[Frameworks] Auricons

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:30 PM, George Monteleone <
georgemonteleone at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Frameworks.  I just bought an old Auricon, and I'm looking to get the
> optical sound system working.  I found some old threads in the archives, but
> they've expired, so I figured I'd start a new one.
>
> Has anyone had any luck getting the optical sound-on-film to work with
> non-auricon pre-amps?  Rather than trying to track down the vintage amp and
> worry about getting it working as well, I was thinking it might be easier to
> rig DC battery power to the exciter lamp and then simply send an audio
> signal in to modulate the galvanometer, I guess to be figured with some
> experimenting with line out, headphone out, or even speaker out levels if
> needed...
>
> I haven't received the camera yet, but here's what I know so far:
> - The motor runs, at least (yay)
> - there is a galvanometer in-camera (hopefully not broken)
> - The audio input has a four-pin socket, rather than the 8-pin socket I've
> seen in pictures of the (newer?) Cine-Voice models.  I'm assuming two of
> these are DC power for the optical sound lamp, and the other two would be
> for the audio signal.  I guess I'll have to do some testing to figure out
> what's what, unless somebody out there knows.
>
> Or, if anyone has an old 4-pin Auricon optical amp (ideally solid state)
> lying around that they're willing to sell for a reasonable price, I'd be
> interested.
>
>
>

George,

There is a guy here in Portland (Oregon) who is an Auricon nut, and does
rebuilds on the on-board amp, lamps as well as other parts of the camera.
His name is Jack Honeycutt, and I would recommend talking with him.

More info....
http://owyheesound.com/auricon.html
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Auricon_Sound/

Jack is super nice and way into Auricon cameras.


Best,
Alain


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