[QuadList] RCA TR 5 on eBay

David Crosthwait david at dcvideo.com
Sun Feb 19 12:44:27 CST 2012


Dave,

Very cool! Reminds me of the "animate" feature on the VR-2000 editec. What was edit controller bases on?

David Crosthwait
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On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Dave Sieg wrote:

> Obviously new high band head and preamp,
> playback eq's changed
> mod/demod mods
> and significant re-building the record amplifiers.
> Theres a lot of non-obvious spectrum magic that takes place in those record amps!
> And I built an editor that could do single-frame edits for it too!
> Here is my test run, 1275 consecutive off-the-air single-frame edits all perfect!
> (Unfortunately this is from a 3/4" dub, I didnt' save the original.)
> http://vimeo.com/5567846 
> Makes for a real time-capsule!
> 
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 1:29 PM, David Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com> wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> Other than the TBC, what was involved with the high-banding effort? Mod/demod/filters? Updated head wheel/pre-amps? Was this a home-brew effort? Regardless, hats off  to you!
> 
> David
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> 
> 
> On Feb 19, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Dave Sieg wrote:
> 
>> I high-banded one once a long time ago.
>> We used a CVS TBC with the switching mod to play it back.
>> Its slightly easier to move around than a TR4.
>> The lack of monitoring is kind of inconvenient.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:24 AM, <chill315 at aol.com> wrote:
>> I had one of these and they were good low band recorders.  This one has an editor in it.  The alignment tape would be nice to have.  This machine was used for winding tapes because it was not high band.  It also served as a spare parts bin for the TR-60 we had.  Control modules, and servo amps were the same.  And you get the book.  
>> 
>> Chris Hill
>> 
>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:59 AM, David Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> EBay item: RCA TR 5 in Arizona. 
>>> 
>>> Ed, gas up the van and head to Tucson!
>>> 
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290672745960&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_533wt_1398
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
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