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Hi, Peter,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Welcome to the QuadList.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Glad to have another ANZ area member.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Would you be able to describe your AVR-1 adjustments? </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>There are a number of current users on the list that use AVR-1's daily for Quad transfer, who might want to do the same, and others that would be interested in what you did.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks. We hope you enjoy the list!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ted</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 26, 2009, at 12:49 AM, Peter Ford wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi all <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>I am a Videotape Engineer restoring vintage format video recordings for the New Zealand Film Archive (Jim Lindner is the AV Migration consultant to NZFA). </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">A long time ago I maintained Quad machines at Television New Zealand. Back then we starting experimenting with off-line editing systems producing paper edit decision lists. I modified an Ampex AVR1 to search and park on a timecode number entered into the tape timer preset thumbwheels. After re-cueing when the machine played past the same number the editor was triggered. This served as the on-line editing system until a CMX340 Computer Editing System was purchased. </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Some years ago the Archive acquired a pair of AVR1s...and one of them was the same machine I had modified 30 years previously!!. I have since restored it and experimented with it </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">As the AVR1 would never be required to record again, alignment for interchange seemed unnecessary and I re-adjusted the vacuum columns and air lubricated guide pressures and servos so the machine handles tape with minimal friction but maintains good replay performance. This was very successful and tapes that had previously rejected as unplayable can now be played usually without baking tapes. </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Peter Ford</font></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>