Those of us old enough will well recall that certain record labels were prone to cue burning. One that leaps to mind is ``Fool, if You Think it's Over'' by Chris Rhea. Just a couple of spins with back-cues would cut a nasty hiss at the start of the song.
I recall seeing a device that came out in the late 70's that alleviated this problem when carting up a record. As best as I can remember some 30 years later, it was a turnable and ITC cart machine. You'd place the tone arm on the record at a designated point and start it once which would detect the onset of audio and count the number of revolutions. The second take would then fire off the cart machine which would result in a clean pristine recording.
I saw it in action at WWSW in Pittsburgh (then in Allegheny Center) and later at New York's WXLO (still at 1440 Broadway) circa 1979-1980. Was this a custom-made unit or was it marketed by ITC? Does anyone else remember the unit which arrived shortly before the arrival of CDs, thus rendering the need for it moot.
I recall seeing a device that came out in the late 70's that alleviated this problem when carting up a record. As best as I can remember some 30 years later, it was a turnable and ITC cart machine. You'd place the tone arm on the record at a designated point and start it once which would detect the onset of audio and count the number of revolutions. The second take would then fire off the cart machine which would result in a clean pristine recording.
I saw it in action at WWSW in Pittsburgh (then in Allegheny Center) and later at New York's WXLO (still at 1440 Broadway) circa 1979-1980. Was this a custom-made unit or was it marketed by ITC? Does anyone else remember the unit which arrived shortly before the arrival of CDs, thus rendering the need for it moot.