[QuadList] Question of the week-RCA AE 6000 editor

[Dennis Degan]

		On Mar 10, 2011, at 10:47 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:

 > They liked to have a number in each register of record entry or  
else...Meaning, black tapes were all hour ten time code, not hour one.

		I state:

	That is still the case in New York even though there is no longer a  
real reason to do so.  Avid edit sequences generally start at  
10;59;59;14 providing 3 frames for the slate and 13 frames of black  
before first picture begins at exactly 11 hours.  Old habits die VERY  
slowly.   ;)

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York