Re: Reel to reel revival
Capstanless drive is certainly possible and I know of at least one Film Scanner that works very well using this technique but I think it would be problematic for audio tape because of wow and flutter problems caused by having the tape controller (spool motors) such a relatively long way from the tape heads where to instantaneous speed needs to very closely controlled.
It is also hard to see how an instant wow free start could be obtained though this is probably less of a problem now tape machines are not used in broadcasting.
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