audio tape speed in Ruusia

[Andrew Jameson]

In my days carrying out live recordings at MGU
Russian tape recorders all had 19, 9.5 and 4.7
speeds available. Broadcast systems that use
reel tape, and I suppose there must be lots still
in existence around the world, used 7.5 inches
per second (19 cm/s) as the broadcast standard.
This was quarter inch magnetic tape on open
spools. The audio tape systems were identical in US
and Russia. Only if you wanted to make a
broadcast master would you have problems maybe
with 2 track vs 4 track, quality etc.
Cassette tapes (eighth inch) all play at 4.7 cm/s
(1and7/8ips).
Andrew Jameson
Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
Reviews Editor, Rusistika
Listowner, allnet, cont-ed-lang, russian-teaching
1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL   UK
Tel: 01524 32371  (+44 1524 32371)

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From: Kat Tancock <tancockk at UVIC.CA>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: audio tape speed in Ruusia
Date: 01 November 2000 16:11

Do you mean cassette tapes? The ones you would buy music on? Because those
are fine - you can buy cassettes in Russia and play them here, and vice
versa.

Kat

> Here's a question I've never encountered--
> Does anyone know if there is a difference in audio tape speeds in Russia
> and US?  Someone is wanting some theater dialog tapes for practice and the
> question came up whether US recordings would be playable in Russia.
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Bob Druien
> RF-Druien at wiu.edu

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