Subj : Tommy Roe
To   : David Cumming
From : Stephen Jones
Date : Sun Nov 05 2000 09:27 am

David Cumming wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:


DC> years ago untangling the tapes from one of these beasts that the
DC> BBC in Glasgow, Scotland, used to use for producing sound effects
DC> for radio productions. Once in a while it would get the tapes
DC> crossed and the results had to be seen to be believed.

It sounds like a precursor to the sound samplers.



DC> recorded on this device were doors shutting, train whistles, dogs
DC> barking etc. Lots of different effects that were used in radio
DC> plays.

I assume this was before casettes? I remember running sound for a high school
kiddie show and tapping the sounds in sequence on a reel to reel with the sound
cues listed by counter number. I think this was in the late 60's. I think I
still have my old sony portable reel2reel. 8-}


Stephen

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