At 04:26 PM 2008-09-18, Michael Biel wrote:
Yesterday I had a chance to look thru the bio of Les Paul by Mary Alice
Shaughnessy.
...
Thanks for the great post. Yes, I think we all agree that the PER(P) head
arrangement was a horrid trap used as described, but I do think we have
confirmation he did it at least for a while. In fact, this one-shot
overdubbing scheme is news as very few people would have the courage to
try it.
I recall my audio/photography mentor telling me about this in the 1960s
and likening it to his tricolour carbon prints where at the last minute
the entire image could wash off the base and go down the drain after hours
of work.
Sel-Sync seems to be the hold-up, but I would need to take some time to
pull out the catalogs to see how early this shows up.
The oral histories here
http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html
might be of some use.
Unfortunately, Ross Snyder passed on in January of this year. There is
little doubt that it was Ross who came up with the design and name
SelSync. At the time, Ampex didn't see the need to patent it.
Cheers,
Richard
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