Re: [ARSCLIST] Adhesive tape survey

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was taught same as Angie -- Red = Head. Thus, most tapes that would be in a studio would have blue 
tape holding to the reel, since a professionally-recorded tape is usually full-track, 2-track or 
multi-track and stored tails out.

But, here's something non-traditional I was taught. My dad and his associate Bob Eberenz came up 
with this color scheme for 3-channel - red= left, green=center, blue=right. Why? They did a lot of 
television and movie work and it was easiest for them to remember RGB. So anytime I pull out an old 
piece of gear from the studio to restore and/or use, I have to double-check against the schematic as 
to how the little pieces of tape are placed on wiring. This is especially true with shop-brew 
splitters, combiners and black boxes.

Of course, the long-standing tradition in stereo equipment has been red=right and white, gray, black 
or whatever non-red color = left. And green has come back into play in the computer era since the 
universal color for 2-channel 1/8" audio output on computers is green.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Dickinson Mickle" <angie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Adhesive tape survey


> Richard L. Hess wrote:
> It comes in red and blue, and that has been
> > traditionally used for blue for heads out and red for tails out, but few people adhere to that 
> > standard.
>
> Hmm.  I was taught the opposite with aids to remember;  Blue for Tails out (Blue-Tail Fly), Red 
> for Heads out (Red-Head).  I've been wrong all these years.
>
> Angie Dickinson Mickle
> Avocado Productions
> Arvada, CO
> www.avocadoproductions.com
>
>
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