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Author Topic: dts 6ad Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 10-02-2008 02:34 PM                        so I have this dts 6ad. The complaint was the volume fluctuates from trailer to trailer. Well of course it's going from analog to digital. I did an Achain and set the dolby levels. It still has a big drop going into analog eventhough everything is accurate. I even played with the automation offsets. no changeHas anyone else had this problem? Thanks Bernie  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-02-2008 03:32 PM                     Did you do a B-chain?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-02-2008 04:02 PM                     Have you tried playing Dolby Jiffy to see if the analogue output levels are accurate  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-02-2008 05:11 PM                        The DTS levels themselves could be inaccurate. Don't mess with those without the proper test equipment.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-02-2008 06:44 PM                     quote: Topic: dts 6ad Hey Bernie In the interest of preserving the archives, could you change the topic title to be more descriptive please? Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 10-25-2008 11:14 PM                        I seen this over & over again with the 6AD, the digital is louder than the analog, even if the "A" chain is at reference, the digital is louder, I talked to DTS, they said if the levels are at reference line the D & A will be the same, No They Are Not !!! I raise the analog input level two dots above reference line, problem solve, analog & digital level is now the same, can't tell when digital drops to analog & vise verser....by doing this I never heard any distortion in analog, always sound great. Try raising the input level (2) dots above reference & see....  |  IP: Logged John T. Hendrickson, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 889 From: Freehold, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-26-2008 11:53 AM                     Hey Bernie- What type of analog soundhead are you running this unit with?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-26-2008 11:57 AM                     Check the automation level offsets and if necessary set the analogue higher and the digital lower  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 10-26-2008 09:01 PM                     quote: Don Sneed I talked to DTS, they said if the levels are at reference line the D & A will be the same, No They Are Not !!! I raise the analog input level two dots above reference line, problem solve.... Interesting. Just a few months ago, I wanted to test this myself, so after I did my A-chains, I went into one of the auditoriums and had the booth operator switch back and forth between DTS and SR several times. I heard absolutely no difference, to the point that I had to actually ask him over the radio if he switched formats yet (which he had). This was with the optical levels at the reference line. So I wonder if the issue you describe perhaps only occurs with certain software versions? Just a thought.  |  IP: Logged

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