2 inch quadruplex or "quad" video tape restoration and transferring to digital. NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, SECAM. Low Band Monochrome, Low Band Color, High Band Color, Super High Band Color.
Half speed 7.5 ips and full speed 15 ips. Mono and/or Stereo audio. 2 inch tape digitizing
Half speed 7.5 ips and full speed 15 ips. Mono and/or Stereo audio. 2 inch tape digitizing
Operating as usual
Recent project I worked on. I don't get to say anything about my work most times, and wouldn't anyway. It is always better to let someone else do the talking about that, rather than me. It's nice once in a while when I do get recognized by an esteemed organization. Thanks Rob 🙂
https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/IULMIA/exhibits/show/cbs-quad-tapes?fbclid=IwAR1y8GJNbkB2-x4LsZhCj_carmdnwowLXM3unlTlOFt2fJ3cZrYNmkAbgSE
A couple early quad reels in the shop this week. Once in a while a late 1950s/early 1960s reel will show up. Very scarce.
Part Two:
https://youtu.be/OQS_XjHfoxc
Preparing an IVC-9000 2 inch helical VTR capstan drum surface for re-rubbering.
A rare advertising brochure for the Bosch Fernseh BCM 40 C quad from James Paterson at the Austvarchive. Thanks James! 🙂
Some recent work here at the shop:
https://youtu.be/kXG-JkQYgdY
Preparing an IVC-9000 2 inch helical VTR capstan drum surface for re-rubbering.
VTR guts. Doing some disassembly, getting ready to move one of the Bosch Fernseh BCM 40 C frames into the shop hopefully next week. A really remarkable machine. Reminds me of an RCA somewhat in certain ways. But far from it in other ways.
Update:
I had asked in the Bosch Fernseh reveal video a few days ago if anyone had more information on the BCM-40-C 2 inch quad vtr. The video was shared around a few other places and a reply to James Paterson's share was quite interesting. I have since been in contact with Dave Sargent, ex Bosch field engineer. It seems I have mis read or misunderstood. He is fairly sure it was 15 BCM 40 C machines TOTAL actually built over 7 years, not 15 machines per year, as I had thought. And the '85' number probably represented the total of all models of quad machines, including 20's that were converted, 40 and 40 B's that were upgraded, and 40 C's and 40 E's.. Needless to say, this is a VERY interesting development. If anyone has any relevant information to add, please drop a comment down below.
New arrival today from Switzerland via the UK.
....do I really even need to say what's in these crates?
I think by now everybody knows me well enough to guess..😁 without me even saying.
More pics to follow as the crates give up their secrets.
An experimental model of a tip alignment/clamping/glueing jig for AlFeSil video tips. Designed and built by Bev Gooch at Ampex. Bev endlessly was experimenting with ideas pertaining to magnetic recording head design and construction for most of his working lifetime, culminating in some 35 recording head patents over the span of his career. I have been most fortunate to spend a few years studying with and learning from him. Rotary video heads have always been a fascination of mine since age 13 when Buzz Rawls tried to explain to me that a video head in a quad vtr rotated at 240 revolutions per second. That was very difficult for my dumb little brain to comprehend at the time. But after hearing that, I had to know more...and so the lifelong pursuit began.
Our booth today at the 2022 NRB Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Thank you Shai Drori for all your hard work and long hours of traveling that I am not physically able to do.
Golly. 2 years ago. How the time does fly by.
A late 1970s example of side glass sandwiched MnZn polycrystalline quad video head tip. It proved to not be a very good idea. The intention was good, to protect the ferrite edges from erosion and pullouts, but uneven tip wear and excessive tape wear were two very undesirable side effects. This idea didn't last long for 2"quad. It is quite rare nowdays to find one of these originals. Back in the day the heads would have been sent back for rebuilding and these tips thrown away.
Starting another glue job today. This is the first batch from a 38 reel job, all glue contaminated. For some reason I seem to do more and more glue reels with each passing year. Somehow they find me. 🙂
This is my VR-2000-B International Standards machine here at the shop up and running today.
https://youtu.be/JnqB-QreKp0
This is my International Standards Ampex VR-2000-B quad VTR in operation at the shop playing back a PAL 625/50 transfer to digital. This machine is upgraded...
Part Six: Finish
https://youtu.be/npnC0-8-lOA
PART SIX: FinishWorking with a tape that has been badly ripped apart in a couple of sections. The goal is to restore the tape to a point that it would be pos...
Part Five:
https://youtu.be/XKS5MGMPgOE
PART FIVEWorking with a tape that has been badly ripped apart in a couple of sections. The goal is to restore the tape to a point that it would be possible t...
Part Four:
https://youtu.be/fLZfH5xH-uE
PART FOURWorking with a tape that has been badly ripped apart in a couple of sections. The goal is to restore the tape to a point that it would be possible t...
