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5 Akai DD8 machines – Care and Us e
SDDS Print Master Guidelines, Page 14 of 26
5 Akai DD8 machines – Care and Use
5.1
Models
T here ar e two models of the DD8. Camera s i t es have the mos t recent model, which is
the DD8 plus.
5.2
Media
Masters should be s upplied on 2.6Gb MO car t r i dges , with 1 reel per side.
Note: please check with the opt ical transfer facility and t he f ilm distributor
before usi ng Akai DD8 MO di s cs for SDDS masters. Not all optical transfer
facilities have Akai machines. It is not a s t andar d r equi r ement. If you’re not sure, mix
to DT RS .
5.3
At the opt ical camera t r ans f er facility
T he audi o will be tr ans ferred di gi tally via AE S into the camer a. The camer a i s
synchronised to a PAL video s ync. Timecode i s used for positional information, and i s
synchronised wi th a CB electronics Bi-phase to timecode conver ter . The eas i es t and
safest method i s for the camer a f acility to make a “s t r ai ght across” trans fer without re-
assigning tr acks , changing s ync et c. Please bear this in mind when making mas ter s .
5.4
T rack assignment
It would gr eatl y help the tr ans fer facility if the s tandar d tr ack assignment is adhered
to. This can be found at section 1.2 on page 4. Tracks can be s wapped i nter nally when
making cl ones etc. This can be s et up in two ways . Either
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“routing inputs ” by pressing S YS T EM – INPUTS, or
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“track mappi ng” by pressing S YS T EM – MORE – MORE – TRACKS. This lets
you swap r ound the output assignments of recorded tr acks .
5.5
Synchronisation at the dubbing t heat r e
Sampling F requency 44.1kHz with Film s peed 24 FPS. R emember! 44100 samples for
every 24 frames of picture.
T he DD8 can be s ynchr oni s ed i n several ways.
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Video S ync ( r ecommended)
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Biphase
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Word s ync
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T imecode onl y (not recommended, and will not work with NT SC pu lldown)