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Author Topic: Poor man's dubber? John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-28-2009 07:00 PM                     Boy, this is a long shot. Does anyone have any software-based dubber software, so I can sync up playback with some external input (timecode, shaft encoder, etc.)? Occasionally one imagines cases where this might be useful, but I've never gotten around to making it happen, and could use one... --jhawk p.s.: On the other hand, if somebody has a 4-track mag dubber in Boston that I could use this weekend for free, that would also fit the bill. But that seems unlikely...actually, I can't tell which of these requests is more unlikely...  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 10-29-2009 12:05 AM                     John, haven't heard of any software stuff, but the first thing I gotta ask is do your projectors have encoders yet? If not, that's your first task. Too bad you can't get to L.A. ... after several years of trying to find dubbers for UC Irvine, I now have three..one there, one in my garage and one waiting to be picked up from it's original location. I have a thread here titled " Encoder interface to Digital audio decks for press/workprint screenings" that shows my encoders in my FP-38d's.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-29-2009 12:20 AM                     It was my thought to use the DA20's CLAMP (TP3) signal to drive a dubber. I realize I'd need to convert from 4-pulse-per-frame (1-per-perf) to quadrature, but I don't think that's a big deal. Tony's thread is Encoder interface to Digital audio decks for press/workprint screenings --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-29-2009 09:38 AM                     The Akai digidubber accepts biphase directly Other wise you will need a biphase to SMPTE box JSK and CB Electronics make them  |  IP: Logged

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