SOUND FILM SHOOTING - made EASY

Input signals for syncing: 1000 Hz pulses with line level, 1000 Hz pulses directly from sound head, digital pulses with TTL/CMOS 5V level, or the internal crystal time base.

Crystal time base: selectable frame rates: 16,666666 - 18,000000 - 24,000000 - 25,000000 fps.

Operation modes: "free run": projector is disconnected from the unit and can be used for rewinding, loading etc.

"sync lock": projector will only run, when a valid sync signal is present. The projector will start and stop remotely according to the sync signal, while being smoothly regulated to the clock of the sync signal.

"record": projector runs without sync regulation. 1000 Hz pulses are recorded to a tape in the clock of the projector frame rate.

Pulse ratio selector: Bauer projectors provide 12 pulses per frame, Braun projectors provide 3 pulses per frame and other sync devices provide 1 pulse per frame. This selector lets you set the synchronizer to all of them.

"manual" selector: In case you recognize a sync shift during sync projection, maybe due to a defect perforation, you can accelerate or slow down the projector until the audio is in sync again.

"reset" button: resets the internal sync shift memory. Should be pressed before starting a new sync process. Should not be pressed when only interrupting a running sync process by stopping the audio.

open for a lot of connections:

power supply with your country specific power adaptor with 8...12 V / 0,5 A output, DC or AC.

SYNC IN digital: Any TTL or CMOS 5V compatible sync signal can be connected

TAPE/LINE: input for 1000 Hz signals with line level or direct sound head connection. Recording output when mode selector is in record position.

SYNC OUT digital: outputs the master signal as a clean TTL / CMOS 5V compatible signal. Can be used to connect external frame counters or the Elmo GS1200MO projector.

PROJECTOR socket: special connection for Bauer StudioClass and Braun Visacustic projectors. Combines pulse input and regulation output.

CONTROL: Universal regulation output and pulse input for the connection of tape decks and film editors or customer applications. Provides the 5 regulation levels using open collector outputs.

easy syncing guaranteed:

simply connect your audio recorder which contains the field sound, to the sync input of the synchronizer and the connector to the projector socket.

Make the audio connections between projector and audio recorder.

Now load your film and foreward it, until the first frame of the scene or roll to be synced appears on the screen.

Set the synchronizer to "sync" and the projector to "record". The projector will keep stopped, waiting for what is going to happen.

Now press the play button of your audio player and the audio will start playing.

The projector will patiently keep waiting.

Now, earlier or later, the sync pulses will appear in the audio track and will be recognized by the synchronizer. The master LED will start to display the sync impulses and the projector motor & lamp will be switched on remotely!

You will hear your audio in sync with the film shown at the screen, while the sound is going to be recorded to the magnetic stripe, without any testing or messing around, without stop-watch or squeezing and stretching! Isn´t it great?

going professional:T1008MS

of course you may not be satisfied by simply recording the un-edited field sound to your film. So, why don´t you first copy the field sound to a multi-track tape deck? You can make the copy to the tape deck without loosing sync, if it is equipped with the T1008MS kit and loaded with perforated 1/4" tape (no fullcoat neccessary!). The tape deck will be remotely controlled by the synchronizer.

After finishing the editing process, you can transfer and mix the result back to the Super 8 sound stripe. Now the tape deck is controlling the projector, using the synchronizer and you will keep in lip sync as usual.