What is the difference between recording sound for transfer to video and sound for transfer to magnetic film?
A. As far as the recording process, there is no difference. It is in the resolving process that you must be careful to select the correct master sync frequency! If you shoot film at 24fps and have it transferred to video on Rank, the film will actually be transferred at 23.976fps. Therefore, to maintain the correct sync relationship, the field audio cassettes must be transferred against a master clock frequency of 59.94hz. This is easily accomplished with a resolver by simply connecting a video reference to the external sync input. The resolver will substitute the external video reference at 59.94hz for the internal reference of 60hz. The field audio cassettes will now be resolved to video at the same rate as the film to video transfer.
