I know. I wonder who thought this would be viable? Although as a
technical experiment the device is fantastic. Is it in a museum or
somewhere to be viewed?
On 3/14/2010 12:05 PM, Ted Kendall wrote:
> Fair enough - ever seen the clip of VERA (the BBC's VT machine)?
> That's pretty kinky, too!
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shai Drori" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] What do you think I should do?
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>> Sorry for not making myself clearer. I was referring to the quad vtr
>> (actually the mark one had 3 heads in arcuate configuration and AM).
>> There was something that looked like a picture but not to any
>> standard. It did show the possibility.
>> Shai
>>
>> On 3/14/2010 10:34 AM, Ted Kendall wrote:
>>> Poor analogy. I have heard a straight dub of the first time the
>>> Ampex was used in anger, namely the opening show of Bing Crosby's
>>> 1947 season. Nothing appalling there, I can tell you - technically,
>>> at least...
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shai Drori"
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>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:22 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] What do you think I should do?
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have already heard a sound file generated by image processing.
>>>> Don't remember where it was, but I think it was someone here in
>>>> Israel. Sounded horrible but it proved the possibility. Kind of
>>>> like the Mark 1 from ampex.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/14/2010 7:53 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
>>>>> Alex Hartov wrote:
>>>>>> Shari
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Make high resolution images of all the pieces. Use light at
>>>>>> ~45degree incidence from two side ( two separate pictures). I am
>>>>>> sure it will be possible to revive the music from that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want I'll make it a project to recover the sound from the
>>>>>> pictures. I teach a class in image processing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alex Hartov
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope it works. I must make a comment here because I have been
>>>>> preaching about the possibility of playing phoyographs of records
>>>>> for 40 years. I realized around 1970 as I took photos of journal
>>>>> pages and paper files to use as microfilm as a replacement for
>>>>> notetaking while researching for my PhD. dissertation that it was
>>>>> great that I could capture the page in an instant and read it
>>>>> later but when I took pictures of records I could only read the
>>>>> label info, not hear it. No instant capturing of the sound. Dubs
>>>>> had to be real-time. But I was sure that if the pictures could be
>>>>> taken so that the record was evenly lit -- like using a ring light
>>>>> around the lens -- and not have wedges of light, the sound could
>>>>> probably *someday* be played.
>>>>>
>>>>> When the design for the photographic system for the Rigler Deutsch
>>>>> Record Index was being developed I pleaded with them to light the
>>>>> discs evenly. But their ONLY concern was legibility of the label
>>>>> and the matrix number markings. But there are now unplayable
>>>>> photographs of 700,000 78s in the RDRI films. (For those who do
>>>>> not know, the records were photographed and the data entered into
>>>>> the computer from the films. Instead of the records being moved
>>>>> to the computer in those days of the mainframe, the special camera
>>>>> came to the archuve.)
>>>>> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>
>>
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