[78-L] Lacquer discs recorded at 80 rpm

[David Lennick]

I may have one lacquer playback (cracked glass disc) but generally these were 
pressed, so there'd be multiple copies available for use on set. They contain 
the song with vocal as the performer was to lip sync or dance to it. I've seen 
and transferred many, can't recall currently owning any. The star would record 
the song prior to filming, and a rough mix of the audio tracks (which were 
often done from a number of "angles", which is how we've been able to derive 
stereo from the original elements) was transferred to disc, at 78RPM for the 
star to take home and practice with and at 80 for the playback.

dl

On 1/5/2011 10:32 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> Does anyone happen to have one or more of these discs? Were they instrumental
> only or is there a vocal voice doing the singing too so the star can learn the
> song?
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> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> But playbacks were only heard on set and picked up by microphones as reference
> audio, not used as part of the final mix. The slate and the click countdown on
> the disc provided sync points but the final audio was mixed in from film audio,
> no?
>
> Hmm.
>
> dl
>
> On 1/5/2011 9:57 AM, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
>> Friend Nick Bergh has provided this answer:
>>
>> Hi Doug,
>>
>> 80 rpm is the speed you get with a 1200 rpm sync motor system.  It was
>> not possible for the studios to record in sync at 78.26 rpm.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>> Message: 7
>>> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:05:56 -0500
>>> From: Doug Pomeroy<audiofixer at verizon.net>
>>> Subject: [78-L] Lacquer discs recorded at 80 rpm
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>>> Does anyone know why lacquer discs were recorded at some transcription
>>> studios, and also some movie studios, at 80 rpm?
>>>
>>> Doug Pomeroy
>>> audiofixer at verizon.net
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