Supered + Mixed Audio... What´s this?

[donpietra]

We are a sound post facility in Spain...

A client from the UK has told us he is about to send some masters over on Beta SP with "Supered + Mixed Audio" ...

I am not familiar with the term. Does he mean M&E plus full mix, any ideas?

Very many thanks...

donpietra

[doug_hti]

Usually "supers" with a "s" not "d" is to indicate that there are graphics ("super" imposed) over video. When you deliver masters to dupe houses or tv stations that have to have "broadcast ready"material to meet all the codes (with color temps and what not), you usually indicate this in the paperwork or tape label.
Mixed may mean it has a stereo "hi fi" tracks and mono tracks, as there are four audio tracks on video tape. Some consumer VTRs allow you to select what audio you want to listen to or a "mixed" version...

I don't get involved in the technical end very often...so I don't have the clear perfect answer.

[cookachoo2002]

Doug got it right, sometimes a production studio will send a "Superless" master so a national spot can have the local address "supered", or superimposed on it.

Again, sometimes a production house will give a tape with the Voice Over on channel one and the Sound Track on channel two. This way the spot can have the VO updated at a later time, if needed. Since your tape is already "mixed", it means they have the Voice Over and the Sound Track/Sound Effects already on a stereo mix across channels one and two.

Make sense?