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Muckelroy
Member
http://cgi.ebay.com/Soundscriber-S-...ryZ15000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This is a completed auction, exact same thing.
I've done some poking around. Apparently soundscriber made disc-based office dictation machines for quite a while. They also made a 1-inch 30 track machine that NASA used to record all the mission-control conversations in the 50's thru the 70's. This particular product is monophonic, with a rotating head? That supposedly runs very slow, if it is to record for 24 hours. I guess that's why it calls for 2 inch tape, due to the extremely slow speed.
Very gnarly. You'd probably get better-sounding results from a micro-cassette recorder, though, but I wouldn't mind experimenting around with it. HELL, keep it in your studio arsenal, for whenever you MUST have that extremely LO-FI coloration.
KUDOS to whoever buys this thing.
-callie-
This is a completed auction, exact same thing.
I've done some poking around. Apparently soundscriber made disc-based office dictation machines for quite a while. They also made a 1-inch 30 track machine that NASA used to record all the mission-control conversations in the 50's thru the 70's. This particular product is monophonic, with a rotating head? That supposedly runs very slow, if it is to record for 24 hours. I guess that's why it calls for 2 inch tape, due to the extremely slow speed.
Very gnarly. You'd probably get better-sounding results from a micro-cassette recorder, though, but I wouldn't mind experimenting around with it. HELL, keep it in your studio arsenal, for whenever you MUST have that extremely LO-FI coloration.
KUDOS to whoever buys this thing.
-callie-
cjacek
Analogue Enthusiast
Excellent info. Thanks Callie!
Dr ZEE
Anti-Pro Circles Insider
huh! Calie, - 
This does look like may be an ultimate Lo-Fi processor/machine 
This does look like may be an ultimate Lo-Fi processor/machine 
A Reel Person
It's Too Funky in Here!!!
Affordable 2" solution?
Solution to what? Stunning lofi?
I already have a microcassette recorder!
Solution to what? Stunning lofi?
I already have a microcassette recorder!
C
Crumbles
Banned
affordable 2 inch solution
Pfft. I got an e-mail offering me 12 inches for cheaper
Pfft. I got an e-mail offering me 12 inches for cheaper
Dr ZEE
Anti-Pro Circles Insider
to entering industry standardA Reel Person said:
A Reel Person
It's Too Funky in Here!!!
The one in the first link, above, seems not to be threaded correctly,...
and would probably explain why the seller was unable to get it to operate.
and would probably explain why the seller was unable to get it to operate.
jpmorris
Tape Wolf
It looks eerily similar to a Quad video transport.. in fact it probably used videotape to record on. Do you think it requires compressed air and three-phase power in order to run?
M
Muckelroy
Member
Humm! A Quad transport, huh? Can anyone here find pics of a quad transport so we can compare