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Ampex AVR2 on the left
But there’s nobody to be kind to anymore, though! Most of the field are (pathetically) one-man bands any more!
Those big ole 2″ machines!!! I know someone that took that cabinet and made it a bar.
LOL!! I was never the tape op, but we did have one at RNNTV. Jason was the last before they went digital.
@Scott, watch out for the end of tape rewind if the mini light bulb burns out. Wow, what a thrill.
Hey, I was, among many other things, a tape op back in the day; we never had time to sit around like that 🙂
My pal Steve Rosenberg could relate to this!!
I was a tape dog for 5 years,keeping UNC-TV on air. We had 4 Ampex VR1200 quads, 1 Ampex VR1000 (old) quad, and a low-band IVC 1″ that we ran the promos on. We also used our VTR’s for post production, with a CMX computer editor running the machines, trying to get them all in sync with time code on the audio track. It was a very busy tape room.
Brings back memories.
How things have changed. Now we just have to worry about ‘BitRot’ and hard drives crashing!
I recall going from an RCA shop to an Ampex shop… Kicking the bottom of the machine, trying to release the supply reel – nothing happened, except colleagues laughing. Then going from the Ampex shop to an RCA shop, pulling the supply guide to release the supply reel – reel stays locked, and colleagues laughed.
Ahhh, the days of quad…
A friend of mine owes me twenty bucks because he insisted that the old IVC One-inchers “NEVER SAW BROADCAST USE” and I argued strenuously to the contrary that plenty of local outlets used them for public affairs shows, promos, bumpers etc.
I was lucky because I came in during the Type C era and appreciated (and was TAUGHT TO appreciate) the joys of the Sony 3100 decks with the vacuum threading!
This
Was life at KTLA in Los after the projectors went away! I still miss the 35mm and the quads.
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