[QuadList] Vital... Gainesville

[Gary Adams]

We had two 508s and one 505.  They did work ok.  A small bit of tweaking
from time to time.  Their main feature at the time was a sort of "non
linear" approach to building effects.  You could add keys as you wished
without backing into a corner which did save time.  Hard to describe, but in
one "MLE", you could have several keys built in any order.   Took some
getting used to but it did work.   With one bank, you could have title,
chroma, wipe, and more all at one time and in any order.  The Ross guys were
good to work with at the time.

 

As to why things were chosen.  The video tape package was all RCA. 6 TR-600,
4 TH200 (Sony 1"). The Switchers were Ross, Router was Image video, and sync
and distribution was Leitch.  CMX Editing.  I would guess there was
considerable cost difference between that and the more popular alternatives.
That said, we made it all work very well. 

 

Gary

 

From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com
[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of David
Crosthwait
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:22 PM
To: Quad List
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Vital... Gainesville

 

We have a winner in the switcher guess: Wayne Watson responded privately:

 

"It is a Ross Video model 508 from about 1979."

 

Quad list member Gary Adams throttled back on his answer (thank you). I
believe he worked at a facility (Pacific Video?) which had these switchers.
Gary, why were they chosen over the GVG's, CDL, Ampex (or others) at the
time? Did they work well?

 

David

www.dcvideo.com

 

 

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