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Audio Al
01-10-2015, 05:17
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Sony-Reel-to-Reel-/271999833224?hash=item3f54741488

Video R2R

Stewart :D
Firebottle
01-10-2015, 06:36
Not really that unusual Al, it was the forerunner to the VHS/Betamax video cassette generation.

Probably quite rare as I image most have been thrown away now. I think that version is only monochrome video, it uses a helical scanning head to effectively give a very high tape speed.

:)
Tarzan
01-10-2015, 07:31
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Sony-Reel-to-Reel-/271999833224?hash=item3f54741488

Video R2R

Stewart :D


l agree- come and join the team.
Lodgesound
01-10-2015, 13:59
It is indeed a Sony EIAJ monochrome helical scan machine that uses half inch tape.

We have quite a few of these at my workplace for transfer of legacy material.

Very expensive in their day and the tapes suffer hugely from sticky shed / lubrication failure and are thus often extremely difficult to play.

The timebase stability is also very poor so we use high end timebase correctors achieve stable replay.
PaulStewart
01-10-2015, 23:12
When I first started shooting video documentaries it was on the Porta-Pack version of this machine. We used tonrazor blade edit and there was a 17 frame sound offset. We copied onto a machine that had the audio head moved to compensate, edit then copy back. The build up of noise was horrendous.
Marco
05-10-2015, 22:18
No posts here now for three days, guys.... Remember, those who wanted this section are responsible for keeping it alive! ;)

Marco.
Audio Al
06-10-2015, 11:13
No posts here now for three days, guys.... Remember, those who wanted this section are responsible for keeping it alive! ;)

Marco.

:eek: Looks like the BOSS is going to pull the plug :eek:

Cut us some slack please , R2R are like fine wine not used in great quantities but nice when you do ;)