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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:30:10 GMT, "Andy" wrote:

i never found counters usefull my slf expect at times i recorded with my
sony pro deck i got off a local radio staion. snip

I used tape timers on Ampexes a lot when working in editing suites,
when timed voiceover had to be precise. "Tape counters" are, until
about the '70s, a consumer machine thing; pros always just a marker
and stopwatch. On 8 tracks, though, counters don't mean anything at
all unless they're calibrated in time. The Wollensak's counter is
quite accurate, so I use it when compiling carts. Other than that,
since there's no rewind, why bother? One can use it, though, to FF to
a particular cut in a particular program. I do this at times when
transcribing from cart to PCM, which I'm doing slowly to get all I
want to keep off of 8 tracks onto digits. My 8 tracks will eventually
go away, but I'll still have the music I want.

is that so called picture that was on e bay or whareever i saw it really
youres or did noodles steal that to? snip

No, I cannot lie, like Noodles does. That is me...I think...who knows
what links he's been putting up? I wonder what Noodles will do when
surveillance pix of him in his hovel at Beech Creek Septic Mudpuddle
(with the unsafe dam) show up on the net? There's plenty of access
and opportunity in the "gated community with no gates."

never heard of him
Shouldn't that be - never hoid a him?

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:42:30 GMT, "William W Western"
wrote:

never heard of him
Shouldn't that be - never hoid a him? snip

Why, soitenly!

Nyuk nyuk nyuk....

Ever get the impression that Charlie Noodles is the long lamented
Shemp?

DeserTBoB wrote:
I haven't been doing too much with 8 tracks lately, other than trying
to run down an electrostatic discharge problem on various tapes when
the weather out here gets extremely dry, which is often. I haven't
had the meteorological conditions to see if I can get it to happen
again; it's simply been too moist!

I remember you posting about this earlier. I wonder if something like
some fingerstock or metal tabs attached to the chassis and placed to
press on the cart would help. On the other hand, the buildup might be
between the tape and the cart shell rather than the shell and the
chassis, which might be more interesting to fix. I would think that
the graphite backing on the tape would help settle things down, but
maybe not. Aluminum foil between the tape pancake and the shell? No
more thumps, but lots of screeching noises, maybe...

Matt Roberds

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:27:25 GMT, wrote:

I remember you posting about this earlier. I wonder if something like
some fingerstock or metal tabs attached to the chassis and placed to
press on the cart would help. On the other hand, the buildup might be
between the tape and the cart shell rather than the shell and the
chassis, which might be more interesting to fix. I would think that
the graphite backing on the tape would help settle things down, but
maybe not. Aluminum foil between the tape pancake and the shell? No
more thumps, but lots of screeching noises, maybe... snip

It's particularl odd, since dry weather has returned, and I cannot get
it to happen again, for whatever reason. The graphite backcoating on
cart tape is conductive, so there shouldn't be any buildup on ESD at a
particular point in the tape. I was thinking that it was a charge
building up on the whole tape, insulated from the rest of the
cartridge by the reel table. I use PTFE to lube the moving parts, and
I had thought that, since PTFE is an excellent dieletic, it was better
insulating the reel table from the cart itself. However, it just
doesn't happen anymore, and now I'm puzzled.

that will be intresting to see

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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:30:10 GMT, "Andy" wrote:

i never found counters usefull my slf expect at times i recorded with my
sony pro deck i got off a local radio staion. snip

I used tape timers on Ampexes a lot when working in editing suites,
when timed voiceover had to be precise. "Tape counters" are, until
about the '70s, a consumer machine thing; pros always just a marker
and stopwatch. On 8 tracks, though, counters don't mean anything at
all unless they're calibrated in time. The Wollensak's counter is
quite accurate, so I use it when compiling carts. Other than that,
since there's no rewind, why bother? One can use it, though, to FF to
a particular cut in a particular program. I do this at times when
transcribing from cart to PCM, which I'm doing slowly to get all I
want to keep off of 8 tracks onto digits. My 8 tracks will eventually
go away, but I'll still have the music I want.

is that so called picture that was on e bay or whareever i saw it really
youres or did noodles steal that to? snip

No, I cannot lie, like Noodles does. That is me...I think...who knows
what links he's been putting up? I wonder what Noodles will do when
surveillance pix of him in his hovel at Beech Creek Septic Mudpuddle
(with the unsafe dam) show up on the net? There's plenty of access
and opportunity in the "gated community with no gates."

yo Andy- check your email, I sent you one

On 27 Apr 2006 03:34:07 -0700, "voice of reason"
wrote:

yo Andy- check your email, I sent you one snip

Here goes Noodles with the spitball messages in class again.

You never did grow up...did you, Noodles?

On 27 Apr 2006 03:34:07 -0700, "voice of reason"
wrote:

yo Andy- check your email, I sent you one snip

Hey, stupid...just how far do you think an email to " is going
to go?

You're too stupid to realize how stupid you are, Noodles.

By the way...enjoy getting booted from eBay...again.

lol shows you youre alseep is not a valid addres noodles

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yo Andy- check your email, I sent you one