[Dixielandjazz] Question re Tommy Dorsey Stereo Film Clip

Stan Brager sbrager at socal.rr.com
Sat Jul 23 13:09:41 PDT 2005


Mike;

There are 2 ways that this could have happened:

1) Some have suggested that the sound could have been caught by two mics
going into 2 recorders. This would enable the movie's actors to move while
the sound would approximate what he would be hearing. I discount this
theory. All that the sound engineer would have to do is to lower the volume
as the camera moves away from the bandstand. A stereo signal would be of
little use to movie houses of that day - 1943 to 1946 or so.

2) It would be easy to create a "stereo effect" for today's market using
techniques developed by DJML member Richard Broadie,  Robert Parker and/or
others.

Either theory or others could be what has really happened.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
To: "m - DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Question re Tommy Dorsey Stereo Film Clip


> Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm uncertain about something.  The
> 1943 film was, of course, in mono.  But when was the stereo track
> recorded?  1943?  If not, how was a stereo track so many years later so
> perfectly matched to a 1943 film (solos, tempo, etc)?,
> -- 
> Etc,
>
> Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon
> Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop
> North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession)
> www.naorc.org
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