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Convention Paper

A New Tape Transport System with Digital Control

Authors: Bonello, Oscar J.

AES Convention 70 · Paper 1834 · October 1981

Abstract

This paper analyzes a new design of tape transport system, developed for its use in a professional stero recorder. Including only a few mechanical moving parts and five optical sensors, all its operation is electronically controlled without relays. A microprocessor based system commands all the transport functions, including multi-point search, by means of nine memories through a calculator type keyboard; it features constant tape tension and several characteristics. The equations of the tape's movement and the theoretical optimization of the fast search to cue algorithm will also be analyzed.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 70
AES Convention
70
Paper number
1834
Publication date
October 6, 1981
Session subject
Studio Technology
Affiliation
Solidyne SRL., Buenos Aires, Argentina (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper