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Post #95873

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MeBeJedi
Parent topic
Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
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Date created
9-Mar-2005, 8:44 AM
"I there any noticeable loss in quality if you were to get the NTSC audio and do a "time-compress"; basically speeding it up without changing the pitch?"

I've done this for various projects, including SW, in Vegas. Something like a 4% slow-down would not be very noticeable. IIRC, once you start getting past a 1 to 2 second difference (between the master soundtrack and the converted soundtrack), you start hearing audible artifacts (i.e. generally unnoticeable or dismissiable sounds, such as clicks, start developing more of a presence, and can interfere with one's recollection of how the audio should sound.)

As to speeding it up, I don't think it would cause as much of a problem - except to really anal people with perfect pitch. (j/k!)

To be honest, I myself, would probably notice that it was sped up, but that's just me. I think all audio should be played at 33 1/3.