[QuadList] Third Annual Quad Videotape Group "The Reel Thing" gathering i...

Thu Aug 11 21:37:45 CDT 2011

Lee

There are two things to remember when aligning the VR-1200.  First is  to 
have the mechanical pieces in good condition.  These include the capstan  
roller and other guides.  Capstan Roller is extremely important to be  parallel 
with the capstan.  This will prevent tape damage.  If that is  done, then 
the Intersync is about the only thing left that requires  attention.   The 
alignment of that depends on the dash number.   And other modifications.  
There is the training department short cut  procedure on the web site.  It is 
not the latest and greatest but will get  you in the ball park.

The Amtec, Colortec, Proc Amp and other accessories most likely do not have 
 to be touched.  The signal system is straight forward.  Virtually do  not 
touch anything if you have full limiting and correct deviation according to  
the white pulse.  If you get into that system, you may end up with a world  
of hurt.

Audio will not be that hard.  Mostly setting proper unity  levels.  Once 
done, not that hard.  

Alignment tapes are the best for getting everything the final once  over.

It is not hard to get a machine looking great.  As long as it is  working 
correctly.  A couple of things to remember is that when finished,  the video 
should only have the artifacts from being modulated and  demodulated.  Plus 
a little dot spread on the vector scope.  If you  can see other artifacts, 
then you still need to either adjust the Equalizers,  Differential Gain, Head 
settings, or level controls.  I always set the Proc  Amp to unity.  Then 
when using the video out control on the signal system,  it was amazing how 
easy it was to reproduce the video the same as  recorded.  

I will be glad to discuss all this off line if you desire.

Chris Hill

In a message dated 8/11/2011 11:47:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lasvegastvengineer at yahoo.com writes:

Hey Ted, 
Thanks for the info. 

I will be there  on the 20th for the lunch. 

I would gladly spring for a good  steak dinner if anybody could show me how 
to do an alignment on a  VR1200. 

Thanks 

Lee 

--- On Sun, 8/7/11, Ted  Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:

From:  Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Subject: [QuadList]  Third Annual Quad Videotape Group "The Reel Thing" 
gathering in Los  Angeles: Lunch, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
To: "Quad List"  <QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Date: Sunday, August 7,  2011, 9:33 AM

Hardly seems that a year has gone by and it's time for another  "The Reel 
Thing in Hollywood... and what's become an annual Quad  Videotape Group 
gathering in the LA area.

Here's the basics:

When: Lunch break, Saturday, Aug.  20, 2011.
Gather: Outside front entrance  to: 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Pickford Center
1313 North Vine St.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Landmark:  Look for someone holding 

a  faded Memorex Chroma 90 reel 

that looks like  this:

1313 North Vine is the former Don Lee/KHJ-TV (and one-time CBS  facility) 
from the early years of television.

Gary Adams from DaVinci's Revival platform and I have been doing  this for 
three years, now, and have been joined for lunch or dinner by  an 
interesting mix of folks, including Al Sturm, co-founder of the  late Merlin 
Engineering Works and still active in Quad VTR  improvement. 

Spontaneous gatherings of Quad-centric folks have occurred during  various 
lunch or dinner breaks at "The Reel Thing" and we'll post a  message to the 
list if something pops up.  

Last year, we had a dinner gathering of a number of folks with  Quad 
roots... and had a very good time eating Mexican food up the  street in the 
Arclight Theater food court.

Here's some detail about the Association of Moving Image  Archivists' 
sponsored "The Reel Thing XXVII" in case you're interested  in attending:

_http://www.amianet.org/events/thereelthing/2011/program.htm_ 
(http://www.amianet.org/events/thereelthing/2011/program.htm) 

Among the highlights:

The Reel Thing opens on  Thursday, August 18th with a reception and the 
premiere screening  of the 4k restoration of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, plus 
 ...

    *   EYE Film Institute  Netherlands Restoration and Screening ofShoes 
(USA  1916)
    *   Case study: 4K  restoration and premiere screening of Marcel 
Carné's The  Children of Paradise
    *   Managing Large  Scale Sound Preservation
    *   Scanning for  Preservation, a Studio test case
    *   Where Did Our Films  Go? - The Destruction and Survival of American 
Silent Feature  Films
    *   Case study:  Reconstruction and restoration of long-lost Ernst 
Lubitsch  silent film The Loves of Pharoah
    *   The Media History  Digital Library - Digitizing the history of 
cinema
    *   Audio restoration  challenges: silent films converted to sound
    *   The ABC's of Color  Space
    *   Restoring the 1902  Georges Méliès classic Le Voyage dans la  Lune 
(includes screening)
    *   Sneak Preview of a  newly restored  film!

The Friday and Saturday sessions are followed by an evening  screening of a 
complete film, often one the restoration of which was  discussed during the 
session presentation.

Sessions and screenings are held in the Academy of Motion Picture  Arts and 
Sciences' Linwood Dunn Theater, with lunch and dinner breaks  of sufficient 
length to walk to and from good eats nearby.

Hope to see some of you at either the Quad Videotape Group lunch  on 
Saturday or at The Reel Thing.

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary for the  _QuadVideotapeGroup.com_ 
(http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/) : 
Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use  them, in conjunction 
with the Library of Congress
_ted at quadvideotapegroup.com_ 
(mip://07720940/mc/compose?to=ted@quadvideotapegroup.com) 

CEO

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Office:    (530)  741-1212

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Skype:   TedLangdell

Celebrating the First  Anniversary of the 16/35HD Vario,  installed at the 
Library of Congress July 29,  2010
•  Hollywood, _The ReelThing XXVII_ 
(http://www.amianet.org/events/thereelthing/index.htm) , August  19-20
•  Los Angeles—Demo Week, August 22-26—Click  to _Book  a demo_ 
(mip://07720940/mc/co
mpose?to=ted at flashscan8.us&subject=LA%20Demo%20Week--Book%20a%20Demo-) 

• _AMIA_ (http://www.amiaconference.com/)  in Austin, TX, November 15-19,  
2011—Click  to _Book  a  demo_ 
(mip://07720940/mc/compose?to=ted@flashscan8.us&subject=AMIA%202011--Book%20a%20Demo-) 

and other technical conferences in  2011.

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