Part Three:
https://youtu.be/gYN516ZXtIg
PART THREE Working with a tape that has been badly ripped apart in a couple of sections. The goal is to restore the tape to a point that it would be possib...
Part Two:
https://youtu.be/eFfE_FT8PNU
PART TWO Working with a tape that has been badly ripped apart in a couple of sections. The goal is to restore the tape to a point that it would be possib...
A new video series of some recent preservation work. Part One of Six: https://youtu.be/G5HDD_xh778
I hope you like it and can gain some knowledge from my work. 🙂
This is part one opening and introduction to a series of videos in which I am working with a tape that has been badly ripped apart in a couple of sections. T...
A new 2"quad development project for 2022 taking shape now with the arrival of test tapes from France. Getting the Nevilles, Belgium-built Ampex VR-2000-B fixed-up to do 819 French quad standard. To keep the 405 British and 819 French quad standards alive here in the USA.
Circuit guts yesterday and today. Modifying a sync generator to count 10125H for 405 line British quad standard.
With Tom Ostertag and David Dean. Rob Mobley
Doing a few NTSC transfers tonight on the AVR-2.
Here is a longer version for those that would like to see more: https://youtu.be/SrnRLD0Wqsg
This is fairly lengthy:
https://youtu.be/q_PJSyP7zjk
This video visually describes in general some more of the work involved cleaning up a rather lightly affected glue-contaminated 2 inch video tape prior to th...
I've had a few Archiving folks ask me in recent days if I was going to have to raise prices due to all the ongoing inflation. The short and sweet answer is NO. I never have, and I never will. The prices on the website are staying the same as always and are not going to change. Period.
Here is a page link to the prices page for your reference:
https://quadtapetransfer.com/price-list
11/9/2011 - 11/9/2021. 10 years today working with James Paterson of Australian Television Archive on various projects. It was a project with James' input and consultation and material support in 2011 that a few years later(with others) made it possible for me to make ferrite video tips and rebuild video heads...Not a small thing. Happy Anniversary James, 10 more years, y/n?🙂 All my best wishes and thanks.
Last year, August 2020. First startup of RCA TR-60 #3. With Tom Ostertag. Golly, I sure did have a lot of hair.🙂 One thing about the RCAs, the operator always got plenty of exercise, because everything is either too low to the floor or too high up. Always bending down or stretching to reach a knob or see a monitor. Just like an AVR-2. Operator comfort was not factored-in to the design!
This is a job I did quad digitizing for some time ago.
It's kinda nice to see my name in the credits.(once in a while).😉 https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/honest-liar/
An Honest Liar is the story of James “The Amazing” Randi, the famed magician who dedicated his life to exposing frauds.
Someone requested awhile back that I put out some "head" audio they could listen to. I didn't have anything really all that interesting at the time but was looking thru some old photos and videos the other day and made this little video. It may be a little more interesting than just a head whine:https://youtu.be/MCkhH7Arorw
I hope you like it😊
work: [email protected]: www.QuadTapeTransfer.comTesting out the Cart Magazine of the TCR-100, replacing electrolytics, running the magazine thru its...
A nice story about Bev Gooch:
https://tnmuseum.org/Stories/posts/beverley-gooch-and-the-evolution-of-magnetic-tape?fbclid=IwAR1XwTY_JC2mJEbn_dcUwHk91ccsIAbGoOxkTF7SkgM1HxLvvKIFYbP0Wb8
To trace the history of magnetic tape and recording technology, the Tennessee State Museum received a generous donation from Beverley R. Gooch, a Tennessean who worked as an engineer for the Ampex Corporation, of Redwood City, California, from 1962 until 2001.
This month's work project: restoring a collection of extensive glue contaminated reels back to a playable condition and digitizing.
Today's new arrival, a Magnatek 2 inch videotape cleaner. This addition will enhance the quad cleaning capability by having another 'tool' in the shop to work with. These are extremely difficult to find. A very special thanks to my Canadian quad friend Neil for finding it, digging it out of its long forgotten grave, dragging it home, and crating it for the trip South. Thanks Neil, you're the best!😃❤🙂
Crate Unpacking over the weekend. This project started a few months ago to digitize 405 British Quad. Why 405 of all things, you ask?..without divulging too much and violating the NDA without having some further authority, I can say it is for a major Midwest University archiving project working with a quad collection from one of the 3 oldest television networks. I must say, I've had lots of support and help from my quad friends in the UK getting geared-up for doing 405. More on this as things progress. It is a new experience for me, that is for sure, and thanks in no small part to David Dean of Westpoint Television for organizing and overseeing the VR-2000 purchase and loading for me. More updates to come over the next weeks as things progress.
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