[BC] Old Tape Follies

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Alan Kline <broadcast at snugglebunny.us> wrote:
 
>At one station where I once worked, the aircheck machines were 1/2" helical VTR's, modified to run 24 hours on a reel. By the time I got there, they were well past their prime, and many mornings I'd go back to start a new day on the alternate machine, and find that I had 23 hours of tape on the floor because the takeup reel wasn't...

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I had not heard of that.  I used to use the Soundscriber machines that used small reels of 2" video tape.  Not that anyone ever used to listen to them for any reason.  I listened to a playback once and the wow and flutter were atrocious.