New audio reader and Keykode code for Cintel scanners

This new Blackmagic accessory allows you to extract audio and information contained in the Keykode code, directly from the negative and at the time of digitalization.

Blackmagic An audio reader and Keykode numbers have incorporated into his scanner Cintel, the audio and information contained in the film's identifying code together with the images are digitized.

This new accessory allows you to accurately extract the audio and information contained in the Keykode code, directly from the negative and at the time of digitalization. It has a head for magnetic tapes of 16/35 mm with cyan, magenta or silver halide layers, an intense red LED with a vanguard optical system, electronically formed slots and precise mechanical adjustments for the azimuth that provide an extraordinary response to the frequency and allow to capture the audio in an exceptional way, thus achieving a perfect synchronization with the images. The great precision encoder automatically corrects fluctuation and tremolo, thus offering the possibility of capturing the audio precisely, even when the scanner speed varies.

The reader also offers the possibility of scanning the Keykode numbers. These consist of a unique identifying code for each frame that facilitates its correlation with each digitized frame. This characteristic simplifies the dynamics of work in the area of postproduction, especially when cutting or cutting material already edited from different film rolls.

Grant Petty, Executive Director of Blackmagic, has highlighted that “Cintel is the most popular films scanner on the market. The new audio reader and Keykode numbers is ideal, since it allows to digitize the audio and the images at the same time, achieving a perfect synchronization. Likewise, it extracts the information contained in the Keykode code the postproduction stage ”.