Are there any particular reason why some tape recorders have that roller in the middle instead of having the tape going directly onto the reel or pancake?
Not sure, EMI used this roller but for a different reason, I can only think Philips wanted the tension high on this roller to give an accurate strobe effect? guess work at the moment.
Thanks for posting this thorough display of this rare machine. It was only because I happened to Google Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan that I happened to stumble accross a video of them using these tape decks to record their electronic music in the 50's.
Thank you! I have another older one of these in a wooden case, it would be nice to get some more info on Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan as they were doing the same things as the BBC radiophonic workshop.
Wow, very cool machine! I once visited a cassette factory where they loaded "pancakes" onto a high speed recorder that took sound from CDs-- not sure how they did it because the tape was racing though the machine as it recorded. They then put the pancake on a shell machine which spliced on leader, fed tape into the cassette shell and finished it off in mere seconds. It was all fascinating! You machine made me think of this factory.
Odd, I didn't comment earlier. This recorder is AWESOME! I HOPE you get that thing running fully, and if you do, I would love to hear how it sounds of record quality. So cool, the old ones.
hello from east of france your collection is absolutelly marvelous and the descriptions very detailled i m dreaming to catch machines like that felicitations
Considering the position of the heads relative to the tape (or tape relative to the heads. ;D), does this machine require tape that is wound oxide-out?
That is correct, the tape on this machine is wound oxide out, there are a few machines which do this, it's mainly the early pro recorders and a few odd domestic recorders however the Studer A816 is also wound oxide out, this recorder was around in the 80's There was a debate about which way the tape should be wound to prevent print through, in the end it didn't matter but with the tape wound oxide in, it makes editing easy as the operator can see the heads.
does it work now?
btown2011 2 years ago
Are there any particular reason why some tape recorders have that roller in the middle instead of having the tape going directly onto the reel or pancake?
organfairy 2 years ago
Not sure, EMI used this roller but for a different reason, I can only think Philips wanted the tension high on this roller to give an accurate strobe effect? guess work at the moment.
Seblington 2 years ago
i would love to buy one of these!
btown2011 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this thorough display of this rare machine. It was only because I happened to Google Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan that I happened to stumble accross a video of them using these tape decks to record their electronic music in the 50's.
kdegru 3 years ago
Thank you! I have another older one of these in a wooden case, it would be nice to get some more info on Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan as they were doing the same things as the BBC radiophonic workshop.
Seblington 3 years ago
Good Machine
Bella macchina (bel registratore)
figamarsa 3 years ago
Cheers!
Seblington 3 years ago
yeah i love this one!
btown2011 3 years ago
how this one comeing along have u got it running yet would love to see a 10min vid of it going
scotchvinyl 3 years ago
Havent started on this one yet, havent had the time with all the other projects, will do soon I hope.
Seblington 3 years ago
wow!another awesome recorder!
oviwolf 3 years ago
Wow, very cool machine! I once visited a cassette factory where they loaded "pancakes" onto a high speed recorder that took sound from CDs-- not sure how they did it because the tape was racing though the machine as it recorded. They then put the pancake on a shell machine which spliced on leader, fed tape into the cassette shell and finished it off in mere seconds. It was all fascinating! You machine made me think of this factory.
clydesight 4 years ago
Odd, I didn't comment earlier. This recorder is AWESOME! I HOPE you get that thing running fully, and if you do, I would love to hear how it sounds of record quality. So cool, the old ones.
CassetteMaster 4 years ago
Cheers! at the moment, I am looking for the circuit diagram before I start.
Seblington 4 years ago
hello from east of france your collection is absolutelly marvelous and the descriptions very detailled i m dreaming to catch machines like that felicitations
vieuxson 4 years ago
Cheers! the collection has taken 17 years to get this far, hope to find more unusual machines soon.
Seblington 4 years ago
Considering the position of the heads relative to the tape (or tape relative to the heads. ;D), does this machine require tape that is wound oxide-out?
Orcinus24x5 4 years ago
That is correct, the tape on this machine is wound oxide out, there are a few machines which do this, it's mainly the early pro recorders and a few odd domestic recorders however the Studer A816 is also wound oxide out, this recorder was around in the 80's There was a debate about which way the tape should be wound to prevent print through, in the end it didn't matter but with the tape wound oxide in, it makes editing easy as the operator can see the heads.
Seblington 4 years ago