I ran any other print at that level in the past the sound would be blasting and EVERYONE would be asking to have it turned down.

I think this has something to do with the sound track mix, and is not the fault of the equipment.

The CP-65 was refurbished by Dolby and re-calibrated less than 6 months ago and all the speakers and the main amps were replaced as part of an overall upgrade in that auditorium less than a year ago. A quick sound level check by me with test signals and a test meter confirm that everything seems to be working within specs.

I'll have to see/hear what happens when I put another feature in that auditorium next week.

(Or I could try moving Appolosa to another auditorium and see if the low volume complaints follow the print)

| IP: Logged

Robert LaValley
Film Handler

Posts: 74
From: Tampa, FL
Registered: May 2007

posted 10-08-2008 03:54 PM

Well I swapped digital prints and put Nick and Nora in my "problem" theatre and apaloosa in another theatre. Turns out when I did this, the sound problem went away in the problem aud and did NOT follow the movie to the other aud.

gotta love computers. [Roll Eyes]

Update to this:

I found out from dolby that there is a software upgrade that should help with this and their engineers are working on a software upgrade for the cp-650 since this problem has surfaced in a few other places that run DO-RE-Mi players instead of the dolby showplayers like I have.

[ 11-17-2008, 01:22 PM: Message edited by: Robert LaValley ]

| IP: Logged

All times are CT (US)

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Copyright 1999-2009 Film-Tech Cinema LLC

Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classic^TM 6.3.1.2
The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.