Business screen magazine (1946)

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on/ off switching of fixed lights nol on the liinimini; i.irciiils. MicTophunc pickup (Shurc microphones arc specified here) is via four jacks beneath the studio control windows; eight additional jacks arc located in gang wall boxes within the studio. An audio monitor is located above the control pi>rtal so that the operator can communicate into the studio via a desk mike: any audio material can be piped from the turntable, audio tape recorder or videotape re corder into the TV studio. Now we're ready to roll on our two Tclemation 21tX) vicwfinder cameras; cables from these cameras enter the control room through an opening beneath the control room portal window. Note that the floor of the TV studio is covered with seamless linoleum, laid over a very smooth surface to help assure flawless camera movement during dolly operation. Acoustical perfection of both walls and studio ceiling was achieved by using Techtim covering. Behind the 10-foot wide control room twin windows of quarter-inch plate glass, we're ready with video controls of both studio cameras. We're set to monitor their wave forms and line outputs, switch and fade camera outputs, put in synchronizing pulses and provide audio mixing. A new Ampcx 7800 one-inch videotape recorder is at the left of the console and "remoted" to it for ready use. Other central facilities merit some detailed explanation; SCREiiNiNCi Room. This provides facilities for previewing, editing and arranging of A/V materials by technical peisonnel and training staffers. A ceiling-mounted screen is on hand for front projection when needed. This room, like our meeting rooms, is set up to originate or receive any audio or video signal from the main distribution con.sole or directly from the \ ideo console. I'KAC lie !•; R(X)Ms. Two of these are pro\ided in our "complex" for intimate rehearsal use or for practicing audio or visual presentations. It is important to note that these are also multi-purpose rooms used by salesmen both to videotape themselves in roleplaying situations and to serve as special study rooms for salesmen who need extra work. We find it most helpful to provide audio tape recording to a distribution room recorder with immediate playback by the user in each of these practice rooms. Controls are provided for this purpose, feeding into 8-inch ceiling speakers. Audio Studio & Controls: Our facilities underscore the advantages of our many years of experience in the use of audio tapes throughout the company. We built carefully on our know-how to provide the finest we could obtain for our Communications Center audio studio and control room. This special studio has two microphones, each with desk stand. A highfidelity speaker is wall-mounted to provide audio for tape playback and "lalkhack" from the control room just outside. This control area has a console table and an equipment rack housing the pre-amp mixer, power amplifier, two tape recorders, a record player and jack fields — all control Chief technician and service man for all of the Center's electronic equipment is John Schmitz, shown as he checks tape recorder just returned from the field. equipment necessary for efficient eralion. Inputs ffDin the two studio are wired to five-channel audio er. connected so that it can be fe either (or both) tape recorders or to the control room monitor j er. Audio Tapi^ Duplication. Dup tion is very important to us. We h for example. 12 Pentagon cas> duplicator recorders (models C 1.000) and this bank of high-8| equipment enables us to dupli audiotapes very quickly. For ree reel tape duplication, we've set seven Magnecord I Oil's and it Magnecord Model PT60.^X machi Currently, tapes for our Compa SoiinJx of Success individual caS! training program are being turned This high-speed equipment can di cate 12 one-hour tapes in just minutes! In the past six months have turned out 10.000 of these tj After extensive testing of manv br; of tape cassettes, we have standard on those of TDK F.lectronics C which have proved to be exceptior reliable, jam proof, and with exec sound quality. Administrative & Set^ice Facili I he Communications Center lot more than meets the visitor's Behind the scenes there are the t of administration, preparing art» 1 still photography, and workshops repair, set construction and stoi A few brief notes will take our rea through these essential areas and ' into our well organized vaults. DiREciDRs On iti. My own ii ters are equipped in the same nia, as cur meeting rooms. Planning sions and frequent evaluation of a or visual programs underway cai be accomplished without interru) a meeting or going lo the screcj room. Check the monitor and the floor! CiRAi'iiir Arts. In our own art dio. two capable artists prepare gl ics. title cards, set designs and c manikins. They're a versatile experienced in film, slide and slid proiluction as well as in prepan ., of print material we help to er Still PiioioGRAPiiv. This i; ever-present Company need photo studio is in constant use portrait photos, promotional pi and the color sequences used for strips and slides. This deparlnient( houses a well-organi/ed centr.il i svsiem for all companv photos negatives. DAKkRcHJM lacilities b.icksiofi phi>io studio. This darkroom is i to process all black & white ma'