[QuadList] Odd VR-1000

[Don Norwood]

John:

Yes, there was discussion of the Grateful Dead machine on the Ampex list, 
complete with a couple of different pictures.  It was not a VR-1000....it 
was a VR-1200 frame fitted with, as you said, MM-1000 electronics, 
apparently to take advantage of the smaller footprint of the VR vs the MM 
configuration.

Don Norwood
Digitrak Communications, Inc.
www.digitrakcom.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Fletcher" >
> From what I've heard/read....
>
> The machine used by the Grateful Dead wasn't really a _custom_ modified
> VR-1000 transport.  It was a Ampex MM-1000 -- a 2", 16 (or 24) channel
> audio multitrack recorder.  It was a stock catalog product of Ampex Pro
> Audio -- their first 2" multitrack recorder.
>