Talk:Transport (recording)

Analog audio gear
Could analog reel-to-reel tape recorders with no internal amplifiers or equalization circuits be considered a transport? Gutten på Hemsen (talk) 19:36, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

A reel-to-reel tape recorder is one of the orginal recording transports. Amplifiers and other electronic circuits do not make a difference. They would not be considered part of the transport itself. Although they might be built into the transport. Robert.Harker (talk) 21:47, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! That’s just about what I expected. What puzzles me is that this article focuses heavily on digital equipment, when i see no reason why analog devices shouldn’t be mentioned. Gutten på Hemsen (talk) 22:54, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

The original Ampex 8 track recorder was built on an Ampex data recorder transport built for the US military to record flight balistics for missile test launches. The hard part was getting the 8 magnetic gaps alligned in the head assembly. Ampex had one woman who could do this really well. She built all the early head assemblies. Robert.Harker (talk) 17:53, 26 August 2021 (UTC)