Re: [Avid-L2] Re:So you young whippersnappers might know where we're coming from...

With the 800 series you could figure out the slippage with clean heads
and compensate to do match frames. If it started slipping it was time to
clean the heads and rollers. For sports with the only TC being the TOD
the record was started you cut by ejecting the tape looking how full the
reels were adding or subtracting from the shotlist and tossing it back
in and hitting FF or Rew for as long as your internal clock said you
should. With a little practise you could go into shuttle within 30" of
the play you needed.

It was always fun trying to build the third or sometimes 4th audio track
with punchins or track swaps on the fly, while flying in wild sound
from reel to reel and or cart. Cart... kinda like an 8 track for you
YWs. Watch American Graffiti you will see them in the Wolfman Jack
scenes. Whatta ya mean who's he????Next you'll be telling me you do not
know who Dr. Demento is.

Dennis, was that an Ampex 350 I saw hiding in the corner of your pic?

DD

Jim Settlemoir wrote:
>
>
> I edited my first documentary in 1978 on a TRI-EA5. I don't even
> remember the Sony deck model numbers, but they were old top-loaders.
>
> No TC or even any numeric displays -- you parked the 3/4" tapes where
> you wanted the insert to happen, then the controller backed the decks
> up "approximately" 5 seconds, and you held your breath waiting to see
> where the edit actually happened. The record machine stayed in insert
> until you pushed a button.
>
> I actually "offlined" the show, then went back and "onlined" it -- all
> without TC. I wouldn't even DREAM of trying that today.
>
> On Oct 8, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Bruce Tovsky <bruce@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > <<just being able to cut on the same frame twice in a row caused me to
> >> wet myself.... many years ago.>>
> >
> >
> > Yeah, my first video editing experience was on a RM400. No point
> > in previewing an edit as it never hit the same place twice.
> >
> >
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