[QuadList] OT: And now-- your palm-sized, color, HD, Quad editing suite replacement

[Bill Carpenter]

OK, Ted, let's rewind to NAB 76, when all the quad format problems were finally solved, when we (Ampex) introduced the SHB/P format which as my 34+ year memory recalls, stood for Super High Band with Pilot. 

On the AVR-3, brochure we got the phrase "Virtually Eliminates Banding" by the legal dept about a week before NAB, and the printing deadline. 
It was a great system, but we also introduced the helical w/ AST, so most quad folks never even saw the better demo's.
I can remember a special demo which was done with the AVR-2 SHB/P kit, for the all the Engineering folks at Turner Broadcasting, in Atlanta, where when it was done, everyone knew they had just saw the best Quad pictures they had ever seen, with no tweaking!
About that time, I got buried in a major retrofit program. to fix everything else on the AVR-3 that did not work right and by the time that was done, the helical world was very much the handwriting on the wall for Quad.
Great memories,
Bill Carpenter





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From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
To: Quad List <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 7:28:14 PM
Subject: Re: [QuadList] OT: And now-- your palm-sized, color, HD, Quad editing suite replacement

Hi, Bill,

Since this is a QuadList, I'd think the apps need to QUAD related:  Add scalloping (adjustable for whether you're trying to mimic the vacuum guide being too close or far away... too high or to low,) velocity error, banding, improper head switch timing, a little mis-tracking, quadrature error and dropout. 

Oh, and some overdeviation just for fun... all done with filters, of course.

Ted

On Jun 7, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Bill Carpenter wrote:

Now, ....if we in this group know anyone, who wants to (and knows how to) write a couple of Apps, for the IPhone, we could make one that would add "gate scratches", "hair's", and other random artifacts, that people relate to "old film look".
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Ted Langdell
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