Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Speed resolver question

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce, what's the frequency of the tone? Is it one frequency or polytonal?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Maddocks" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Speed resolver question


> Listening to and looking at the sync tone the source is constant, no
> change in frequency, or data that I can tell.
> 
> This leads me to believe it is a Machine Resolve tone, and not a
> automation tone that would change as data is added.
> 
> I have heard some interesting theories, including the possibility of
> hand (VSO) resolving the 2nd machine based on watching the tones on a
> scope( and listening to the tracks of course)
> 
> Bruce
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List 
> > [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karl Miller
> > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 7:56 AM
> > To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Speed resolver question
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Scott Phillips wrote:
> > 
> > > Bruce,
> > >
> > > Are you quite certain that the sync tone you hear isn't tape based 
> > > automation data instead ? In that era, up through the early 
> > '80's, a 
> > > number of consoles did it that way, disk based systems 
> > being still in 
> > > the infant stage....
> > >
> > > Scott
> > 
> > I guess it was about 1979 or so when our recording studio (at 
> > the University of Arizona) acquired a 24 track machine and a 
> > digitally controlled mixing board. The extra track(s) were 
> > control tracks for the mixer. As I recall, the information on 
> > those control tracks were specific to the mixer we were using 
> > at the time.
> > 
> > Karl
> >