[QuadList] PCM video recorder, Sony F1

[Sammy Jones]

A good friend of mine is the recording engineer is the recording engineer 
for the School of Music at the University of Georgia.  He used a Sony PCM 
recorder for years in the '80s to make masters of concerts at the school. 
His model will record in either 14 bit or 16 bit.  Excellent sound, as I 
recall.  He generally mastered to Betamax, but sometimes VHS.

In fact, he has two of the things.  One that will only output unbalanced 
analog audio, and one that will output PCM over an RCA connection.

Sammy Jones
Producer
Georgia Public Broadcasting


> On Jan 11, 2012, at 11:04 AM, C. Park Seward wrote:
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> > I have been contacted by a woman who need some VHS PCM tapes
> transferred. Sony had a model "F1" that used a video transport to
> record a video signal of the audio. It was very high quality at the
> time, almost as good as CD.
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> I add:
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> As I recall it was 14-bit, so yes it was ALMOST as good as CD.  Not
> that it matters much.
> I always wanted one of those.  Instead, I got a portable DAT
> recorder, which I still have.
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> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
>      NBC Today Show, New York
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