Hi, Andrew,
Yes there will be changes, but they are not huge and the slope is gentle
(less so with AME). Look at www.mrltapes.com and look at the Choosing
and Using a test tape document -- there are cross references between
standards for applying a calibration tape of one standard to another.
Cheers,
Richard
On 2011-01-29 3:23 AM, Andrew Hamilton wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 10:12 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
>> ...One of my clients likes it that we can pitch the tapes for him in
>> the analog domain.
>>
>
>
> Dear Mr. Hess, et al.,
>
> I was wondering how much speed tolerance there is to a given
> pre-/de-emphasis EQ, even if a vari-speed oscillator is available.
> Say there is a 1 kHz tone at 990 Hz, and you know they had intended
> the EQ to be NAB... Had the horse already left the barn (in terms of
> the emphasis's efficacy) when they were signaling a 1k sine, but the
> machine was turning a bit faster than 15 ips (say, 15.2 ips) and
> turned the 1000 cycles per second into 990 cps when played back at the
> intended record speed? Or, by speeding up the playback machine to
> 15.2 ips - enough to make the intended 1k tone actually play 1000 cps
> - does the vari-sped playback (at the original record speed) magically
> de-emphasize the haunted pre-emphasis? What is the point at which an
> alteration should be made to the pre- and/or de-emphasis EQ?
> (Obviously, if the recorder is turning at 20 ips or higher, a
> different emphasis eq has to be set, whence the custom curves - let
> alone AES and AME.)
>
>
> Thank you,
> Andrew
>
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