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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 11-12-2002, 04:19 AM:
On the one occasion that I have run 70mm, many years ago now, it was the original Todd-AO format, five screen channels, mono surround, no NR.I am totally confused about the later formats, much of what I have read seems to be conflicting.
Can someone please give me a list of all magnetic formats which have been used on 70mm, format numbers, noise reduction, channel assignments, and which processors, and/or outboard adapters are needed to play them.
I assume that DTS on 70 is the same format as on 35.
What about CDS, were all CDS readers dual guage, the one I have seen was, or were there any 35 or 70 only versions? Was the sound format the same for both guages? How many channels was it?
Thanks.
Posted by Thomas Hauerslev (Member # 566) on 11-12-2002, 05:00 AM:
Please find Dolby Stereo format codes here ------------------
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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 11-12-2002, 07:01 PM:
CDS was a 5.1 channel system. The sound format was the same for both systems, however a different sound negative was developed for the 35mm version, which packed the data into a somewhat smaller space than was available on 5-perf 70mm. The level of quality for high speed 35mm film printing and CCD imagers didn't do too well for the demanding, data intensive CDS audio track. Perhaps if the same situation were to play over again today in 2002, CDS might have stood a better chance.Both 70mm and 35mm versions packed a staggering amount of 1-bit Delta Modulation encoded audio onto the track. Data ran in the neighborhood of 6 million bits per second. That's way above the total data rates of SDDS (2.2Mb/s), Dolby Digital (556kb/s) and DTS (820kb/s).
DTS is the same regardless of film gauge since the separate CDs hold the sound. The only thing that changes is the type of reader and time code depending on film gauge and format.
Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 11-13-2002, 01:51 AM:
CDS was the same on both 35mm and 70mm except for data bits being 1.25X stretched vertically on the 70mm version due to the greater linear speed. Although the 70mm version was introduced first I think it is fair to say the 70mm dots were stretched as opposed to saying the 35mm dots were compressed since they were square on 35mm (14 x 14 microns) but rectangular on 70mm (17.5 x 14 microns). The CCD reader would "see" both tracks as being exactly the same.[Hmmm...does this predate and therefore invalidate that Dolby patent that seems to cover any digital sound system whose data simply gets stretched out on 70mm but is otherwise the same?]
I believe the production model penthouse readers were all dual gauge.
A web version of the CDS brochure with specs may be found here
Posted by Ray Derrick (Member # 1001) on 11-15-2002, 05:24 AM:
[Hmmm...does this predate and therefore invalidate that Dolby patent that seems to cover any digital sound system whose data simply gets stretched out on 70mm but is otherwise the same?]Well Steve, if it does, it wouldn't be the first time. The US Patent Office is littered with patents that have managed re-patent prior art. Obviously they, unlike the Swiss Patent Office, do not employ people of the calibre of Albert Einstein to examine patent applications.
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Posted by Jeffry L. Johnson (Member # 453) on 11-16-2002, 11:30 AM:
here is a Film Sound Formats table from the Film Sound History Web site.
Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 11-18-2002, 03:18 AM:
The table you linked to is slightly in error as the Cinerama sound format does not show the back wall channel.