2 hours ago
Been a minute since my last sync drop but I'm back with another set of syncs for a troubled film. All of these tracks are synced to the "Pre-AI" WEB-DLs from places like Disney+ and Hulu. Although since the WEBs and UHD share the same framecount you can mux them into that if you want to for whatever reason.
1. Original Theatrical DTS Mix -
This was taken from the 35mm scan and not the original CD-ROMs so it has been upsampled to 48kHz. This mix had the best balance of dynamics and loudness out of the ones I synced even though I mostly just synced it for 100% theatrical accuracy. Available in FLAC 5.1 16-bit 48kHz
2. D-Theater DTS Mix -
This was taken directly from the tape with the only thing done to it being patching to 24-bit for compatibility. I chose to sync this as I had read on this forum that the DTS Laserdisc and first US DVD releases used a bit-for-bit copy of the same master used for the Theatrical DTS mix and that the D-Theater tape shared this track, I didn't have access to the DTS Laserdisc so this was my best bet. In my own analysis I found that the mix is indeed very similar but every so slightly more compressed in dynamics and a harder high frequency cut-off, So I believe this mix is more representative of the studio master as opposed to the released CD-ROMs. Available in FLAC 5.1 24-bit 48kHz
3. AC-3 Laserdisc
Another one synced out of superstition. I had read this mix was slightly different and mixed for home system and that did turn out to be true. What I was suprised by however is just how dynamic this track ended up being. From my analysis it seemed to be track least affected by dynamic range compression which is suprising for a home theater mix. Available in FLAC 5.1 16-bit 48kHz (I may do a non-transcoded version in the future)
4. Laserdisc PCM / Dolby Surround -
Since I synced all my audio in NLE (Sony Vegas) this track was as easy as replacing the 5.1 track with the 2.0 track from the same capture, said capture was bit-perfect. Figured I'd do since it required zero effort and I always like throwing a bone to 2-channel setups. Available in FLAC 2.0 16-bit 44.1kHz
P.S: synced all of these in course of 3 hours in one night, I'm a machine!
1. Original Theatrical DTS Mix -
This was taken from the 35mm scan and not the original CD-ROMs so it has been upsampled to 48kHz. This mix had the best balance of dynamics and loudness out of the ones I synced even though I mostly just synced it for 100% theatrical accuracy. Available in FLAC 5.1 16-bit 48kHz
2. D-Theater DTS Mix -
This was taken directly from the tape with the only thing done to it being patching to 24-bit for compatibility. I chose to sync this as I had read on this forum that the DTS Laserdisc and first US DVD releases used a bit-for-bit copy of the same master used for the Theatrical DTS mix and that the D-Theater tape shared this track, I didn't have access to the DTS Laserdisc so this was my best bet. In my own analysis I found that the mix is indeed very similar but every so slightly more compressed in dynamics and a harder high frequency cut-off, So I believe this mix is more representative of the studio master as opposed to the released CD-ROMs. Available in FLAC 5.1 24-bit 48kHz
3. AC-3 Laserdisc
Another one synced out of superstition. I had read this mix was slightly different and mixed for home system and that did turn out to be true. What I was suprised by however is just how dynamic this track ended up being. From my analysis it seemed to be track least affected by dynamic range compression which is suprising for a home theater mix. Available in FLAC 5.1 16-bit 48kHz (I may do a non-transcoded version in the future)
4. Laserdisc PCM / Dolby Surround -
Since I synced all my audio in NLE (Sony Vegas) this track was as easy as replacing the 5.1 track with the 2.0 track from the same capture, said capture was bit-perfect. Figured I'd do since it required zero effort and I always like throwing a bone to 2-channel setups. Available in FLAC 2.0 16-bit 44.1kHz
P.S: synced all of these in course of 3 hours in one night, I'm a machine!
