[QuadList] Question for any ex-NBC types out there (Tony Quinn)

[allanmc-avtech at comcast.net]

Speaking of the Faint of Heart.....try CUTTING the football high light package 
on 2" tape and cueing it up (without enough time to even preview your edit) as 
you hear the On-Air talent call for the playback.  You tend to watch that edit 
pretty carefully and pray that it will even holds together.  I'll admit to having 
one ZINGER go on the air to the Network.   And, I've seen one from my tape 
partner actually come apart "on air" when the head tip caught the tape and 
actually rolled it over.  I promise you the only noise worse than the head ZINGING 
into the crumpled tape is the yelling coming through the IFB.   But, I also want 
to tell you that there was an exhilerating high when you nailed it and it all 
worked!   Those times made all the tensions and pressure worth while.   I think 
most tape op editors would have to admit that they enjoyed working under pressure and being on top of a demanding technical art form.   Those were fun days. 

Allan 


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "C. Park Seward" <park at videopark.com>
> I remember watching Laugh-In and seeing some bad splices "zing" by.
> 
> I think the cut had to be within 2 microns to work correctly. The  
> video track is 10 microns and the guard band is five so you had to be  
> in the middle of the five µm guard band and on the start of the frame  
> to get it all to work.
> 
> Not for the faint of heart.
> 
> Best,
> Park
> 
> C. Park Seward
> Visit us: http://www.videopark.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Phillip G. Shaw wrote:
> 
> > I would add to Ted Langdell response noting that the  Telecine was  
> > used to make the off-Line Production EDL.
> >
> > The On-line (Air Master) editing was done with the Miller-editor.
> >
> > Per: Jack Calloway
> > "once the offline was completed, the video tape editor manually   
> > conformed the video tape, using the Smith splicer, and making his  
> > cuts  based on the ESG."
> >
> > to add to the description of the Smith Splicer, the developing was a  
> > very small area of the "Control Track"
> > to find the nearest FRAME pulse to the ESG. The cut & splice made to  
> > matching frame pulses.
> >
> > I remember making edits with that spicer and the resulting Headwheel  
> > Zing on the first pass. Butt Ugly
> >
> >
> > BTW: I have the only know firm ware for RCA SEP editor (in my Junk)  
> > 3 ROM's The RCA Time code systems where EECO supplied, looks like  
> > Ampex did likewise
> >
> > Phillip G. Shaw
> 
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