[QuadList] Smith splicer, etc.

[C. Park Seward]

The only reason to use a 5 mil head was to play a 7.5 ips tape. I don't know why someone would use a 5 mil head for a 15 ips tape. 

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Park

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On Oct 14, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Tom Evans <tom at tom-evans.com> wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> Most of the Low Band Mono tapes I recall were recorded with a 5 mil head (not the standard 10 mil head).  
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> The digital TBCs of the AVR-2 and TR-600 generation were clocked by an oscillator locked to colorburst.  What happens when no colorburst is present?  Perhaps a VR-1200 with AMTEC could do better.
> 
> -Tom Evans (with more questions than answers)
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> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:41 PM, <bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv> wrote:
> All,
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> I am working on a recovery project and have had a splice part on me.  If anyone knows of a Smith splicer or a 2” audio straight cut splicer in or near Nashville that I could borrow for a few days please let me know.
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> Also, some of these tapes were recorded with improper deviation in LBM and the sync is low.  I can turn the demod level up so that the sync locks and then run the video through a proc amp to bring it back to normal, but it is still causing the MTBC in my TR-600 to have an excessive amount of jitter.  Does anyone know of some old tricks to make a TR-600 play LBM better?  Was there ever a LBM demod for the AVR-2 or has anyone successfully modified one?  I have two extras so I have something to experiment with.
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> Tapping the well of all wisdom for all things quad, I thank you in advance.
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> Bill Spencer
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> RF Engineering Supervisor
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> NorthStar Studios, Inc.
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> 3201 Dickerson Pike
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> Nashville, TN 37207
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>  
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> Phone 615.650.6000 ext. 6610
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> Cell 615.445.5616
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> Fax 615.650.6027
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> email bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv
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