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We have an Otari 50-50 which has an extra head for 1/4
track playback and runs at
3 3/4 or 7 1/2
A good search on ebay will turn up a number of possibilities.
In the CSO we had a Technics which needed servicing. I have collected a number
of old consumer machines over the years, all of which have problems, but someone
gave me a Tandberg 10XD which I can use if I need to. If I have to transfer
something at 1 7/8, I can record it at 3 3/4 and change the speed in the
computer (I use Dart Pro98 for this).
You can also record both sides of a two-sided tape in one
pass, and reverse the backwards side in software.
Matt Sohn
Audio Preservationist
Louis Armstrong
House and Archives
www.satchmo.net
The Technics RS-1500
decks will do 3-3/4 and they have a switch able headstack that will play/rec
half track tapes and play only
1/4" track consumer type
tapes.
These are great decks, they have an
Iso-loop tape transport system and there very
reliable. Not the easiest to use or setup
however.
Akai made one machine
that would hold 10? reels and would play at 1-7/8? these are very hard to
find.
Im not sure
the Sony APR-5003 decks will do 3-3/4? but I would imagine they would, some
studer decks will, and most Sony consumer types
will.
Dave
Meyers
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