[QuadList] Electronic Editing Notes

[Guy Spiller]

David,
My experience agrees with yours.  Having done many edits back in the day 
on a 2000, TR-22s and 70s,  I also found the RCAs to be considerably 
more consistent as far as edit stability is concerned.  A note here:  
all of the quad edits in my career were either done "punch and pray" or 
with an Editec.  I have never personally experienced a quad under editor 
control.
The RCA servos also seemed to be much more stable...regardless of 
ambient temperatures, and didn't need constant fiddling with 
discriminators and such on your knees in front of the Intersync.
A more stable servo would certainly help to explain the observed 
somewhat more reliable edit performance.
I have not yet attempted any edits on these 70Cs, but it would be 
interesting to see if the edits are as consistently good as the earlier 
versions.  The C has much "tighter" servos.
Anyone on the list have 70C editing experience they would care to relate?
Guy


dcfwtx at aol.com wrote:
> Chris,
>
> In my experience with a tape facility with RCA and Ampex edit devises, 
> the RCA TR 70's made a more predictable edit in insert from a 
> stability standpoint than the VR 2000. They both thad their routines 
> and procedures for setup, and your success with the edit was generally 
> seen by the bounce of the Colortec/Amtec/stab dots. The RCA seemed to 
> always be a lot easier to get a real nice looking edit. Color framing 
> also seemed more predictable on the TR 70's. 
>
>
> David Crosthwait
> DC Video
> www.dcvideo.com
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Guy Spiller

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