[In progress] "The Terminator" 1984 home-made what-if Dolby Stereo mix

[izzybell]

If you need a higher quality copy of the Chace mix, I got a new Hi-Fi VHS capture of it. Should sound better than the LD analog.

[Beber]

I'm using the Chace from the French "unreleased" DVD prototype from TF1 Vidéo. According to Stamper, it's the cleanest.

[izzybell]

VHS would have less compression, but that's fair enough

[velocity]

VHS would have less compression, but that's fair enough

Digital compression is virtually inaudible by design and I don't see why an analog VHS capture would be preferable to a clean AC-3 digital track.

[Stamper]

I don't have a Chace VHS, so maybe it's worth listening to it! But it's true that the DVD will have less problems like speed variations and it probably was a straight rip of the tape.

[zoidberg]

It never hurts to have extra sources, plus a hi-fi VHS track (provided there aren't excessive dropouts or tape damage) is going to give you much more latitiude when editing, adjusting speed etc.

[izzybell]

Digital compression is virtually inaudible by design and I don't see why an analog VHS capture would be preferable to a clean AC-3 digital track.

That is simply just not the case, In my experience a Hi-Fi capture will almost certainly beat a lossy ac3 stereo track at average bitrate (typically 192kbps). As for noise, those issues are easily managed and once cleaned those VHS tracks are some seriously impressive stuff.

[izzybell]

I don't have a Chace VHS, so maybe it's worth listening to it! But it's true that the DVD will have less problems like speed variations and it probably was a straight rip of the tape.

Likewise I haven't heard this French DVD, If you want I'd be willing to do a trade of sorts for it. Also should note I didn't not do the capture, it was done by Movie Man on Telegram.

[Beber]

As I recall, the French DVD is not AC3 but MPEG audio, and Stamper made the sync in PCM or FLAC. It sounds alright and the sync job is already done, so I only have to work on the surrounds accordingly.