General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION, WITH PAPER LABELS AND PT COATED PAPER BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.0 cm

Width

9.8 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Toshiba

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS UNIT USED C. 1978 TO C. 1990.

Canada

FIRST CANADIAN COMMERCIAL DIGITAL RECORDINGS WERE MADE USING MACHINES LIKE THIS. THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE USED BY JOHN CYBANSKI TO RECORD A CONCERT LATER REBROADCAST ON CHEZ-FM, AN EVENT THAT STATION PROMOTED AS THE 1ST BOADCAST OF A LIVE DIGITAL RECORDING IN CANADA.

Function

TO CONVERT ANALOGUE AUDIO SIGNAL FROM MICROPHONE INPUT INTO DIGITAL SIGNAL, USING PULSE CODE MODULATION.

Technical

SONY PCM-1 WAS 1ST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DIGITAL RECORDING SYSTEM (AS USED WITH 1/2-INCH HOME VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER, OR VCR). INTRODUCED IN 1977, IT COULD BE USED WITH EITHER BETA OR VHS VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CAPIABLE OF MULTITRACK RECORDING, AND IT'S EDITING CAPIABILITIES WERE LIMITED, IT WAS BEST SUITED TO THE RECORDING OF LIVE PERFORMANCES. THE PCM-1 WAS SUPERSEDED BY THE SONY PCM-10 C. 1980. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Label applied to front of cassette casing reads " SONY ® / 42 METERS OF VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK/ 125/ VIDEO CASSETTE/ MASARU IMADA QUARTET/ 1. SPANISH FLOWER - M. IMADA -/ 2. SEA WEEDS - M. IMADA -/ Pf M. IMADA/ Latin Y. IMAMURA/ Bass M. FURUNO/ Drs. T. KUSUMOTO/ JASRAC " & Japanese character text. "DO NOT TOUCH THE INSIDE THIS SIDE FACES FORWARD [B ( beta logo)] printed on top front edge of cassette casing. Label applied to ‘spine' of cassette casing reads " SONY/ Betamax/ 125/ VIDEO CASSETTE/ MASARU IMADA QUARTET/ PCM ". "L216711", " MADE IN JAPAN", and "640 640" also appear on cassette casing./ .2PT box: Following text appears on box: " TOSHIBA/ VIDEO CASSETTE/ VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK/ ENREGISTREMENT ET LECTURE VIDEO/222m/ B VIDEO/ L-750 " on front; "Toshiba/ TOSHIBA/ VIDEO CASSETTE/ L-750/ Made in Japan/ Fabriqué au Japon " on spine; " IMPORTANT NOTICE/ This fine quality recording tape is designed for extended play on/ Toshiba V5310 and all equivalent Beta format videocassette/ recorders. It may be used on any Beta format videocassette/ recorder and we recommend a test recording for earlier models. If you are not satisfied with the test recording, please contact/ your Toshiba dealer within 30 days of purchase./ TOSHIBA CORPORATION/ TOKYO, JAPAN/ 70955021 " on back, in English & French text./ .1-.2 PT box: Following text appears on original box housing processor & cassette: " SONY ® MADE IN JAPAN / PCM AUDIO UNIT/ DISPOSITIF D'ENREGISTREMENT PCM/ PCM-1 ", on front & back panels; " Sony Corp. Tokyo Japan " printed on both side panels.

Missing

N/A

Finish

CASSETTE HAS SMOOTH AND CROSS-CUT TEXTURED BLACK CASING; CLEAR WINDOW REVEALS WHITE SPOOL. CW BROWN AND SILVER CASE

Decoration

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