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Worth mentioning there are two 35mm prints on ebay at the moment...
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2022-01-30, 07:59 AM
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Yeah yeah, posting again. Finally sat down to watch the BD tonight and dear god the audio track blows.
Audio levels are all over, some of the sound is weird and echo-y and during "There's a Light" when Riff Raff sings from the window it's weirdly soft and as the camera pulls back it gets louder... none of this is true of the original VHS's stereo track.
Now that I've re-spliced the broken leader and wired my VCR to my PC I'm pondering sample rate and bit depth. Is 48kHz/16-bit okay? My sound chip is a alc662, and I think the best it can do is 96kHz/16-bit.
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2022-01-31, 09:37 PM
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Around the 15th(?) anniversary, USA cable network's Night Flight actually showed Superheroes. I wonder where they got it from let alone how they got it scanned?
Recenty got my hands on "Super 8 Grindhouse" version someone made using the Blu Ray and some other sources. It was posted to the RHPS reddit before being taken down. Seeing the same fake film scratches/defects every few seconds got old really fast, but they did nail the beat up print on a really grungy projector look. The "mono" had too much echo and reverb at times, (no idea what they used for a source) but I give them an A for effort overall.
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2022-02-01, 09:32 AM
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Ended up doing 48kHz/16-bit. A quick side-by-side comparison and I think the issue is that since the source is mono, they aggressively took that single track and just spun it around the speakers without really expanding the soundfield much. It's fairly strange how it was done.
I have no idea when I'll have time to actually sync it. I might use the BD's superheroes downmixed, but I will check the CD to see if it has all the sounds and is a better mix.
If anyone wants the raw capture, let me know and I'll make it available.
Edit: So a brief history of my VHS. Yes, it's the 1990 15th anniversary tape that sold for $90. I found it in the early 90's at a store that bought and resold liquidated stock from places. In the case of the tape, it was stock from a video store that burned down. It was dirt cheap and completely undamaged. I'm pretty sure I have a couple black diamond Disney VHS from them as well.
Edit 2: Looking reviews of the earliest DVD release, I saw one reviewer say the 5.1 mix was pretty much just an extension of the old stereo mix with no noticeable difference.
Anyone know if this is true? If so, an old DVD might be a better source and easier to sync.
Edit 3: I'm seriously looking for any opinion about this. I might be crazy. I'm also curious if anyone cares about a sync of a lower numbered channel mixed track synced to the BD.