Subject: Re: Audio strangeness on 12-JAN-91
From: boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy)
Date: 1991-01-22, 23:35
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <61636@masscomp.ccur.com>, danny@joisey..westford.ccur.com (Daniel Pearl) writes...

} In article <18979@shlump.nac.dec.com> boyajian@ruby.dec.com writes:

}} It apparently has something to with the surround sound encoding (or more
}} properly, decoding) on the local affiliate's end.

} Hmmmm... Are you sure?  I noticed the glitch on my Boston-area TV. The
} glitch seemed to affect the VOCAL track only, and left the MUSIC and
} SOUND EFFECT track intact.

So what's so odd about that? Remember, we're talking about separate audio
channels here. If the voices (each time, if I recall correctly, it affected
only *one* person's dialog) are on just one channel, a problem on that
channel might cause a dropout on the voice, but not with anything else
(the music, for instance, is generally mixed to appear on both channels).

But I'm not an audio expert by any means, so if anyone wants to correct
me with cold hard facts, please do so.

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