The Thorn EMI tape has what has been called the Fake ‘Chace’ mix. This was apparently an early attempt to mix the film in stereo using the original mono elements. Some of the differences show such as the dialogue in the Police Station shootout being noticeably more louder and clearer. However the biggest letdown of the mix is the audio is the wrong pitch. By the early ‘90s this mix was dropped and they reverted back to the original mono until the surround mix was made for the Special Edition DVD. I know someone on FanRes had taken the Fake ‘Chace’ mix and synced it to the BD and had also pitched correct it. I don’t have the track myself but here’s a link to the thread.
https://forum.fanres.com/thread-589.html?highlight=Terminator+fake+Chace
Thanks for the information and the link. Converting from PAL speed/pitch to NTSC speed/pitch is no problem. Also, it sounds like that particular LD audio rip (actually, it sounds like it was an analog capture rather than a digital rip) had some issues:
As far as your capturing, I found it odd that the volume level on the right channel was nearly 2db higher on side A and about 1.5db higher on side B. Also, side B had some slight clipping on both channels, whereas side A had some slight clipping only on right channel. I adjusted the volume when syncing and evened the channels out but did nothing about the clipped audio.
Additionally, the capture was compressed to AC-3, which is a lossy codec.
I rented the Thorn EMI VHS tape dozens of times when I was a kid in the '80s, so it will be fun to see/hear that again when my tape and VCR arrives.