• Panasonic Cameras

  Dolby?

  Posted by Jay Kuntz on March 10, 2006 at 4:59 pm

  Does Varicam have a dolby setting? If so where?
  A recent client tech requirement sheet had “dolby off” and It was the first request I had for it, but couldn’t find it in any of the vtr menues

  J

  Steve Mahrer replied 20 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Sharaf

  March 10, 2006 at 5:18 pm

  J,

  I would guess that because the Varicam records audio digitally (converts A to D on input and D to A on output to headset and 5-pin XLR) there is no Dolby encodeing. Dolby was designed initially to minimize tape hiss on analog recordings!

  JS
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  Steve Mahrer

  March 16, 2006 at 9:55 pm

  J;

  There is no Dolby audio processing on digital cameras. I suspect your tech sheet check list was referring to a mode switch on the older BetaCam Sp amd MII formats, both used Dolby C for NR on their CH1/CH2 analogue audio tracks. All modern formats are 100% digital, thus Dolby encoding doesn’t apply.

  Hope it helps!

  Steve Mahrer (Panasonic)

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