<html><head></head><body><div>Thanks for the input, Don. I agree that interchangeability among the IVC 1" machines was never a question. Steve <br><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote" >On Jan 2, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Don Norwood via QuadList <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue"><br></pre><table style="border: 0"><tbody><tr><th style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">From:</th><td>Don Norwood <quadlist digitrakcom.com="digitrakcom.com"></quadlist></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">To:</th><td>Quad List <quadlist quadvideotapegroup.com="quadvideotapegroup.com"></quadlist></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Cc:</th><td>QuadVideotapeGroup@groups.io</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Sent:</th><td>Mon Jan 02 18:36:36 EST 2017</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;">Subject:</th><td>Re: [QuadList] Possible Videotape Rescue Project</td></tr></tbody></table><pre class="blue">Dave:<br><br>As far as I know, there's nothing magic about an IVC-860. I believe any IVC <br>1" machine will play the tapes. We regularly transfer IVC tapes from 800 <br>series machines. Their internal heterodyne color boards are not very good, <br>so
instead we use direct recovery with external TBC's and DOC's and the <br>results can be very nice, IF the recordings were properly made to begin <br>with. Just as with Ampex Type-A, there were a lot of these machines used in <br>non-professional environments where the users were not knowledgeable about <br>the care and operation of the machines, and the results were less than <br>optimum. But we've also seen some very good recordings that were made in <br>professional studios. So you never know exactly what to expect when the <br>early 1" formats come in for transfer!<br><br>Don Norwood<br>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<br><a href="http://www.digitrakcom.com">www.digitrakcom.com</a><br><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Dave Sieg<br>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:06 PM<br><br>A more pressing question:<br>Can you get your hands on the IVC-860 machines that recorded them?<br>Dave Sieg<br><br><br><br></pre><pre class="blue"><hr><br>Please trim posts to relevant info when
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