[QuadList] IVC Recovery (Was AMPEX VR-5100 WILL IT PLAY OTHER MACHINES TYPE A TAPE)

[Steve White]

Impressive image.  How'd you actually capture it?

Looking at the bottom of the screen, it appears this may not even be a 
first generation tape.  I'm actually a bit surprised to see what appear 
to be consecutive tracking errors along the bottom. Can you tell us what 
generation this might be; if any TBC was used; and so on ...


On 5/16/14, 5:05 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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>
> Yes, the IVC has it's advantages especially in color reproduction. 
> We've done a lot of 1" type A and 1" IVC over the last few years and 
> IVC jobs are always more rewarding. Here's an image from an IVC tape:
>
>
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> On May 16, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Steve White wrote:
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>>
>> IVC was the far superior machine ... because it was a totally 
>> different format.
>>
>> You'll notice the Ampex used a moving pinch roller path with 
>> resulting omega wrap around the drum, while the IVC used a fixed path 
>> and alpha wrap.
>>
>>
>> On 5/16/14, 3:29 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
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>>>
>>> ok! then ivc is  not type  A
>>> it is its own   format huh?
>>> (In at case I hope  it was really  done on somethin else than an IVC!)
>>> Ed#
>>> In a message dated 5/16/2014 12:25:34 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, 
>>> dave at zfx.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Any tape made on an IVC 1" machine will definitely not play on
>>>     an Ampex 5100...
>>>     completely different format, head drum size, #heads, tape speed,
>>>     etc etc etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:20 PM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com
>>>     <mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         Don  - Well if  we never getting it  working that is ok too
>>>         as  we have an  Ampex camera that is a nice  match for
>>>         it...  the  TelePrompTer   1 inch tape   was  supposedly
>>>         done    on a IVC  so we  will try that.
>>>         If it works that is  great as we  have no budget for outside
>>>         services   to convert it! So  fingers are  crossed!
>>>         Ed#
>>>         In a message dated 5/16/2014 11:41:05 A.M. Mountain Standard
>>>         Time, dwnorwood at digitrakcom.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>             I agree with many of the comments on this thread,  is,
>>>             we're talking about a format developed in the mid 60's,
>>>             and a lot has changed since then!
>>>             Don Norwood
>>>
>>>             _
>>>
>>>
>>>
> We regularly do type A transfers. We have VR-7800, VPR-7900 and 
> VPR-1's in their original A format.
>
> There never is a lack of surprises with the A format and pre-A format 
> recordings.
>
> One A format issue is the deterioration of the tape stock. Other 
> problem issues usually point to the lack of basic good engineering 
> standards when the recording was made i.e. the operator did not know 
> what he/she was doing.
>
> According to Jim Wheeler, the first use of the AST was the 7800 or 
> 7900 machine although it may have been a prototype only.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> David Crosthwait
> DC Video
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