[QuadList] What Would a Newly Designed Quad VTR Do and Have? Reply by 6/15/2012- (Was Ampex Quad VTR Airflow Requirements)

[Scott Thomas]

I had wondered if a scanning technique would work. They are able to scan wax cylinders and then reconstruct the sound information, why not magnetic tape?

My idea would be a scanner not too unlike the quad acanner. It would need only one head and could work on the tape in a slower than real-time rate.

I think the software to reconstruct an image would probably be a massive challenge and the amount of raw data that would be collected in the scanning process would fill a datacenter, but what do I know. Might be easer to just build a new quad machine. :)

Scott Thomas


On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Grace McKay wrote:

> It should also be progressive, and the output would be data at whatever resolution desired...
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> Grace McKay
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> On 6/3/2012 3:01 PM, lee williams wrote:
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>> If somebody was going to redesign a new Quad (2") machine then I would recommend that they borrow some of the latest technology used in film and create a 2" tape scanner.
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>> Create a 2" wide fixed magnetic head that would pick up the raw magnetic image directly off the tape and store it as a set of digital strings.
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>> Now all you need to do is write a program that can recognize and re-assemble the different signatures of the formats and spit out a video image.
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>> RCA, AMPEX, IVC, BOSCH, NASA, all could be reduced to a algorithm and loss of control track or superficial tape damage could be overlooked. 
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>> It would in effect become the universal translator of 2" with no moving head parts to wear out.
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