Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Speed resolver question

[Bruce Maddocks <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lou,

I am still trying to research the machines.

I am assuming it may have been an AMPEX or 3M 79. I don't know if there
was a Scully 16 track at that time.

There is an LP release, and I usually add 2 tracks of the CD to the
digital transfer as a reference.

I have thought about laying in the tapes into the DAW and lining up the
tones and cut and trim, but that may not be an acceptable solution to
the remix engineer or the record label.

Cheers!

Bruce

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lou Judson
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Speed resolver question
> 
> 
> Though it would be best to have the resolving done as it was 
> recorded, 
> the beauty of digital is you can align it by eye once it is in a 
> waveform on disc. Just zoom in and align the two groups of 16 
> using the 
> coded tracks. A classic ""no-brainer" though I don't like 
> that term... 
> Save a bunch of time by trying it! Then you will have the 
> issue of the 
> absolute speed - is there an Lp release to compare it to?
> 
> It is possible it was a simple VSO and one generator ran both capstan 
> motors, or sync'd the machines some other way... What model 
> of recorder 
> may hint at it.
> 
> Lou Judson . Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
> 
> On Dec 7, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Bruce Maddocks wrote:
> 
> > Goran,
> >
> > I wish it was SMPTE. But there is not a hint of it in this tone.
> >
> > I even looked around the "dirt" below the 3khz peak hoping 
> to find a 
> > 60hz component I could grab, but it was just noise and "junk".
> >
> > Thanks for the link, I'll add it to this research.
> > Sweden
> >
> > E-mail: mastering@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Learn from the mistakes of others, you can never live long enough to
> > make them all yourself.    -   John Luther
> >
>