
Mechanical synchronization
is called
servo lock,
or
lock.
Certain tape formats have no control
track- its function is accomplished
by sophisticated processing of
special
tracking
signals recorded on
the helical tracks.
tension is controlled more crudely, often by a passive
friction mechanism.
Editing
I mentioned that when recording blank tape, the CT is
recorded.
Assemble edit
refers to switching (at a field
boundary) from synchronized playback into record, such
that the resulting pattern of tracks on tape is contin-
uous. Subsequent playback is continuous across the
edit. An assemble-mode edit records ...