Sony SDDS Print Master manual Glossary of T erms

		1 SDDS Print Master Format
5	Akai DD8 machines ± Care and Use		14
	5.1	Models	14
	5.2	Media	14
	5.3	At the optical camera transfer facility	14
	5.4	Track assignment	14
	5.5	Synchronisation at the dubbing theatre	14
	5.6	Levels	15
	5.7	Problems with MO drives	15
	5.8	Drive servicing	16
6	SDDS - T he industry's best sounding format		17
	Hear the Difference		17
	6.2	System Basics	17
	SDDS Products		17
	6.4 Big Sound for the Big Screen		17
	6.5	Further details – Why is it the best sounding system?	18
	6.6	Testimonials	19
7	Dolby level versus operating level. Historical notes.		20
8	Subwoofers		21
	8.1	Introduction	21
	8.2	Setting the acoustical reference level on the dub stage.	21
	8.3	Setting the subwoofer acoustical gain using a screen speaker as a reference.	21
	8.4	Why we do it this way.	22
	8.5	What it means.	22
	8.6	Setting the digital screen speakers in the cinema.	22
	8.7	Setting the digital subwoofer in the cinema.	23
	8.8	Optical subwoofer defined.	23
	8.9	Setting the optical subwoofer.	23
	8.10	Subwoofer polarity.	24
	8.11	Rule-of-thumb methods.	24
9	Glossary of T erms		25

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