(Moved a lot of info in this post to the 1st one)

I'd like to know what the best way to transfer a loss-less file over the internet..? I'm not very savvy about these things, and I don't have enough space on my dropbox. 

I haven't exported it yet in full quality, but I'm looking at 1.3 to 1.5 gigs.

I also wonder just how many people would really want to download an obscure sound mix to mux in with their GOUT projects. If it's not many, I can just wetransfer it whenever someone wants it. 

EDIT: If I transcode it in a loss-less format like FLAC, I think I could get it down even lower. 

I'd want it, and in FLAC preferably.

Just a FYI... there is about a 5-second missing segment somewhere in the mix that I patched with a fold-down of the stereo mix.  I need to go back and find out exactly where it is so I can post that information here.  Wouldn't want someone to list something from that patch as part of this mix.

Also, the audio was captured using the audio output of an ELMO 16CL 16mm projector (actually, the Kodak-branded equivalent).  No other processing of any significance was done, other than synching it to the video capture (which was quite tedious and took an entire month).

So, from what's been posted elsewhere, I've read that in addition to the 16mm mono mix, there's an 8mm mono mix which is also slightly different.  And then there was theatrical 35mm w/ mono release of Empire as well.  Is this correct? Any idea if the 16mm mix could possibly match the theatrical one?

Thanks for the info Puggo. Good job on blending those 5 seconds, didn't even notice when I was going over it. I had a hard time just getting the drum roll to blend in from the stereo source. 

As for the missing frame at the end credits music, I gave up trying to EQ the stereo source to blend in with the rest of the music (it kept sticking out like a sore thumb), so I just time stretched the gap and left it at that. 

Right, so I've pretty much finished my work and if you are interested in obtaining a FLAC file, send me your email in a PM and I'll send you a link. Feel free to point out any issues with sync or sound quality. 

I plan to normalize it and encode it to DTS-MA and AC3, and those versions should find their way to Harmy if he wants them.

I just muxed it with Harmy's Despecialized 1.0 and it's kinda fun hearing this really lo-fi audio - almost like going to a drive-in!

The synced audio is somewhere, but access is being handled via PM's.

File size could be reduced considerably FWIW.  Mavimao's sources are 32-bit two-channel mono.  Reducing that to 16-bit single-channel mono would cut down on the size quite a bit, and I did this with my encodes.  That said, whether to encode mono as one or two channels is open to debate.  Technically speaking, single-channel is better, more space-efficient, comes out of the proper center speaker, etc.  But on the other hand, some receivers don't know how to upmix single-channel mono to surround, and two-channel mono works better for them.  Pick your poison.

Thank you A-New-Hope for the sites. I'll check them out and try to put a link up for those who'd rather just have a link to click on. 

Yeah, Catbus, sorry about the huge bit rates. Final Cut Pro X doesn't allow one to fine tune exports (unless one buys the $50 compressor program) and for some reason wants to export everything at 24 bit/48000. Funny you mentioned 32 bit... I read somewhere that FCP handles audio at "32 floating bit point" and yet when I export the audio as a WAV file the info says 24 bits. I then transcoded the audio with Max into FLAC. There must be a weird correlation that I'm not understanding. 

Mavimao said:

Funny you mentioned 32 bit... I read somewhere that FCP handles audio at "32 floating bit point" and yet when I export the audio as a WAV file the info says 24 bits. I then transcoded the audio with Max into FLAC. There must be a weird correlation that I'm not understanding. 

Maybe the problem's on my end.  Audition said it was 32 bits, but maybe it was wrong.  Or maybe it's a deal where it's 32 defined bits in the spec but only 24 are actually used, who knows... either way it's too many bits IMO ;)

CatBus said:

Mavimao said:

Funny you mentioned 32 bit... I read somewhere that FCP handles audio at "32 floating bit point" and yet when I export the audio as a WAV file the info says 24 bits. I then transcoded the audio with Max into FLAC. There must be a weird correlation that I'm not understanding. 

Maybe the problem's on my end.  Audition said it was 32 bits, but maybe it was wrong.  Or maybe it's a deal where it's 32 defined bits in the spec but only 24 are actually used, who knows... either way it's too many bits IMO ;)

Agreed! 16 is more than enough!

My original files were 16-bit.

BTW, I sent Mavimao the 8mm audio files too.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

BTW, I sent Mavimao the 8mm audio files too.

So the 8mm mono is slightly different than the 16mm then?  Any sync plans for this?

Did Jambe Davdar include the major audio changes in Building Empire.  I seem to recall some came from the 16mm.

CatBus said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

BTW, I sent Mavimao the 8mm audio files too.

So the 8mm mono is slightly different than the 16mm then?  Any sync plans for this?

The 8mm version that Puggo sent me is an abridged version that runs something like 30 minutes ...kinda like those read along books for kids, so it is impossible to sync. I can send it to you, Catbus, if you'd like. 

dave88 said:

Thanks for making this available Mavimao, and thanks for all your hard work Puggo. It is appreciated.

You're welcome, hope you enjoy it!