[GreenKeys] Our lunch time vocabulary

[Richard Knoppow]

    Well, of course the most famous is Les Paul and Mary Ford who 
recorded all their hits on a single track Ampex (maybe a 350) with the 
head positions changed, play first, then erase, then record. Les said in 
an interview at Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, that Mary did not like 
working with a multi track machine so he stuck with the single track. Of 
course, one mistake and he had to start over.
    BTW, the reason for the 350 model number is that the first machine 
was a model 200 (so people would not know it was their very first), that 
was followed by the Model 400, a much smaller machine that was the first 
to record up to 15KHz at 7.5 IPS, however, the 400 used a pusher type 
tape drive, making is nearly impossible to edit on, so it was 
discontinued and followed by the 350, half way between the 200 and 400.

On 11/9/2023 12:27 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2023, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:
> 
>> We also did fun stuff with full track Ampex tape recorders. Record a
>> phrase. Play it backwards and imitate it, making a recording of the
>> imitation. Then play the imitation backwards. How close did you get?
> 
> That reminds me of how the "Doctor Who" bass beat is generated:
> 
> Write out the bass line.  Flip it end to end.  Get some poor sod to play
> it, and flip that recording around.  The result sounds weird because the
> attack/decay times are reversed...
> 
> -- Dave

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Richard Knoppow
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