3 hours ago
The only copies of the Dolby Stereo mix of Alien I can find suffer from a variety of issues that I speculate might be inherent to the mix itself but I'm not sure
I have a bit-perfect capture of the [1090-80] CBS FOX Laserdisc which infamously has poorly mastered sound
"The Dolby A noise reduction used on the master tape was not decoded on one channel, leading to the odd sounding release. This was a problem with many LaserDisc titles in the 80's and was due to sloppy work at the mastering plant. Needless to say, the undecoded Dolby A leads to a channel imbalance which varies with level (due to the way Dolby A works) and prevents any proper decoding of the Dolby Surround encoded audio"
Source: https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/49176/1090-80/Alien
I also sampled the PCM Optical track from the 35mm scan and it too was off balanced ontop of having typical optical audio issues such as popping and excess noise.
The only release that has the Dolby Stereo mix that I haven't checked is the 1999 DVD, which I do not have access to. If anyone on this forum has a copy of the disc they'd be willingly to share I'd be more than grateful to sync it to the 4K. Cheers and peace for now
I have a bit-perfect capture of the [1090-80] CBS FOX Laserdisc which infamously has poorly mastered sound
"The Dolby A noise reduction used on the master tape was not decoded on one channel, leading to the odd sounding release. This was a problem with many LaserDisc titles in the 80's and was due to sloppy work at the mastering plant. Needless to say, the undecoded Dolby A leads to a channel imbalance which varies with level (due to the way Dolby A works) and prevents any proper decoding of the Dolby Surround encoded audio"
Source: https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/49176/1090-80/Alien
I also sampled the PCM Optical track from the 35mm scan and it too was off balanced ontop of having typical optical audio issues such as popping and excess noise.
The only release that has the Dolby Stereo mix that I haven't checked is the 1999 DVD, which I do not have access to. If anyone on this forum has a copy of the disc they'd be willingly to share I'd be more than grateful to sync it to the 4K. Cheers and peace for now
