[QuadList] QuadList Digest, Vol 19, Issue 53

[georgenann at aol.com]

Doug,

At CBS we had another problem.  Frequently an op would call Maint. and complain about something on the machine, like it wouldn't lock up fast enough or some other stupid problem.  By the time either I or other maint guys got back to the machine with the volt meter, etc. the guy would be gone for a half hour, went to get a cup of coffee, for HIMSELF, never for the maint guy.

George Keller






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From: Doug Bingley <dbingley at rock95.com>
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Sent: Thu, Jan 28, 2010 4:18 pm
Subject: Re: [QuadList] QuadList Digest, Vol 19, Issue 53


At TVOntario and CBC we only used assembly edit when we had to "fix
omething." 
As I mentioned in an earlier post, our older machines did not have Editec
lthough they used electronic editing. The electronic editor had the
omenclature PP which we human editors said stood for "Push and Pray." The
achine did not go into full edit until about 3/4 of a second after hitting
ecord and play, so you had to anticipate the edit point. You could run
hrough the potential edit a couple of times to see if you had the timing
ight, but when you finally made the edit it was all up to your reflexes. No
econd chance. 
I always hated the fact that even with the Editor switched in, you had to
it a button that said "Record" It never seemed right to me. It seemed that
he button should have said "EDIT"
Even the later Editecs and EECO editing systems left lots of room for
perator error. The worst sin was to try to do go back to do an insert edit
n the middle of a completed show with the editor switched to assemble. Very
ad..even worse was forgetting to switch in the editor at all, resulting in
he machine going into full record about 10 seconds before the desired edit
oint.Very, very bad.
We used to do a variety show taped before a live audience. The next day I
ould insert video clips of the performances from later in the show into the
re-voiced show intro (Announcer: Tommy's guests are Anne Murray, Joe
chlunk, etc. Video- Quick camera cuts of performers.) 
So that we did not have to go down a generation we would transfer the video
f the performances to a second machine, then edit the video back to the
aster during the intro sequence. You better believe I was extra careful to
heck all of the switch positions before hitting the record/play buttons!
If an edit suite was not booked we would record black and time code onto
oth machines during the down-time. When we reused tapes we would first run
hem through on fast forward with our fingers on both sides of the tape to
heck for edge damage.
During record we were supposed to sit around for an hour listening for a
ead to zing, indicating a problem tape, but usually we would sneak out for
 beer.. I loved my NABET card.  

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