Talk:Fidelipac

NAB standards
If I recall, both the mono and stereo cartridge formats were adopted as NAB standards. I can remember the 2 and 3 track formats being refered to as NAB A and NAB B respectively Dondilly 01:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Alternate formats
Pacific Recorder & Engineering (PR&E) had developed a slightly modified format, that I believe was called "MaxTrax" and it was an optional feature on their line of cart players and recorders. Instead of dividing up the 1/4" tape into 3 equal-sized tracks (left audio, right audio, and cue), the audio track were much larger, to yeild higher fidelity audio, and the cue track was much smaller as fidelity of the cue tone was not critical.--RadioTheodric (talk) 14:54, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Name?
In my 27 years in broadcasting, I've never heard these things called "Fidelipacs". I am aware that that was the brand name used by one of the manufacturers, but in literature (for example, service manuals for the actual machines, or in documentation from companies that sold alignment tapes and tools) they are referred to as "NAB Standard Cartridges". I'll look for more info on this.--RadioTheodric (talk) 14:54, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * It doesn't make sense that such a product would have originally been marketed under the name "NAB Standard Cartridge" &mdash; too bland. It was invented by a for-profit company and was introduced at an NAB convention, a very competitive environment, and when it was introduced the inventor had no idea that it would eventually become and NAB standard.&mdash;QuicksilverT @ 01:58, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I was a radio DJ (in the USA) in the 1970s, and although everyone just called them "carts" (I never heard "NAB Standard Cartridge"), the word "Fidelipac" appeared on the item itself. (I can't remember if it was written on the cart itself, or on a box of supplies, or what. But that's where I learned the name.) I think the name of the article should just be "cart". Another good addition would be photos of two kinds of cart players: the manually operated roller kind, and the three-slot automatic kind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.105.8 (talk) 12:01, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Anonymous "correction/addition"
I removed the following material, added by an anonymous editor on 7 February 2010. It may be useful after evaluation and verification, but it is simply out of place in its present form.&mdash;QuicksilverT @ 01:53, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

 Correction/Addition:

Type A also known as Model 300

Type AA Model 300 size also known as "Master Cart" which has a second guide post in the left rear corner. This is used to help stablize the tape in stereo cart machines.

Type B or Model 600 (Medium Size Carts)

Type C or Model 1200 (Large Size Carts) also called Telepro, but oldest examples of all carts were labeled (Telepro) at one time.

There were other variations from different manufactures such as: Audiomax Audiopak Aristocart (Canada) Dynamax 