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I don't know how long ELCaset lasted, but Sony did have an alternative format in 1985 in the form of Video 8 PCM audio mode.
I am now in possession of my uncle's Sony Video 8 VCR which he also used for audio, it could record 3 hours of PCM per track - six tracks per tape (five of those in the area normally used to store the analogue video) written/read by the rotating head helical scan hence the virtual increase in tape speed.
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I still have a Sony MZ-R91 MD player-recorder, beautifully made in metal
.Apart from playing music it was also very good for unobtrusively recording family get-togethers etc . In fact I may now have to get it out of the drawer again to make sure it still works .....
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I paid £200 for a Sony NetMD in 2002. It was a great little unit and it would copy a CD on to computer and then on to mini disc with in minutes. I wish I still had it as it was very good sound on it as well.
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Sony did have an alternative format in 1985 in the form of Video 8 PCM audio mode.
I am now in possession of my uncle's Sony Video 8 VCR which he also used for audio, it could record 3 hours of PCM per track - six tracks per tape. Did you know that apparently the sampling rate of CDs were dictated by the fact they originally used video cassette recorders (Betamax and VHS) with PCM adaptors as mass storage during the mastering process? |
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You missed out (perhaps never knew?) about Sony's audio recording to their portable Betamax machine? - long before Video 8 appeared
![]() But no, I never encountered Betamax audio mode. I bought a Sharp minidisc walkman recorder from a car boot for £1 a few months ago. I then had to source some blank MDs to try it out. Ebay was cheaper for two, than the per-disc rate for a pack from Maplin. The recorder is fine via a DC adapter, but it seems failure to work from a single AA battery of any chemistry is a common fault - I suspect it is in the voltage step-up circuit. |
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And how would they read them?
![]() Or is it just for the visual appeal?. We've got a portable recording minidisc 'somewhere', that we bought for our daughter. |
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But no, I never encountered Betamax audio mode.
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Betamax also had a significant part to play in the music recording industry, when Sony introduced its PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) digital recording system as an encoding box/PCM adaptor that connected to a Betamax recorder. The Sony PCM-F1 adaptor was sold with a companion Betamax VCR SL-2000 as a portable digital audio recording system. Many recording engineers used this system in the 1980s and 1990s to make their first digital master recordings.
Last edited by Nigel Goodwin : 04-02-2013 at 08:47. Reason: Quick google: |
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. In fact I may now have to get it out of the drawer again to make sure it still works .....