CMGF said:
Didn’t you buy a print too for separate restoration?No, I have access to one that the owner is willing to loan me for a scan and audio capture. Like the IB Tech and mag audio sources I’ve already digitized, preserving the '82 print will not be cheap, so it may have to come a little further down the line.
Rightfully. Respect to Kostal, but the 1982 version seems to be somewhat messy (although the CD may not do justice to it, as I had a partial digitized mag track that sounded way much better). It’s out of sync with the video, the musical interpretation doesn’t fit Stokowski’s version, and the print itself was described as “murky” at the time. It’s worth preserving, though, so people will be able to watch it - because as of now it’s completely unavailable, AFAIK
CMGF said:
And BTW how’s everything going with this project here?I have a 720p “Version 0.5” that’s technically done, but the noise level on the calibrated Fantasound mix is… bad. Sometimes, it’s really bad, and I didn’t want to send it out that way, so lately, in the interims, I’ve been applying a mild but suitable level of noise reduction (emphasis on reduction, I’m not trying to remove all of it) so the track is more listenable. I’ll have it ready as soon as possible, but it is coming along.
Wow that’s cool. I do have to say that I skimmed through the Tocatta and Fugue sample you gave some time ago and the sound was not at all too noisy. Is it a different audio now?