[QuadList] those archives contain recordings of virtually allofMTV's de...

[Douglas Hamer]

I wasn't working in tv at the time but the hype I recall was that the
split track audio employed Dolby A noise reduction to clean it up
somewhat. Also, the stereo audio was sent as an FM baseband Dolby FM (25
uS pre-emphasis Dolby B encoded) signal. Cable companies could modulate
a cable FM generator directly with the signal. You had to have a
standard FM receiver hooked up to your cable to tune in the FM
simulcast. MTV even gave away little stickers for you to stick on your
radio to remind you where the simulcast was.

-Doug

> "C. Park Seward via QuadList" wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [QuadList] those archives contain recordings of virtually allof MTV's de...
> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:46:43 -0700
> From: "C. Park Seward" <park at videopark.com>
> To: Quad List <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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> Stereo television audio (MTS) started around 1985. When did MTV start?
> I bet there were few stereo TV sets then.
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> Best,
> Park
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> > On Aug 11, 2016, at 1:21 PM, Delle Andrew via QuadList
> > <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:
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> > From: Delle Andrew <Andrew.Delle at technicolor.com>
> > Subject: RE: [QuadList] those archives contain recordings of
> > virtually allof MTV's de...
> > Date: August 11, 2016 at 1:20:37 PM PDT
> > To: Quad List <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
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> > From: QuadList [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On
> > Behalf Of Dennis Degan via QuadList
> > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 11:19 AM
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> > Cc: Dennis Degan
> > Subject: Re: [QuadList] those archives contain recordings of
> > virtually allof MTV's de...
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> > “One would hope that there’s higher quality then VHS, and if it
> > is VHS it’s at SP speed.”
> >
> > And the audio? Mono VHS, 100-8khz @ 35db S/N. Sign me up for a copy!
> > I doubt they were VHS HiFi.
> >
> > You can find many classic 80s music videos on You Tube and similar
> > sites, but these too are mostly VHS grabs off bad CATV systems.
> >
> > What you really want are the 1 inch C masters. Remember that MTV air
> > playback was from ACR25’s with split track stereo – not exactly
> > HiFi either. But those masters are probably all in the vaults of the
> > record companies and hopelessly tied up in royalty issues.
> >
> > Question for Bill Carpenter or other Ampex expert,
> >
> > Why didn’t they (Andy Setos) go with an FM audio system on the
> > ACR25 versus the split track? That would have been higher quality
> > and as for the edit issues with FM audio, this was air playback
> > only. And I think you could even squeeze in 14bit digital audio in
> > the lower RF spectrum below 3mhz but perhaps not in 1979.
> >
> > AD
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