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AATON CLEAR TIME CODE

Multi-Camera & Feature Production

RECORDING SYSTEM
Continued from

The future of multi-camera feature

Page 1239

production as proposed by Aaton con¬
following trio: Event Memory

sists in the
can supply EBU or SMPTE
code. The former allows those who have

for

@QflT

invested in Steenbeck

Trans

to®'

lines

transcoder

decoding equip¬

ment, for example, to continue along the

they have set out on; the latter
provides those shooting double system
video* with versatility and better quality

cameras

Message for programmable trans¬

fer from 1/4" to 16mm tape.
These machines have no equivalent in
the

industry today, and carry out func¬

tions which to date have remained un¬

sound.

touched

Nearly all transfer bays used in Europe
today are equipped with edge track
heads, necessary for the transcoding
operation. The addition of the edge track
facility to a transfer bay is a minor opera¬
tion, and costs in the area of 1000 F.

work of the
film

Adage 4B, the Aaton basic printingtable, reads the F & W signal on the
16mm tape, and prints the time infor¬
mation in clear arabic

figures and let¬

ters on the back. From then on, each

second of sound track contains its
own

visible and autonomous time ad¬

dress which

can

by electronics technology: the
script person, and that of the

editor

as

concerns

automatic

cataloging of multi-camera sync takes.
Event

Memory

Contained in

Option T2 of the Aaton 7
(and in the Pilotime sound
recorder circuit) the microprocessor run
Event Memory stores the time ad¬
LTR

Printer

and sound recorders, Scribe

data distributor and collector, and

camera

dresses of each time the camera starts
and

stops, as well as other parameters
concerning the take (e.g. lens dia¬
phragm, etc.) At the end of each filming
day, this information is retrieved by the
Scribe, via ASCII language.

be matched to the cor¬

responding time address exposed onto
the film edge.

Scribe
The Scribe is at the heart of the Aaton

®OTl(o] DOT)

M©o
New
Lowel

Lightflector
Printing Table reads the edge track of perforated 16mm tape and prints letters
figures on the backing. These correspond to the message and time address signals
laid down by the transcoder. (BELOW) Printing is accomplished by means of a modified

The Aaton
and

ffQOO ©^

high-speed daisy wheel and a specially developed Aaton transfer ribbon designed to dry in
a

few seconds on

Polyester base.

Lowel-Light Mfg. Inc.
421 W. 54 St. N Y. N Y. 10019

(212)245-6744.Telex: 666597UW
Cable: Lowelight
West coast: 3407 W Olive Ave.

Burbank, Ca. 91505

^

213)846-7740

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