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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.
:)
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.
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 ;)
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