Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-05-16 | Page 24 | Movie Film Controls Music; Device Reproduces Speech

MOVIE MO FILM CONTROLS MUSIC z DEVICE REPRODUCES SPEECH c t 4 ci I The record shown at the left of oC the tho projection reproduces I sound I is greatly magnified and tinted timet perfectly lIh I picture on the screen I Dy By l A Service Sen NEW YORK Science YORK Science Is ready to give elv every moving picture house In the country be It metro metro- metropolitan metropolitan metropolitan politan or crossroads Its own symphony estra I IThe The Tho announcement of ot tho the syn- syn synchronization synchronization syn synchronization of ot motion pictures with reproduced music or speech having a degree decree ot of naturalness never before attained has ha just ju been made Tho The apparatus is no more com corn complicated complicated than an ordinary motion picture projector No special skill or Is la required of ot the op- op operator operator op operator U Jf the th film film breaks there Is no Interference with the tho no- no accuracy ac accuracy curacy of ot because the sound record Is not controlled by the film itself ELECTRICALLY Tho The music or spoken Mounds are recorded electrically employ employ- employing Ine I Ing a high quality microphone A remarkable electrical reproducer reproducer reproducer ducer converts the movements mo ot of ota ofa ofa a needle In the grooves KI of ot u II sound record Into electrical vibrations Ih electrical front from this device patS pat'S Into an nn amplifier and then o a hIgh quality loudspeaker loudspeaker loud speaker of ot tilling practically practically cally catty any motion picture audi audi- auditorium auditorium auditorium The rhe Th loudness may be so rem rem- regulated I remI as to give the Illusion that I the source Is the tho ho actors who ap- ap appear apI p- p I pear on the screen This of ot grand irand opera or spoken drama I To assure absolute sn both the film and tho lb th sound d vico d-vico- vice vice- are set In the respective machines ma machine chine chines with a given elven marker marler Inthe In Inthe inthe proper the proper place The fhe two d de- de devices devices vices are aro or coupled to the tho opposite of ot the th same motor AM ty FILM I MAY Y r BE liE SET Any picture that has been pro pro- pro produced may bo be b orchestrated And synchronized The Is III 1 not dependent upon re- re recording re u ex cording at the tho time ot of o the th cx ot of tho the film One Ono difficulty of ot accurate tim tim- Ing timIng tim encountered In earlier at- at at tempts attempts lay In the tho necessity ne for keeping the th artists close to the tho recording The neW new process l makes make It possible to re- re reproduce re reproduce pr produce uce faithfully r at nt a distance 1 nie AIle most mo t part ot of o the tho development was the tho th reproduction ot of music or speech from the ap- ap apparatus apparatus ap apparatus In such a way wily that It would bo as loud S I a music or spee speech h from a n real performance The special electrical device for vibrations converting Into electrical vibrations vibrations thu tho motion of ot the th needle bearing on the record overcame this The forthcoming production of Don with John John Barry Barry- Barrymore Barry inore more will be b the first Important l rum film system tomake use of oC the new V I tem tern for tor orchestration and accompaniment acCompaniment accompaniment