Handbook for Sound Engineers

1032 Chapter 27 because they are small, they follow the high-frequency excursions of the groove more easily. Stylus Characterist ...

Analog Disc Playback 1033 as it is reproducing the frequency of known amplitude at which the measurement is being made. Vertical ...

1034 Chapter 27 boosted about 20 dB, and the high frequencies attenu- ated by the same amount, with respect to 1 kHz, which impl ...

Analog Disc Playback 1035 tion from the record. The first two beams aim at the left and right shoulders of the groove for tracki ...

1036 Chapter 27 footsteps on the floor, door slamming, or other vibra- tions in the area. Operating the Laser Turntable. When a ...

Analog Disc Playback 1037 but it contaminates the stylus tip to the extent that it is no longer able to stay in the groove. Accu ...

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1039 Chapter 28 Magnetic Recording and Playback by Doug Jones and Dale Manquen 28.1 Introduction................................ ...

1040 28.3.9.1 Base Films..................................................................... 1065 28.3.9.2 Binders............. ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1041 28.1 Introduction Many things have changed since the first, second, and third editions of t ...

1042 Chapter 28 tape. If the tape recorder takes 15 seconds to rewind the tape, the engineer would spend 500 15 second intervals ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1043 the tape past the record/play heads will almost always be noticeable and, unless you are tr ...

1044 Chapter 28 correct speed. Various implementations use drums that range from over 2 inches in diameter to tiny shafts less t ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1045 from a crystal oscillator, any variations or errors in speed are immediately detected. The ...

1046 Chapter 28 stiffness and bandwidth of the servo loop, requiring either an improvement in the inherent errors that are to be ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1047 28.2.2 Flutter Regardless of the passive and/or active contact enhancements, servo design, ...

1048 Chapter 28 voltage, generating a constant torque from the motor. To convert motor torque to tape tension, divide the torque ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1049 of the tape to give us the desired 4 ounces of tape tension, then the outgoing capstan must ...

1050 Chapter 28 device. The resulting output voltage or current provides an electrical signal proportional to tension that can b ...

Magnetic Recording and Playback 1051 components: fixed errors due to misadjustment and dynamic errors due to tolerances and tape ...