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Author Topic: Gran Tarino Sound problem at the credits Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 01-31-2009 08:09 PM                     Anyone having sound issues with Gran Tarino? I've ingested it in three different auditoriums and about to try it on a fourth and all of them right when it says "directed by" at the begining of the credits I start getting popping in the speakers like someone is taking a jack and unplugging and plugging it in rapidly with amps turned to 10000. In other words its a pretty loud pop. rice crispies on steriods.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-01-2009 05:38 PM                     It must be on the hard-drive you received that way. Can you get another? If it was a common problem I'm sure we'd have heard all about it by now. Further, I can't assist sorry, we're only playing it on 35mm.  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 02-02-2009 01:45 AM                     Called technicolor today. their saying I'm the first one to report such an error with gran torino. Their sending me a drive tommorrow. hopefully it was just the drive and it isnt something more....  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-02-2009 08:15 PM                     No problems with it in Wyoming at the theaters I service.  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 02-03-2009 11:27 PM                     ok now I got two other movies with the same popping at the begining and during only the credits.... any ideas??  |  IP: Logged Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 02-04-2009 01:09 AM                     Not with 'Gran Torino' but we had a problem with random noise blasts that turned out to be the digital input card in the CP650.We got new drives and even replaced the server before we tracked it down by replacing everything.We could never "make' it happen, never seemed to be at the same spot. No idea why it happens to you at the credits.Any chance the automation could be causing noise if you bring up lights when the credits start?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-04-2009 06:12 AM                     Time to get your service tech busy! Could also be blown drivers. Have seen alot of them with deteriorating foam surround on the woofers (E-V)... Digital Cinema's dynamic rang can be hard on older drivers. Mark  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-04-2009 09:56 AM                     But it's only in the credits...and Gran Torino doesn't exactly pump in them during Clint's song. Have you had anything upgraded in the automation recently or changed anything in the programming?...New dimmers maybe?  |  IP: Logged David Zylstra Master Film Handler Posts: 432 From: Novi, MI, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 02-04-2009 12:17 PM                     quote: Robert LaValley ok now I got two other movies with the same popping at the begining and during only the credits.... any ideas?? My first thought after reading this is try cycling your dimmer through its presets during playback (or even with no sound playing but set on your normal playback input) - maybe the mid setting is causing noise for some reason. Also - what server/sound processor combination do you have? (some of the Cinedigm installs with DTS-6ADs got the wrong analog audio cable installed)  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-04-2009 12:55 PM                     A phase control dimmer would normally cause hum not popping sounds It could be relay closure noise from automation dry contacts  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 02-06-2009 07:56 PM                     No idea why it happens to you at the credits.Any chance the automation could be causing noise if you bring up lights when the credits start? - NA10 and Lutron graphic eye system. Are the automation and dimmers. I don’t believe its that because the sound starts about 1-2 minutes after the light cue. Time to get your service tech busy! Could also be blown drivers. Have seen alot of them with deteriorating foam surround on the woofers (E-V)... Digital Cinema's dynamic rang can be hard on older drivers. - New speakers all the way around. New building. We just opened 4 months ago. Have you had anything upgraded in the automation recently or changed anything in the programming?...New dimmers maybe? - TI upgrade, Dolby show player, store, library, upgraded software to latest versions on all. - No new dimmers installed recently. The popping sounds exactly how it would sound when you are unplugging a microphone or guitar into an amp full blast. That thud of bass..etc etc. It has recently gone away yet again with new content and re-ingested old content. Technicolors replacement drive worked for Gran Tarino.  |  IP: Logged

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