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Convention Paper

A Digital Signal Processing System for Automatic Dialogue Post-Synchronization

Authors: McNally, Guy W.; Bloom, P. Jeffrey; Rose, Nicholas J.

AES Convention 82 · Paper 2476 · March 1987

Abstract

A digital signal processing system has been developed to eliminate the time consuming and repetitive nature of film and video dialogue post-synchronization. The system computes the relative timing differences between the studio dialogue and the original guide-track recording and uses this information to automatically edit a digitally stored version of the studio dialogue. The result is a high quality recording accurately in synchronism with the original location recording. The system is extremely rugged and accommodates most disrupting influences such as noisy guide-tracks, other voices and differing pronunciations. Initial experiments also indicate its applicability to foreign language dubbing.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 82
AES Convention
82
Paper number
2476
Publication date
March 6, 1987
Session subject
Signal Processing
Affiliation
Digital Audio Research Ltd., Chessington, England (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper