The Mellotron Group

I would have to disagree on the Scullys.  LOTS of
wow and flutter on the 1/4" half-track machines which
is usually inherent to the transport design and, with
very few exceptions, can't be adjusted out.  I had two
of them (280 & 280B) and ended up junking them.  The
280's pre-amps are very cool, however, and are the
part to keep.  But the transports are unmanageable.   
     I will recommend Teac as well as Tascam, as they
are "brothers", but Teacs can be had for much shorter
money with the same reliability.  
     I have two Revox machines and love them as delay
units.  I also have two Teac machines as my backup
delay and looping units and they're lovely.  MCI makes
one hell of a 1/4" deck as well, if you can find them.
 Let's not forget Ampex although the cost is usually
quite prohibitive.
-Jack


--- gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com> wrote:

> Otari, Technics and Scully had the same features and
> they are keepers
> 
> On Feb 4, 2008 6:34 AM, Doug Berg
> <caddyfam@simcon.net> wrote:
> 
> >   If any one is familiar with Roberts tape
> recorders, or Akai if not
> > stateside, models 990, 997, and early 720 were
> half track capable
> > machines. A rotary switch on the heads gave you
> choices of 1/4 track
> > left-stereo-right in 1/4 track mode and 2 track
> stere, or half track.
> > These were introduced in 1962 and are tube (valve)
> driven. All machines
> > had speeds of 3 3/4, 7 1/2, and 15 i.p.s. and
> although s/n and wow and
> > flutter charachteristics were not as good as later
> machines, they were
> > very impressive in their time. One feature these
> machines included was
> > switchable bias for recording speeds, basically a
> treble roll off for
> > higher speed. These were institutional work horses
> in their day and
> > even today, I can still get belts, idlers, tubes,
> and still use mine
> > quite a bit. Doug
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Wanted:
> Davoli Synthesizer (Davolisynt A/B)
> Kawai / Teisco 60F,100F,110F, SX210, SX240
> Other odd rare unusual and maligned electronic
> instruments and devices
> 
> Gino Wong
> Recording Engineer, Studio Supervisor
> LBPH/NLS/BPH
> 919 Walnut Street
> Phila, PA 19128 USA
> (800) 222-1754
> 



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