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On 24/01/2012 22:19, Steven Smolian wrote: > I can't lay hands on mine at the moment, but recall it didn't do 16 bits. > It was also a nightmare at getting what was recorded through one of them to > play back on another iteration of the identical model. I once did a job on > my 701 in DC and sent it the tape to California via the producer for > mastering. The producer had to fly back to DC, borrow mine and fly back to > CA with it. The resulting LPs were done through Capitol's chain since most > of the tape originals from which I worked were EMI- that was the deal with > third party users in those days. Angel's US mastering engineer horrified > much of my careful work. The cassettes were produced elsewhere. They sound > better than the LPs. > > Steve Smolian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Donahue > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] From the obscure digital audio files ... > > It was probably an Audio and Design modified PCM-701. I think they called > those things CTC or something like that. I have a pair of them that were > modified for field alternation to give 4 channel recording on a single 3/4" > video transport (Similar to the "Colossus" that Telarc used for a hot > minute.). If you have to ask what they cost new....Seems to me that the 2 > channel CTC went for $4k or so and the 4 channel prototype cost an > additional $14k. I think we made a total of > 5 recordings on it before we relegated it to use as a pair of regular > F1 interfaces. The CTC's were nice because they gave you the option of time > correcting the stream via the digital IO so the channels were in sync. They > also had an accessory port that allowed for SDIF-2 or AES IO to be added. It > made an F1 into a real professional recorder. > All the best, > -mark > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Shai Drori<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> There is one F1 in Israel that I used to work with that had a digital >> out but the company name was different. It's not mine so I can't look at > it now. >> Also had balanced I\O. >> Shai >> >> >> On 24/01/12 03:02, Tom Fine wrote: >>> Google research indicates that there was a company called Whistlewood >>> Audio in the UK, about 10 years ago and earlier, that made add-on >>> boards to the Sony PCM-F1, 501 and 701 EIAJ digital recorder >>> adapters. These boards grabbed the PCM stream and fed it to a cable, >>> which then interfaced with a SPDIF transmitter box that was external >>> to the Sony device. The 75-ohm SPDIF stream could then be converted >>> for playback, dubbed to DAT or captred to DAW. >>> >>> More Google time revealted a Paul Phippen was the brains behind this >>> Whistlewood operation, but I can't find any sign of him or his >>> products today. >>> >>> Do any UK Listmembers know anything about this? Does anyone else make >>> a SPDIF adapter for the PCM-F1 or 501 boxes? >>> >>> -- Tom Fine Best solution, if you can find one, is the PCM 601, which has bi-directional SPDIF interfacing. CTC was a minefield - some of the A&D things put the delay in the wrong leg - the stuff of which a few nightmares were made in the 80s...