rec.arts.movies.production.sound

On Sep 12, 6:33 am, "Peter Larsen" wrote:
> rsm...@ wrote:
> >> Samplerate?
> >> Microphone?
> > Initial sample rate was KHz 24 bit. Target was 11 KHz 16 bit,
> > hence the 5 KHz bandlimiting.
>
> Initial samplerate limits detectable components to kHz
>
> > Microphone was never disclosed, though I asked. Recording was a voice
> > actress at Planet Sound.
>
> Undocumented microphones generally limit detectable components to 17 kHz.
>
> Which is to say that you know nothing about the upper frequency limit of the
> white noise components in speech based on that recording.
>
> > Bob Smith
>
> Kind regards
>
> Peter Larsen

Well, the practical matter was that the original recording sounded
proper to the German client and the varsious downsampled versions
lisped. I spent hours fabricating sounds, sometimes sample by sample,
to achieve a 5 KHz bandlimited version that was acceptable. Of course
this whole diversion could have been avoided had the original target
playback system supported a higher sample rate.

If the situation were to be repeated, what microphone, preamp, A/D
converter and sample rate would pass muster in your opinion?

bobs

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