Re: [ARSCLIST] cassette crackle/hi speed duplicators

[Dan Nelson <dnelsonone@xxxxxxxxx>]

One of the work horses for in cassette duplication was the Telex 300 system. was 2 track mono or  4 track stereo   running at  15 ips..
I did all the service and mastering for a company  that had several complete systems running  12 slave recording units from a reel or  cassette master.
We also had a Telex  r2r duplicator with  12 7" record slaves from one 7 or  10" master  these also ran at  15 ips.
dnward 


--- On Mon, 9/22/08, Lou Judson <inaudio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Lou Judson <inaudio@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] cassette crackle
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 2:08 PM
> What about the old high speed duplication machines? In the
> 80s I  
> worked at a duplication plant that had Ampex 300-size decks
> to record  
> onto cassette tape that was then loaded into shells.
> I'd be surprised  
> if nobody has ever modified one to play back cassette
> tape...
> 
> <L>
> 
> Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
> 
> 
> On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> 
> > A last note about cassettes.  The narrow tape does not
> give some of  
> > the problems that wider open reel tape has, but
> controlling the  
> > head location is also a problem.  The cassette shell
> adds a whole- 
> > nuther set of variables.  Nobody has ever made an open
> reel player  
> > for .150 tape, have they?  Oh, that little Nagra. 
> What was its  
> > tape width?  .125 or .150?  But that thing would
> probably cost as  
> > much as a luxury car now if you could find it.  Maybe
> some of you  
> > who have worked more with cassettes than I have (I
> HATE them) can  
> > recommend machines that have more sturdy and
> accessable adjustments  
> > than the usual crap, and some that retract the
> pressure pad.