[QuadList] Possible Videotape Rescue Project

[Steve White]

Thanks for the input, Don.  I agree that interchangeability among the IVC 1" machines was never a question.  Steve ⁣

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On Jan 2, 2017, 7:01 PM, at 7:01 PM, Don Norwood via QuadList <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:
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>From: Don Norwood <quadlist at digitrakcom.com>
>To: Quad List <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
>Cc: QuadVideotapeGroup at groups.io
>Sent: Mon Jan 02 18:36:36 EST 2017
>Subject: Re: [QuadList] Possible Videotape Rescue Project
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>Dave:
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>As far as I know, there's nothing magic about an IVC-860.  I believe
>any IVC 
>1" machine will play the tapes.  We regularly transfer IVC tapes from
>800 
>series machines.  Their internal heterodyne color boards are not very
>good, 
>so instead we use direct recovery with external TBC's and DOC's and the
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>results can be very nice, IF the recordings were properly made to begin
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>with.  Just as with Ampex Type-A, there were a lot of these machines
>used in 
>non-professional environments where the users were not knowledgeable
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>the care and operation of the machines, and the results were less than 
>optimum.  But we've also seen some very good recordings that were made
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>professional studios.   So you never know exactly what to expect when
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>early 1" formats come in for transfer!
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>Don Norwood
>Digitrak Communications, Inc.
>www.digitrakcom.com
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>From: Dave Sieg
>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:06 PM
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>A more pressing question:
>Can you get your hands on the IVC-860 machines that recorded them?
>Dave Sieg
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