<html><head><base href="x-msg://26/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Gary,<div><br></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">Ampex was the absolute best at designing such systems. Very good at DC servos for max acceleration and deceleration with a gentle touch... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">On the 1” machines, the ability to grab a reel and move it to jog the tape by hand. Nice touch. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; "><br></span></div><div>I'd say that's why so many NBC sports slo-mo guys from NYC preferred a truck with 1" VPR 2's so as to be able to grab the reels and do the slo-mo by hand, as apposed to the controller running the transport. The VPR 2 most likely would not spill tape if done right, a must on live sports.</div><div><br></div><div>Don's truck had VPR 2's. Ran them on NFL football in Miami in the 80's.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="ccccfb25-c93a-454b-ad03-2e7010a0847e" height="188" width="250" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:8E1BC82B-28D0-4D29-A458-7AAC342AFE62"></div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div>(So-mo operator back then...)</div><div><a href="http://www.dcvideo.com">www.dcvideo.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Gary Adams wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" id="role_body"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I would say that Ampex was the absolute best at designing such systems. Very good at DC servos for max acceleration and deceleration with a gentle touch. Very impressive. RCA stuck with the old AC motor drivers for everything just about and that made for a very rubbery control of reel servos and belt drive. On the 1” machines, the ability to grab a reel and move it to jog the tape by hand. Nice touch. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Gary<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:W4wj@aol.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">W4wj@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, March 11, 2011 1:50 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [QuadList] ACR-25 Cue Times was: Ampex Models<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">Ah... Forgot about that one Dennis... Very good!!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">All the movement parameters in the ACR-25<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">were designed to minimize the time required<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">to perform an operation... i.e. NO OVERSHOOT!! ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">Don Murray, W4WJ<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">Retired from 40 years of Miami TV Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">35+ years at NBC O&O WTVJ <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; ">In a message dated 3/10/2011 4:33:06 P.M. Central Standard Time,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:DennyD1@verizon.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">DennyD1@verizon.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>writes:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><blockquote style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 4pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><br> On Mar 9, 2011, at 5:20 PM,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:W4wj@aol.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">W4wj@aol.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><br>> The machine spun the carousel the shortest distance to get to the <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>next bin to play...<br><br> I add:<br><br> It also used a ramping profile to accelerate and decelerate the bin <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>carousel as it rotated from bin to bin.<br><br> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank<br> NBC Today Show, New York<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Light', sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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