“Motor Boating” — A Laboratory Problem in 16mm Sound Release Printing

George Bova, Arnold Schieman

The “motor boat” effect it a spurious signal of low frequency caused by a defect in sound printing operations. One of the principal causes is abrasion or pressure marks caused by the perforations of the negative coming in contact with the print stock. A method of modifying a 16mm motion-picture printer to avoid this defect it described.

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Published
1962-03
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J16887